Context: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) is hearing a dispute between the Delhi government and the Centre over the control … Continue Reading

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Context: In the Supreme Court judgement on the Central Government’s decision of demonetisation, the majority ruling upheld the validity of the dele… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, Andhra Pradesh has approached before the Supreme Court seeking “Just, Reasonable and Equitable Apportionment” of assets and li… Continue Reading

Context: The Kerala High Court has reiterated that government employees who participate in general strikes, affecting the normal life of the public a… Continue Reading

Context: In a recent Constitution Bench judgment, the Supreme Court held that a country with a multi-party system cannot afford to crack the whip eve… Continue Reading

Context: The border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka is intensifying, with both states passing a unanimous resolution to support a legal bat… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Minister of Law and Justice has informed Lok Sabha that “Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice” (D… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, a Supreme Court (SC) judge recused herself from hearing a writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano against a Gujarat government decision… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Aam Aadmi Party became the 9th National Party of India after the result of Gujarat elections where it gained almost 13% of the… Continue Reading

Context: Recently, the Supreme Court has recently appointed a female all-woman bench for the third time in its history. The first time the Supreme C… Continue Reading

Context: Prime Minister of India launched various new initiatives under the e-court project including Virtual Justice Clock, JustIS mobile App 2.0, D… Continue Reading

Context: The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud published its resolution recommending the transfer of seven High … Continue Reading

Chief Justice of India-The Hindu-10-11-2022 (Dear student read this content from your main core book and study material and solve question based on… Continue Reading

Amendments in Electoral Bond Scheme-The Hindu-09-11-2022 GS-2 POLITY What is the Electoral Bond Scheme? Electoral Bonds: Electoral bonds�… Continue Reading

National Population Register | NPR-The Hindu-08-11-2022 GS-2, Polity National Population Register | NPR What is National Population Register … Continue Reading

FCRA-The Hindu-08-11-2022 GS Paper 2: Polity and Governance Context : The steps help to effectively monitor the receipt and utilisation of fo… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT : Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) has questioned the methodology adopted by the government in fixing Rs. 8 lakh as the a… Continue Reading

Uniform Civil Code-The Hindu-07-11-2022 GS Paper - 2 polity Fundamental Rights Directive Principles of State Policy Issues Related to… Continue Reading

Chhattisgarh Foundation Day-The Hindu-05-11-2022 GS-2 POLITY Chhattisgarh Foundation Day Context - third edition of the National Tribal Dance Fe… Continue Reading

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights-The Hindu-04-11-2022 GS-2 Issues Related to Children Education in background : Nationa… Continue Reading

Sealed Cover Jurisprudence and Related Issues-The Hindu-04-11-2022 GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT :The Supreme Court of ask information from government agenc… Continue Reading

Tiangong Space Station-The Hindu -01-11-2022 GS-3 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY KNOW BRIEF ABOUT Tiangong Tiangong means “Heavenly Palace”. It was 1… Continue Reading

Sedition Law-The Hindu-01-10-2022 GS-2 POLITY In Context The government has asked the SC to defer the hearing on Sedition law. About The Home Mi… Continue Reading

.Criteria for deciding creamy layer-The Hindu-06-10-2022 GS-2 POLITY : CONTEXT : Scheduled Caste is not a caste, but a legal name awarded to membe… Continue Reading

GS-1 SOCIAL ISSUE : CONTEXT : Last month in Tamil Nadu, a two-year-old girl was found alone in a government bus. The crying toddler was handed over… Continue Reading

FOREIGN TRIBUNAL-The Hindu-01-10-2022 GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT: The Assam government has decided not to extend the term of members who were appointed f… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY & GOVERNANCE CONTEXT : BACKGROUND The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Bill was passed by both the Houses of Parliament and it was approv… Continue Reading

GS-2 GOVERNANCE CONTEXT: The State may have embarked on radical changes in the curriculum, school restructuring and the mode of teaching, but it ne… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT : Reservation cannot be implemented as a “poverty alleviation programme” for the socially and educationally forward classes… Continue Reading

THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019-The Hindu-13-09-2022 GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT : The Supreme Court fixed the hearing in 220 petitions challengin… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY Context : Supreme Court set the ball rolling on a series of petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act of 1991, Si… Continue Reading

GS-2 CONTEXT : Centre has announced constitution of a national level committee for drafting NCP. Existing National Policy on Cooperatives was form… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT : The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954. MAINS : BACKGRO… Continue Reading

GS-2 POLITY CONTEXT: According to the NCRB report rape, kidnapping, atrocities against children, and robberies increased last year. PRELIM AND M… Continue Reading

Constitutional provision for disqualification of membership-The Hindu-27-08-2022 Context : The Election Commission of India has told Jharkhand Gover… Continue Reading

GS-2 GOVERNANCE CONTEXT :CBI issued LOC TO 8 private person in Manish Sisodiya case. PRELIM & MAINS—--- What is look out circular ? An … Continue Reading

GS-2 CONTEXT : Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Monday said fundamental duties in the Constitution are not merely to serve a “pedantic … Continue Reading

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GS-2 CONTEXT : Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena recently advised Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against attending the World Cit… Continue Reading

GS-2 CONTEXT: While Mohammad Zubair of Alt News was arrested for tweeting a still picture from a movie that had some religious context attached to … Continue Reading

GS-II & GS-lll Context : The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the core amendments made to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which give… Continue Reading

GS-ll (Dear student this is related to mains context and but some time conceptual question can be asked in Prelim so for prelim do those part which a… Continue Reading

Context : Ahead of the 175th birth anniversary fete of the legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma, who revolutionized Indian aesthetics and redefined art p… Continue Reading

Article 29 in The Constitution Of India 1949 29. Protection of interests of minorities (1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory… Continue Reading

Santal tribespeople at Pahadpur dancing to celebrate Droupadi Murmu's nomination by the NDA as its Presidential candidate; Murmu having lunch with Odi… Continue Reading

Government of India Act of 1919 On August 20, 1917, the British Government declared, for the first time, that its objective was the gradual introduct… Continue Reading

Government of India Act of 1935 The Act marked a second milestone towards a completely responsible government in India. It was a lengthy and detailed… Continue Reading

India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 and is the worst performer in the world in the “health and surviv… Continue Reading

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) announced five guidelines to prevent unfair trade practices and to protect consumer interests regardi… Continue Reading

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the national emblem atop the new Parliament building in a special ceremony attended by Lok Sabha Speak… Continue Reading

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health’s report on the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and its management. In Detail: The committee has stre… Continue Reading

Context: The Chairman, National Health Authority and CEO of Ayushman Bharat has announced that the National Digital Health Mission will soon be rea… Continue Reading

The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020. The government had proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution… Continue Reading

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) FCRA regulates foreign donations and ensures that such contributions do not adversely affect the internal … Continue Reading

The government’s decision to suspend MPLADS funds for two years has evoked mixed reactions. Arguments in favour of MPLADS scheme: Wrong notion… Continue Reading

The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2020, proposes to clearly spell out the functions of the Council of Ministers and the Lieute… Continue Reading

The monsoon session of Parliament, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to begin with strict safety protocols in place. Up to 45 Bills will… Continue Reading

“Functioning of the Virtual Courts/Courts Proceedings through Video-Conferencing”.- REPORT Recommendations: The panel has argued that the tr… Continue Reading

Lok Sabha Speaker has said that if there is a provision for the post of Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha, then it was only obvious that there should be… Continue Reading

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has referred a group of petitions challenging the Maratha reservation law to a Constitution Bench. Chief Just… Continue Reading

Kesavananda Bharati was the chief pontiff of the Edneer Mutt, a monastic religious institution located in Kasaragod district, Kerala. Bharati had some… Continue Reading

The deletion of ‘Question Hour’ provision in the forthcoming monsoon session of the Parliament. The Unstarred Questions will continue to be rec… Continue Reading

News: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has released the schedule for the monsoon Parliament session. In view of the pandemic and a truncated Monsoon Ses… Continue Reading

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s conviction for criminal contempt of court by the Supreme C… Continue Reading

The Privy Purse was used as a conciliatory move to get the princely state rulers to surrender their sovereignty to the Indian union. As defined from … Continue Reading

In India, while self-interest and national glory dominate, concern for distributive justice is rare. Given the compulsion to advance our self-inter… Continue Reading

The Delimitation Commission is a high-level body set up by an act of Parliament to carry out the delimitation process, that is, fixing limits or bound… Continue Reading

Issues with the concept of contempt: The C-O-C is a centuries-old British law which was abolished in 2013, this was mainly to hide judicial corrupt… Continue Reading

Context:PM announced extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana till November, 2020. Details: *PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced th… Continue Reading

Context:The suspension of the MPLADS for 2020-21 and 2021-22 in the wake of the pandemic has done away with this vital role of MPs. Details: *As… Continue Reading

Context:India is unique among democracies in that a constitutional right to equality is not backed by comprehensive legislation. Details: Voice… Continue Reading

Context: Supreme Court to continue virtual court system. Details: *A committee of seven Supreme Court judges, led by Justice N. Ramana, has de… Continue Reading

Details: Mr. Singh, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Union Ministry of Jal Sakthi, asked the Chairpersons of the Krishna and Godavari Rive… Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said migrant workers should not be prosecuted for trying to reach home amid the national lockdown. A Bench… Continue Reading

Details: The Odisha government is coming up with three mega educational complexes exclusively for tribal students, where both academic and sporting… Continue Reading

Details: Google, they claim, “accomplishes its surreptitious tracking” through near ubiquitous tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ad Manage… Continue Reading

Details: Indulging in Tablighi activities will attract a penalty of USD500 fine. The amended guidelines read, “foreign nationals granted any t… Continue Reading

Details: The Canadian Parliament had its first lockdown meeting towards the end of April, with roughly 280 of the 338 Members of Parliament attendi… Continue Reading

Details: During a reality check, it was found that some had found alternative jobs, while in some cases even graduates have turned to MNREGA for he… Continue Reading

Details: A two-judge bench of the court comprising Chief Justice J. Satyanarayana Murthy directed the government to reinstate Mr. Ramesh Kumar as S… Continue Reading

Details: Lawyers have challenged in the Supreme Court a law which makes Hindi the official language in courts in Haryana. Their petition contends t… Continue Reading

Details: A tribal farmer will find it difficult to make it to the district headquarters, said Milind Thatte, of Vayam, which works with tribals in … Continue Reading

Details: In India, the Constituent Assembly regarded the principle as so foundational that, through Article 32, it granted the Supreme Court the au… Continue Reading

Details: Under the scheme, up to Rs 10,000 per acre a year will be transferred into the bank accounts of farmers and the first instalment totalling… Continue Reading

Details: The Central Board of Direct Taxation , a wing of the Ministry of Finance, has initiated disciplinary proceedings against some Indian Reven… Continue Reading

Details: Fissures in cooperation: ‘National Plan’ under Section 11, as well as issuance of binding guidelines by the Centre to States under … Continue Reading

Details: The Central government has so far followed a mostly top-down approach in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This centralised approach is coun… Continue Reading

Details: In addition to making the Aarogya Setu app mandatory, the Health Ministry also directed the States to focus on more effective surveillance… Continue Reading

Details: The Parliament building in New Delhi. The Indian Constitution provides for parity of powers between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha in l… Continue Reading

Details: In February 2020, the nine-judge Bench dismissed the objections and decided to hear the reference. It had, however, postponed the publicat… Continue Reading

Details: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a writ petition challenging its directive to make 'Aaro… Continue Reading

Details: The court held that rights of trade, business and occupation or religious rights “do not come in the way of securing transparency and re… Continue Reading

Details: A deemed institution under the University Grants Commission Act of 1956 has the same common public duty like a university to confer academ… Continue Reading

Details: Election to the council, scheduled on April 4, had been deferred because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The BTAD, comprising four districts of … Continue Reading

Details: Developed by the National Informatics Centre under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, the app got its biggest push when… Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court is right in considering cent per cent reservation as anathema to the constitutional scheme of equality even if it is for… Continue Reading

Details: Enacting a law barring appointments of retired judges by the government will restore confidence in the judiciary. The Constitution has … Continue Reading

Details: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held it unconstitutional to provide 100% reservation for tribal teachers in schools l… Continue Reading

Details: They generally do not cover harassment at home and workplace and are focussed more on physical violence. The penal provisions contained in… Continue Reading

Details: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has allowed the holding of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Information and Technology via video con… Continue Reading

Details: Late night on March 23, while the nation was vexed with the coronavirus crisis, Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party was sw… Continue Reading

Details: Cosmetic cuts: The 30% cut in the Rs.1 lakh per month salary and the Rs.27,000 cut in office and constituency allowances amount to savi… Continue Reading

Details: Under the NFSA, the PDS is supposed to cover 75% of the population in rural areas and 50% of the population in urban areas, which works ou… Continue Reading

Details: Removal of A.P The legality of the removal of the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner is seriously in doubt. That it was the culmin… Continue Reading

Details: Judgment is based on M. A Governor can call for a floor test any time he objectively feels a government in power has lost the confidence o… Continue Reading

Details: While States will come up with varying measures for support and relief, the Centre must lead this effort to ensure uniformity, optimisatio… Continue Reading

Details: Central Government on Thursday announced that Rs.15,000 crore has been sanctioned to States under the India COVID-19 Emergency Response an… Continue Reading

Details: Over the course of the last few weeks, as we have found ourselves in the throes of a pandemic, one of the striking features of governance … Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court on Monday deemed all restrictions imposed on people from entering, attending or taking part in court hearings as lawful … Continue Reading

Details: A car being disinfected in Guwahati on Monday. Assam govt. The Assam government has set a deadline for the elusive Tablighi Jamaat attende… Continue Reading

Details: The savings will go into the consolidated fund of India. The Union Cabinet on Monday approved a 30% cut in the salaries of all Members of … Continue Reading

Details: As India lacks the resources to significantly ramp up testing, imposing a lockdown was the government’s preferred option. Distrustful of… Continue Reading

Details: Modi emphasised that the supply lines for medical equipment and drugs and raw materials needed for the manufacture of these products need … Continue Reading

Details: The Centre is using powers under the Indian Telegraph Act to “fetch information” from telecom companies every 15 minutes to track COVI… Continue Reading

Details: The Union government has issued a notification defining “domiciles” in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for protecting job… Continue Reading

News: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the mobile phones of all those who have been asked to home quarantine themselves w… Continue Reading

Details: The court asks asks the media to publish official version to avoid panic; government told to issue a daily bulletin The Supreme Court o… Continue Reading

Details: Congress leaders on Monday questioned the setting up of PM CARES Fund to deal with the coronavirus pandemic by Prime Minister Narendra Mod… Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a slew of guidelines to be followed by the States to contain COVID-19 and asked all “enforcement aut… Continue Reading

Details: “It’s a very different world today,” he tweets after his release. “We face the fight of our lives over the next few weeks and m… Continue Reading

Details: Support becomes critical as thousands of migrant workers return to villages This is especially critical as thousands of migrant workers… Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court on Monday decided to further restrict its functioning on account of the COVID-19 scare and resort to the digital mode to… Continue Reading

Details: The pre-dawn hangings of four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman may have brought a semblance of closure to … Continue Reading

Details: A glimpse of DDU Hospital's mortuary premises where post mortem of Nirbhaya convicts, who were hanged to death early today, is being condu… Continue Reading

Details: In 1993, the Indian Parliament enacted the Protection of Human Rights Act. The purpose of the Act was to establish an institutional framew… Continue Reading

Details: During his tenure, Justice Gogoi also presided over and pushed through the National Register of Citizens in Assam, an exercise that has ex… Continue Reading

Details: The recent decision by a two-judge bench takes away autonomy of madrasas in W. Protection of minorities is the hallmark of a civilisation.… Continue Reading

Details: Speaker Om Birla applied “guillotine” — the Parliamentary tool to club all other pending subjects for discussion — after the discu… Continue Reading

Details: India is one of only 58 countries that have the death penalty on their statute book and have used it in the recent past. In January, wh… Continue Reading

Details: The Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020 has been passed by the Parliament after it was passed by Rajya Sabha today. The Lok Sabha had… Continue Reading

Details: Political parties in India pursue power without adequate transparency and accountability Last year, in November, in Maharashtra, Devend… Continue Reading

News: Even though the Supreme Court’s vacation judges were sceptical about the legal basis of the government’s action, they referred it to a la… Continue Reading

Detail: The verdict by a Division Bench of the Madras High Court on the respective roles of the elected regime in Puducherry and the Administrator … Continue Reading

Details: On March 13, the Centre notified an order under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to declare 2 ply and 3 ply surgical masks, N95 masks a… Continue Reading

Details: The Parliament on Friday approved the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020, which will give taxpayers a chance to settle tax disputes by… Continue Reading

Details: • Issuing electronic versions of the voter ID card EPIC for convenience of voters; • Replacing all the forms for various voter se… Continue Reading

Details: The Madras High Court on Wednesday said a government is “a trustee for the little man who should not have a perception that the running … Continue Reading

Details: Sikkim on Saturday claimed to become the first state in India to have an open government data portal. Lok Sabha MP, P D Rai launched the o… Continue Reading

Details: The Election Commission of India had set up working groups in June 2019, to come up with recommendations for revamping of the electoral p… Continue Reading

Details: About six months after the State of Jammu and Kashmir was split into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, the government moved on Mond… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Law Ministry has said, in order to ensure preparation of an error-free electoral roll, and to prevent duplication of entries, a propo… Continue Reading

Details: The court has asked the Tribunal for a fresh opinion and allowed bail application by the alleged ‘foreigner’. • The order comes a… Continue Reading

News: The Centre on Tuesday said it was in discussion with States that had expressed concerns about the updation of the National Population Registe… Continue Reading

Details: The Central government is working on the establishment of an exclusive body to implement projects for linking rivers. To be called the Nat… Continue Reading

Details: National Population Register data to be collected in a year Centre has proposed that the next phase of NPR will be conducted along with… Continue Reading

Details: Just over 34,000 people have signed up for the National Pension Scheme for Traders, Shopkeepers and Self-Employed Persons, which was intr… Continue Reading

News: The President has cancelled the earlier order of the Union government that deferred the delimitation exercise in the States of Assam, Arunach… Continue Reading

Details: “Aadhaar has curtailed leakages of government subsidies... Through Aadhaar, savings worth Rs.90,000 crore have accrued to the government… Continue Reading

Details: Justice Arun Mishra’s public praise of the Prime Minister at a public forum on Saturday raises serious questions about the independence … Continue Reading

Details: The revocation of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir was accompanied by widespread arrests and detentions under the erstwhile State’s Publi… Continue Reading

The Supreme Court has ruled that quotas and reservations for promotions for government jobs are not a fundamental right, setting aside an Uttarakhand … Continue Reading

News: The Supreme Court has passed an interim order allowing an application by the State of Karnataka to notify the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal… Continue Reading

Union Home Minister has allayed fears in the northeast that Article 371 would meet the same fate as Article 370. … Continue Reading

News: The Law Commission advises the government on complex legal issues. The Law Ministry will now notify the new panel, which will have a three… Continue Reading

Details: In a significant step, enrolment in the two schemes has also been made voluntary for all farmers, including those with existing crop loans… Continue Reading

Context: An Assam-based insurgent group of Karbis, which signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre, has demanded that the Bodos in the hill area… Continue Reading

News: The Centre had on January 27 signed the peace accord with all factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland and two other organisatio… Continue Reading

News: The Communist Party of India demanded convening of a special session of the Legislative Assembly to adopt a resolution urging the Centre to s… Continue Reading

Context: Six years on, Lokpal is a non-starter. Background: A nationwide public campaign in 2011 demanding an independent anti-corruption omb… Continue Reading

NEWS: Ensuring adequate representation to disadvantaged sections is a state obligation The received wisdom in affirmative action jurisprudence i… Continue Reading

Abstract: The recent judgment in Rekha Murarka vs The State Of West Bengal has held that the victims’ private counsel cannot orally examine or cr… Continue Reading

News: The Citizenship Act 2019, or CAA, 2019, passionately contested by people across the country, by placing these filters of religion and nation,… Continue Reading

Context Parliament has witnessed heated arguments. This has brought back questions of what is “unparliamentary” speech and conduct. What is … Continue Reading

“No one can truly know a nation until one has been inside the jail. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizen but its lowes… Continue Reading

Context: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has booked former Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act (PSA).… Continue Reading

Context: • Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recently expressed that the time has come to revisit the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. Tenth Sc… Continue Reading

Context: The Supreme Court has questioned the Tamil Nadu Speaker’s inaction with respect to the disqualification petitions filed under the Tenth … Continue Reading

Context: The government informed the Lok Sabha that it has till now not taken any decision to prepare the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at th… Continue Reading

Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level : Gram Nyayalayas Mains level : Significance of the Gram Nyayalayas • The Supreme Court has directed t… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Minister of Jal Shakti conferred the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 awards to top ranked states, union territories, and distric… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Cabinet has approved the extension/renewal of Pharmaceuticals Purchase Policy (PPP) with the same terms and conditions while addi… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) … Continue Reading

News: • The Finance Minister announced the NIRVIK scheme in the Union Budget 2020-21 in Parliament. Background: • It will provide high … Continue Reading

• The Supreme Court ruled that no time limit could be fixed while granting anticipatory bail, and that it could continue till the end of trial. … Continue Reading

News: • The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, to amend the Medical Termination of … Continue Reading

Context • Historic Comprehensive Bodo Settlement Agreement was signed to end the over 50 year old Bodo Crisis Assam’s territorial integrity is … Continue Reading

Context • Five Judge Constitution Bench ruled that the protection of anticipatory or pre-arrest bail cannot be limited to any time frame or “fi… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Cabinet has approved the Model MoU with foreign countries for recognition of seafarers’ competency certificates, pursuant to … Continue Reading

• A historic agreement was signed between Government of India, Government of Assam and Bodo representatives to end the over 50-year old Bodo crisis.… Continue Reading

News Govt. of India has signed a tripartite agreement with the representatives of the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) organisa… Continue Reading

• Election Commission of India will host the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) in New Delhi… Continue Reading

V2V IAS wishes everyone a Happy Republic Day. Day to remember our soulful constitution and hard earned independence. Get 30 percent discount on all… Continue Reading

Context: The Union Cabinet has approved a 6 month extension in the tenure of the commission to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes… Continue Reading

• Union cabinet has designated Daman as Headquarter of Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. About: • Daman will be… Continue Reading

Context: The Governor of Kerala has sought an explanation from the state government of Kerala for its failure to apprise him of the state governmen… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Supreme Court (SC) verdict on the petitions challenging the Government’s move to suspend Internet services in Jammu and Kashmir. … Continue Reading

News: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved the commissionerate system of policing for state capital Lucknow, and Noida. • The system … Continue Reading

News: The tsunami of protests across the length and breadth of the country has several fascinating facets. Barring issuing some statements in su… Continue Reading

News: IIT-Kanpur was recently at the centre of a controversy over “Hum Dekhenge”, a popular Urdu nazm, or poem, written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The… Continue Reading

Balancing Article 25 & 26 Under the Indian Constitution, the following have been guaranteed: Right of individuals to dignity and equality Right… Continue Reading

What is the Model Code of Conduct? The Model Code of Conduct for guidance of political parties and candidates is a set of norms which has been evol… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India has said that the market’s reaction to the simultaneous buy-sell of government bonds is on ex… Continue Reading

Abstract: The article argues for the inclusion of Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and the benefits of such a move. Overvi… Continue Reading

Context The Union Cabinet has approved the organizational restructuring of the railways through the unification of the existing eight Group A servi… Continue Reading

Constitution is breached every day, denying to millions of people minimum justice, social, economic and political When Nani Palkhivala propounded t… Continue Reading

What is the Central government’s stand? The story so far: Last month, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray appointed Ministers Chaggan… Continue Reading

Abstract: Move to introduce a Privilege Motion against the Kerala Chief Minister for the Kerala assembly’s resolution against CAA. Overview: … Continue Reading

Context: Report on The All India Judicial Service by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Background: Most of the grounds for the creation of an Al… Continue Reading

Context: Government considering special status for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Background: The Central government … Continue Reading

Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) PURA was aimed at the provisioning of urban amenities and livelihood opportunities in rural area… Continue Reading

Context: A Rajya Sabha member has filed a petition with the Chairman of the House seeking to initiate breach of privileges and contempt proceedings… Continue Reading

Context: NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index. Background: The SDGs are a set of 17 broad-based global goals adopted by t… Continue Reading

News: The CAA does not affect any Indian citizens, including Muslims. We have to understand that the CAA has no role in the deportation of any fo… Continue Reading

News: The Constitution, particularly its Preamble, has frequently been at the centre of the ongoing debate over the Citizenship Amendment Act. I… Continue Reading

Context Recently the Union Cabinet has given its nod for updation of the National Population Register (NPR) across the country. Given that NPR is … Continue Reading

Context: Kerala and West Bengal state governments have suspended the updating of National Population Register (NPR) amid apprehensions that NPR wil… Continue Reading

Context The National Population Register (NPR) is a register of the usual residents of the country. It contains information collected at the local… Continue Reading

Context: The anti-­ Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests have brought demands of the Adivasis or tea tribes in Assam to the forefront. Details… Continue Reading

Context: Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to delay the holding of rural local body elections, due in 2016, by three years. Background: … Continue Reading

North-East and its importance in India’s foreign policy The Citizenship Amendment Act will have consequences for the India’s foreign … Continue Reading

Context: Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Concerns: There are concerns that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act excludes Muslims… Continue Reading

In a recent address, Home Minister of India has floated the idea of One Nation, One Card and asserted that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) w… Continue Reading

Sometimes ideas can sound good, but when it comes to implementation they need to be tested for feasibility and timing. 3 capitals Andhra Pradesh… Continue Reading