Polity & Governance
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Only Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court
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 ...
Supreme Court widens doors to permanent commission for women in armed forces, flagging ‘systemic discrimination’ behind denials
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh ruled that women Short Service Commission (SSC...
Delhi court sentences Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi to life in UAPA case; two associates jailed for 30 years
A Delhi court (Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh) on March 24, 2026, sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment in a c...
How can a ₹2-crore BMW i7 draws same ₹8,000 tax as ₹12-lakh Punch.ev
Under the Income Tax Rules 2026 (effective April 1, 2026), employer-provided electric vehicles are now valued for perquisite tax purposes at a flat concessio...
'Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people': Rahul Gandhi slams govt on bill
Opposition leaders and civil society groups have strongly condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sa...
Harish Rana, India's first passive euthanasia case, dies after 13 years in vegetative state
Harish Rana, the first person in India to be legally permitted passive euthanasia by the Supreme Court, died on March 24, 2026, at 4:10 PM at the All India I...
'Hatched conspiracy to secede Kashmir from India': Why J&K separatist Asiya Andrabi got life term in UAPA case
A Delhi court (Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh) sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment on March 24, 2026, in a c...
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel introduces Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026 in Assembly
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tabled the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a day after a state-appointed expe...
Lok Sabha passes Bill redefining 'transgender'; excludes sexual orientations, self-perceived identities
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, on March 24, 2026, by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sa...
Plea in SC challenges gender bias in Parsi interfaith marriages
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, Nagpur Parsi Panchayat, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Maharashtra government, and Charity Commissioner on...
As govt considers expanding Lok Sabha to 816 MPs, how states’ seat count will change
The government is considering expanding the Lok Sabha from the current 543 seats to 816 seats — a 50% increase — as part of the plan to implement the Women's...
Non-tribals can no longer contest polls for Garo hills council
The Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya passed an amendment mandating that only Scheduled Tribe (ST) members can contest its election...
Sattankulam custodial deaths: Family wants strong punishment for convicted policemen
A Madurai District Additional Sessions Court on March 23, 2026, convicted all nine police personnel accused in connection with the 2020 custodial deaths of P...
Parliament Budget session resumes today, Modi to address Rajya Sabha on West Asia conflict
Parliament's Budget Session 2026 resumed on March 24, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the West Asia conflict. Modi...
Government may bring bills to implement women’s reservation before delimitation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has initiated consultations with NDA allies and opposition leaders — including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge — to build...
Transgender persons hold protests demanding withdrawal of amendment to Transgender Bill
Transgender rights activists held protests across India — including in Chennai — demanding the withdrawal of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) A...
Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Lok Sabha to discuss Bill to amend trans rights
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 — introduced in Lok Sabha on March 13, 2026 by Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minis...
Budget Session: Narendra Modi govt plans bills to roll out women’s quota before delimitation: What will change?
The Modi government is preparing to introduce two bills in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament to implement the Women's Reservation Act (106th Constitut...
No Scheduled Caste status on conversion to religions other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court order, ruling that individuals who convert from Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism to another religion — su...
Days after TN order, doctors seek similar rules nationwide as hair transplant boom raises safety alarm
Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order regulating cosmetology, aesthetic treatment, and hair transplant clinics, bringing them under the Tamil Nadu Clinical Es...