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Ad hoc Judges in High Court

For Prelims: Supreme Court (SC), High Court, Article 224A, President, Chief Minister, Chief Justice of India, Collegium System, NITI Aayog,...

27 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Party Whip

Source: IE  Why in News?  The Vice President of India has expressed concerns regarding the use of party whips in Parliament, questioning...

27 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Mitigating and Aggravating Circumstances in Death Penalty

For Prelims: CBI, Bachan Singh vs. State of Punjab Case, 1980, Supreme Court, Law Commission, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, Bhartiya Nagrik...

25 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Reforms for Combating Honour Killings

For Prelims: Sex Ratio, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Law Commission, Supreme Court, Fundamental Rights.   For Mains: Reforms needed to...

17 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Burqa Ban in Switzerland

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Hijab, Fundamental Rights, Cases Related to Freedom of Religion  For mains: Fundamental Rights, Judiciary,...

11 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Supreme Court Calls for Legislative Reviews

For Prelims: Supreme Court of India, Cybercrimes, IT Act, 2000,  National Green Tribunal (NGT)  For Mains: Need for Period Review of...

08 Jan 2025 Judiciary

The Collegium Conundrum

This editorial is based on “The Collegium and changes — it may still be early days” which was published in The Hindu on...

07 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Advocates of Supreme Court

Source: IE  Recently, concerns have been raised over the quality of newly designated Senior Advocates, with 116 joining the Supreme Court (SC)...

03 Jan 2025 Judiciary

Mediation Council of India

Source: LM  Why in News?   The push for establishing a Mediation Council of India (MCI) has intensified amid growing calls for...

26 Dec 2024 Judiciary

Collegium Assesses High Court Candidates

Source: HT  Recently, the Supreme Court collegium conducted interactions with candidates being considered for high court judgeship, going...

25 Dec 2024 Judiciary

SC Prioritising SLPs Disposal

Source: IE  Why in News?  The Supreme Court (SC) has started prioritising hearing special leave petitions (SLPs) cases with the aim to...

13 Dec 2024 Judiciary

SC Guidelines on Death Penalty and Mercy Petitions

For Prelims: Important Cases Related to Death Penalty, Provisions for Death Penalty, Article 21.  For Mains: SC Guidelines on Death Penalty...

10 Dec 2024 Judiciary

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 Judiciary

Judicial Reforms

For Prelims: Indian judiciary, Supreme Court, e-Courts project, National Judicial Appointments Commission, Centrally Sponsored Scheme, Lok Adalats,...

05 Dec 2024 Judiciary

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 Judiciary

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 Judiciary

State of Undertrial Prisoners in India

For Prelims: Constitution Day, Section 479 of the BNSS, Section 436A of CrPC, Supreme Court, laws on bail for undertrial prisoners, Legislature...

29 Nov 2024 Judiciary

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 Judiciary

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 Judiciary

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 Judiciary