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Custodial Torture and Need for Police Reforms

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

11 Apr 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Perspective: Need to Ensure Judicial Accountability

For Prelims:  Judicial Accountability, Judicial Reforms, Greater Transparency, Enhanced Accountability, Collegium System, Parliament,...

09 Apr 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Delay in Decisions of Anti-Defection Cases

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Anti-defection, Article 142, Election Commission of India  For Mains: Anti-Defection Law and its impact on Indian...

03 Apr 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Public Disclosure of Judges Assets

Source: IE  The Supreme Court (SC) resolved that all its judges will publicly declare their assets to the CJI for publication on the...

03 Apr 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Need for Reforms in CBI

Source: HT  Why in News? The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, in its...

29 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Reassessing Food Subsidies in India

For Prelims: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey, National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, NITI Aayog, Multidimensional Poverty  For...

29 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Indian and US Courts on Contempt

For Prelims: Contempt of Court, Supreme Court (SC), Chief Justice of India (CJI), Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, High Court, District...

27 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Judicial Transfers and In-House Inquiry

For Prelims: Collegium System, In-house inquiry procedure, Chief Justice of India  For Mains: Judicial Transfers in India, Comparison between...

25 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

UNCAT and Custodial Torture

For Prelims: UNCAT 1984, Human Rights, Article 21, Criminal Justice System, NHRC, UDHR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Law...

21 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

World Consumer Rights Day 2025

For Prelims: World Consumer Rights Day, National Consumer Day, Consumer Protection Act 2019, Central Consumer Protection Authority...

21 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Electors Photo Identity Card Number

Source: TH  Why in News?  West Bengal Chief Minister has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of facilitating voter duplication...

10 Mar 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Appointment of CEC and EC

For Prelims: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service...

19 Feb 2025 Transparency & Accountability

RBI Issues Revised ‘Master Direction’ for ARCs

Source: LM  Why in News?  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the 'Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Asset Reconstruction...

23 Jan 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Rise in Donation Through Electoral Trust

For Prelims: Electoral Bonds, Supreme Court (SC),  Association for Democratic Reforms v Union of India case, 2024, Electoral bonds scheme,...

20 Jan 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Lokpal Foundation Day

For Prelims: Lokpal, Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), United Nations...

16 Jan 2025 Transparency & Accountability

Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24

For Prelims: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey,  National Statistical Office, Consumer Price Index, Gross Domestic Product, Consumption...

08 Jan 2025 Transparency & Accountability

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 Transparency & Accountability

Data of Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Source: PIB  Why in News?  Recently, the Election Commission of India has released comprehensive data for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to...

28 Dec 2024 Transparency & Accountability

Grievance Redressal Assessment and Index (GRAI) 2023

Source: PIB Recently, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (MoPP&P), launched the GRAI 2023. This initiative aims to...

30 Nov 2024 Transparency & Accountability

SC Upholds EVM and VVPAT System

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT), General Elections, Parliament, State...

28 Nov 2024 Transparency & Accountability