Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Supreme Court flags long-term bias against women in the armed forces
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, along with Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, upheld permanent commission (...
SC grants full pension to women denied permanent commission
A three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N. Kotiswar Singh ruled on March 24, 2026, that women Short Service...
Gujarat CM invokes Sanatan values, Rigveda as UCC Bill tabled in Assembly
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tabled the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, one week after a state-appointed e...
I-PAC raid: Supreme Court poses question to West Bengal CM
The Supreme Court (Bench: Justices PK Mishra and NV Anjaria) posed sharp questions to the West Bengal government on March 24, 2026, regarding the Enforcement...
T.N. CM Stalin calls for constitutional safeguards to retain current share of States’ representation in delimitation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin called for a constitutional amendment to ensure that the current proportional representation of states in Parliament is ...
No seat gain for single-member states and UTs in delimitation
Under the proposed Delimitation Bill 2026, states and UTs with a single Lok Sabha seat will not receive any additional seats, even as all other states receiv...
His family did everything they could for him, say Harish Rana’s neighbours
Harish Rana, 31, India's first person to be legally allowed passive euthanasia by the Supreme Court, passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi on March 24, 2026. Rana ...
SC: Trials in UAPA cases must be completed in 1 year
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed that all UAPA cases investigated by the National Investigation Agency ...
Scheduled caste status only for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs: SC
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled that no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism can...
India can mobilise ₹8 lakh crore annually for roads, but spending lags: Transport minister Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari stated that India can mobilise up to ₹8 lakh crore annually for highway development — ₹5 lakh crore from capital markets backed ...
Opposition seeks all-party meet on women's quota after polls
Opposition parties, including Congress, wrote to the government on March 24, 2026, requesting an all-party meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to discuss t...
Gujarat assembly passes UCC Bill after over 7-hour debate amid Cong’s strong opposition
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code, 2026 after more than seven hours of debate; passed by voice vote with the BJP majorit...
Lok Sabha clears tweak to bill on trans persons amid opposition protests
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote despite opposition demands for referral to a parliamentary ...
Delimitation & women reservation bill: Southern states backs 50% seat hike, seeks share status quo
The government introduced two bills in Parliament: a Delimitation Bill proposing a 50% increase in Lok Sabha seats for all states, and an amendment bill to d...
Women’s quota: Govt to take Opposition on board for hike in LS, Assembly seats
Opposition parties demanded an all-party meeting with the government on a proposed amendment to the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 20...
Opposition demands all-party meet on Women’s Reservation Act amendment, seeks govt note
Opposition parties demanded an all-party meeting with the government on a proposed amendment to the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 20...
Do protections for Scheduled Castes carry over with religious conversion? What the law says
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled on March 24, 2026, that conversion to any religion other ...
Nitin Gadkari launches NHAI-backed Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the NHAI-backed Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (Raajmarg InvIT or RIIT) on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on March 24...
India sets up seven empowered groups to tackle West Asia war squeeze
Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed the Rajya Sabha on March 24, 2026 that the government has constituted seven empowered groups of senior officials to for...
LS passes transgender amendment bill amid Oppn walkout. Medical board & narrowed definition under fire
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote; sections of the Opposition staged a walkout. The bill remo...