Important Editorials on Polity
[Polity] Supreme Court Ruling on EWS reservation quota
Background A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday, in a 3:2 majority decision, upheld the validity of the [...]
[Polity] Uniform Civil Code – In-depth
Background Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Gujarat on October 29 joined the list of BJP-ruled States that have called [...]
[Polity] Schedule Caste Debate
Background The Supreme Court of India has sought the most recent position of the Union government on a batch of [...]
[Polity] The draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022
The draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022 Background The Ministry of Communications released a draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022 last [...]
[Polity] How have the Directive Principles been translated into policy-making?
In her first Independence Day address to the nation as President, Droupadi Murmu, the 15th President of India, said that the next [...]
[Polity] Famous Media Trails in India.
Context:-Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Saturday said the media is running “kangaroo courts” on issues even experienced judges [...]
[Polity] Section 124A -Sedition Law “In Abeyance”
History of Sedition Law in India First introduced in 1870, the primary objective of the sedition law was to deal [...]
The deepening crisis of India’s Parliament
During the framing of India’s Constitution, multiple models of governance were proposed for the newly independent nation. The framers of [...]
Digital Health ID and Privacy Concerns
The official launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) started an initiative that will give every citizen a unique [...]
The Failure of Anti-defection law in Discouraging Defection
Context:- The Calcutta High Court has given West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee a deadline to pass an order in [...]
From Anthropocentric to Biocentric jurisprudence
Context The Great Indian Bustard, a gravely endangered species, with hardly about 200 alive in India today, came under the [...]
Supreme Court Strikes Down parts of 97th Constitutional Amendment
In a major boost for federalism, the Supreme Court recently struck down parts of a Constitution amendment which shrank the [...]
[Polity] The Juvenile Justice Bill, 2021 (In-Depth)
Highlights of the Bill 1) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 states that adoption of [...]
[Polity] Why Supreme Court must strike down sedition law entirely
Question Before the Supreme Court:- Should people have the right to incite violence against the government? This would be an [...]
[Polity] Ghost of Section 66A of IT Act
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has long been dead. It was struck down as unconstitutional six years [...]
[Polity] The upcoming crisis in Indian federalism
Context ———————————————– The Indian Constitution may face an unprecedented crisis in 2026 when there will be a dramatic change in [...]
[Polity] Population Control Laws and Right to Procreate
Context:- Recently, the government of Uttar Pradesh released a “Population Policy” in which it stated its intention to bring the gross [...]
Urban Local Governance in India (Case Study-Bengaluru)
Urban governance is part of the state list under the Constitution. Thus, the administrative framework and regulation of ULBs varies [...]