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In Depth: Major Constitutional Amendments

For Prelims: Constitution Day, fundamental rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Preamble, Sources of the Constitution, Article 370,...

09 Dec 2024 Indian Constitution

SC's Concern Over Voter Limit Increase

Source: TH  Recently, Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna emphasised that "no voter should be turned down," indicating the court's commitment to...

04 Dec 2024 Indian Constitution

Interpreting the Places of Worship Act, 1991

For Prelims: Archaeological Survey of India, Judicial review, Secularism  For Mains: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991,...

02 Dec 2024 Indian Constitution

In-Depth: Relationship Between Executive, Judiciary & Legislature

For Prelims: Constitution Day, Executive, Judiciary, Legislature, Lok Sabha, General Elections, Universal Adult Suffrage, Rajya Sabha, President...

28 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

Constitution Day 2024

For Prelims: Constitution Day, Supreme Court of India, 26/11 Mumbai Attacks, Article 370, Sarojini Naidu, Basic Structure of the Constitution,...

27 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

Ban on ULFA Under UAPA

Source: HT  Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the ban on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for five more years...

27 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

SC Upheld Socialist and Secular Values in Preamble

Source: TH  Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the addition of the words socialist and secular to the Preamble inserted through the 42nd...

27 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

SC Quashes Telangana Land Allotment to Privileged Groups

Source: IE  The Supreme Court(SC) of India has quashed the Telangana government's land allotments to cooperative societies comprising Members...

26 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

SC's Concerns Over Inaction on Sex Trafficking

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Lok Sabha, National Investigation Agency, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Organised crime, Rohingya refugees, Scheduled...

14 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

Appointment of Chief Justice of India

Source: TH  Why in News?  Recently, the President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the Chief Justice...

12 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

SC Orders Re-evaluation of AMU’s Minority Status

For Prelims: Article 30, Socialist, Fundamental Right, Directive Principles, Articles 14 and 19, 1st Amendment Act, 1951, Constitutional Amendment,...

11 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

Limit on Private Property Acquisition

For Prelims: Articles 39(b) and 31C, Article 300A, Economic Democracy, Socialist, Fundamental Right, Zamindari System, Right to Property, Ninth...

08 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

SC Upholds UP Madarsa Act 2004

For Prelims: Supreme Court, High Court, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Article 14, Article 15, Right to Education...

07 Nov 2024 Indian Constitution

Socialist and Secular as Integral Part of Constitution

For Prelims: Supreme Court,  Socialist, Secular, Basic Structure, 42nd Amendment, 1976,  Preamble, Constituent Assembly, Representation...

23 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

SC Upholds Section 6A of Citizenship Act

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, NGOs, Assam Accord of 1985, Bangladesh Liberation War,   For Mains:...

19 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

First Chief Minister of J&K UT Takes Charge

Source: TH  Recently, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the UT (union territory) of Jammu and...

19 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

Telangana Begins Sub-Categorization of SCs

Source: TH  Recently, the Telangana government has initiated the process of categorizing Scheduled Castes (SCs) into four distinct sub-groups:...

12 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

Transforming India's Judicial Landscape

This editorial is based on “Case for compassion guiding the judiciary” which was published in Hindustan Times on 09/10/2024.The article...

10 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

State Control of Temples

For Prelims: Freedom of Religion, Fundamental Rights,  Article 25.  For Mains: Issues of State Control of Places of Worships,...

04 Oct 2024 Indian Constitution

Use of Emergency Provisions in Manipur and India’s Federal Structure

For Prelims: Emergency provisions, Articles 355, Article 356, President’s rule, Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, Supreme Court...

17 Sep 2024 Indian Constitution