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Postal Ballots and EVMs

For Prelims: Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Postal Ballots, Election Commission (EC), Returning Officer (RO), Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit...

30 Nov 2023 Fundamental Rights

Transit Anticipatory Bail

For Prelims: First Information Report (FIR), Anticipatory Bail,Bail and its Types, Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, Article 21 For Mains:...

23 Nov 2023 Fundamental Rights

Domicile Reservations: Challenges and Alternatives

This editorial is based on “Parochial law: On Haryana’s 75% quota to locals in private sector” which was published in The Hindu...

22 Nov 2023 Fundamental Rights

Global Positioning System Tracker Anklet

Source: IE Why in News? Recently, a prisoner in Jammu and Kashmir was released on bail after he was tagged with a Global Positioning System (GPS)...

15 Nov 2023 Fundamental Rights

LGBTQ+ Rights in India: The Supreme Court's Verdict

This editorial is based on “Law and custom: On the Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage” which was published in The Hindu...

23 Oct 2023 Fundamental Rights

Press Freedom in India

This editorial analysis is based on “The silence around the state’s seizure of India’s press” which was published in The...

11 Oct 2023 Fundamental Rights

Internet Shutdowns and Their Ramifications

This editorial is based on “In Manipur, another internet shutdown, a conflict intensified” which was published in The Indian Express on...

07 Oct 2023 Fundamental Rights

Deaths in India’s Prisons

For Prelims: Deaths in India’s Prisons, Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Model Prison Manual...

06 Oct 2023 Fundamental Rights

SC Calls for Stronger Discipline Mechanism for TV News Channels

For Prelims: Freedom of speech, Supreme Court of India, News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDA) For Mains: Supreme Court advocates for...

27 Sep 2023 Fundamental Rights

Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance

For Prelims: Supreme Court Judgment on Inheritance, Mitakshara Law, Voidable Marriage, Void Marriage, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Hindu Undivided...

04 Sep 2023 Fundamental Rights

Need for Effective Self-Regulation of Media

For Prelims: Self-Regulation of Media, Supreme Court, News Broadcasters and Digital Association, Press and Registration of Books Act of 1867,...

17 Aug 2023 Fundamental Rights

Madras HC: Merit over Caste in Temple Priest Appointments

For Prelims: Agama Shastra, Agama Principles, Article 15 For Mains: Tradition vs. Modernity in Temple Priest Appointments, Legal aspects related...

30 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

Need for UCC in India

For Prelims: Uniform Civil Code, Article 44 of the Constitution, Seventh Schedule, Special Marriage Act of 1954, 22nd Law Commission of India. For...

29 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

Just (Uniform) Civil Code

This editorial is based on Strike a fine balance, have a just civil code which was published in The Hindu on 24/06/2023. It talks about uniform...

27 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

Custodial Torture and Ethical Concerns

For Prelims: Custodial Torture, Human Rights, Custodial Deaths, Article 21, IPC, CrPC. For Mains: Custodial Torture and ethical arguments against...

27 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

Denied Property Rights to ST Women Under Hindu Succession Act

For Prelims: Scheduled Tribe, Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005, Article 14 of the Constitution, Mitakshara school of Hindu law, Inheritance...

06 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

The 22nd Law Commission on Section 124A of the IPC

For Prelims: Sedition Law, Section 124A, Law Commission, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) , National Security Act For Mains: 22nd Law...

05 Jun 2023 Fundamental Rights

Custodial Torture

Prelims: Fundamental Rights, Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure Mains: Reasons for Custodial torture and Custodial Deaths, Reforms in...

22 May 2023 Fundamental Rights

Right to Default Bail

This editorial is based on A Court recall that impacts the rights of the accused which was published in The Hindu on 16/05/2023. It talks about the...

16 May 2023 Fundamental Rights

World Press Freedom Index 2023

Why in News? On the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) (3rd May), the World Press Freedom Index 2023 was published by Reporters Without Borders...

04 May 2023 Fundamental Rights