Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women's quota
The Union Home Minister announced in the Lok Sabha that the ongoing national Census exercise will include caste enumeration, reversing a post-Independence po...
SC: UCC not linked to religion, its enactment constitutional ambition
The Supreme Court of India has reiterated that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is not linked to any religion and represents a constitutional aspiration embedded...
Discharge stands above acquittal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the legal position of a discharged accused is on a "higher pedestal" than that of an accused who is acquitted after a f...
2023 women’s quota law comes into force as NDA lacks numbers: What are the options before govt?
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — commonly called the Women's Reservation Act or Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was notified into force by the M...
Delimitation Bill fundamental attack on federal structure: Opposition
Opposition parties in Parliament described the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026 as a "fundamental attack on the federal structure" of India. The INDI...
Counting matters: On delimitation, federalism, the Census
India's long-pending post-census delimitation exercise — frozen since 1976 — is approaching a constitutional deadline, with three Bills introduced in Lok Sab...
Finally, Rohit Vemula Bill to safeguard SC/ST students gets Cabinet nod
The Karnataka Cabinet approved the draft of the Rohith Vemula (Protection of SC/ST and OBC Students from Caste Discrimination in Higher Educational Instituti...
Women’s Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Gazette notification
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was brought into force through an official gazette notif...
Representation of southern States will not go down, a misconception is being spread: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that concerns about southern states losing parliamentary representation under the proposed delimitation are based on a "...
West Bengal SIR: Voters cleared by tribunals by April 21 or 27 will be able to vote in Assembly polls, says Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ordered that voters excluded from the West Bengal electoral rolls during...
Delimitation won’t bring down south’s share of seats, Modi, Shah tell Lok Sabha
Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister intervened in Lok Sabha on April 16, 2026, to directly address fears that the proposed delimitation exercise wo...
Women Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Notification
The Union Law Ministry issued a notification on April 16, 2026, specifying it as the date on which the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth ...
Delimitation bill makes Tamils refugees in their own land: Stalin
Southern state leaders — most prominently Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin — have opposed the delimitation exercise, arguing that population-based redis...
Call all-party meeting to evolve consensus on women’s reservation: K.C. Venugopal
Opposition parties collectively wrote to the Prime Minister demanding an all-party meeting to evolve national consensus before any Women's Reservation Bill w...
South's LS seats, political weight to rise: Govt
The Union government assured Parliament on April 16, 2026, that southern states' Lok Sabha representation and political weight will increase under the propos...
‘If respected… wouldn’t use women politically,’ Priyanka Gandhi targets PM over Women’s Quota Bill
Parliament's special session saw sharp exchanges over the Women's Reservation Act, with opposition leaders questioning whether the government intends genuine...
From torn Bills, ‘parkati mahila’ jibe to 454 ayes: The long, turbulent road to women’s reservation
The Women's Reservation Act 2023 (106th Constitutional Amendment) represents the culmination of a 27-year legislative struggle that saw multiple bills introd...
Women’s reservation: How numbers stack up in Parliament
As Parliament debates the 131st Amendment and Delimitation Bill to operationalise women's reservation, data on current and projected women's representation p...
Muslim quota demand sets off clash in Lok Sabha as women’s reservation, delimitation Bills are introduced
During the special parliamentary session introducing the Women's Reservation and Delimitation Bills, members from several parties demanded the inclusion of a...
Pass the Bill, or women of India won’t forgive: PM to Parliament
The Prime Minister made an appeal to Parliament urging the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, declaring that the women of India would not forgive lawma...