Polity & Governance
Constitutional bodies, Parliament, judiciary and governance reforms
Census phase 2 to begin Aug 17, will capture caste, parents’ birth details
Phase 2 (Population Enumeration) of the 16th Census — Census 2027 — begins on August 17 in the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of the Union Territory of La...
SC: How can transgender ID cards be rendered invalid?
The Supreme Court, hearing petitions on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, questioned the mechanism by which transgender ide...
Proof of life: on the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill 2026
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in and passed by the Lok Sabha, amending the Registration of Births and Deaths Ac...
Supreme Court extends domestic cruelty offence to live-in relationships
The Supreme Court held that the criminal offence of cruelty, earlier confined to a legally married woman and her husband or his relatives, can extend to a li...
Amid Opposition protests, Rajya Sabha passes MSME Bill
Parliament passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, replacing the MSME Development Act, 2006 The Bill makes registr...
Lok Sabha passes Supreme Court judges Bill without debate as Opposition protests continue
The Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges from 34 (including th...
Rajya Sabha passes MSME bill to curb payment delays
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which amends the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Devel...
Census 2027: Enumeration in Ladakh, J&K, HP, Uttarakhand from Sept 1
House-to-house population enumeration for Census 2027 will begin from 1 September 2026 in Ladakh and the snow-bound, non-synchronous areas of Jammu and Kashm...
‘Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe consequences’
Water resources experts have raised concerns that the Ken-Betwa river-linking project will have severe hydrological and ecological consequences for the Bunde...
Rajya Sabha passes MSME Amendment Bill, 2026 to tackle delayed payments
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, aimed at improving cash flow, strengthening legal protecti...
Government proposes to ease tax relief conditions for offshore funds
The government has circulated a Bill among Members of Parliament proposing to relax the eligibility conditions offshore funds must meet to be treated as an "...
Rajya Sabha clears MSME bill to fast-track payment disputes amid Opposition protests
The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to fast-track resolution of delayed payment di...
Lok Sabha clears bill to increase number of Supreme Court judges, without debate
The Lok Sabha passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of Supreme Court judges (excluding the Chief ...
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 11 LIVE updates: Indian Statistical Institute Bill, Bankers' Books Evidence Bill likely to be introduced in Lok Sabha
The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026, and the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monsoon Session Day 11 The India...
Analysing the Supreme Court’s judgment on sex work
The Supreme Court, in a nearly 300-page judgment in *Prajwala v. Union of India* (2026 INSC 609), held that adult individuals who voluntarily engage in sex w...
SC warns Punjab for ignoring 15-yr-old ruling on dues to Himachal Pradesh
The Supreme Court criticised Punjab for its continued non-compliance with a decree it issued roughly fifteen years ago recognising Himachal Pradesh's entitle...
Govt's urban reset: Centre divides ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs into two specialised verticals
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has been restructured to function through two specialised departments instead of one unified ministry...
Govt to introduce Bill to replace 125-year-old law on presenting bank records as evidence in courts
The Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 was listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha, intended to replace the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 The Bill is be...
Judge Bhuyan questions SC collegium’s opacity
At the launch of a Judicial Transparency Index report, a sitting Supreme Court judge observed that Collegium deliberations on the elevation and transfer of j...
Centre releases Rs 1.09 lakh crore to states, advances August tax devolution
The Union government released an advance tax devolution instalment of approximately Rs 1.09 lakh crore to states on August 1, ahead of the routine monthly tr...