Context: A BBC News Hindi investigation found that six Gujarat-based Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) received around ₹1,700 crore in donations in 2023–24, exceeding the ₹1,480 crore received collectively by five nationally recognise...

Context: India is witnessing a sharp rise in childhood obesity and diabetes, alongside widespread consumption of sugar-heavy packaged and unbranded foods. Recent regulatory proposals on front-of-pack warnings are an important step, but effective acti...

Context: Recent proposals to dilute Gram Sabha consent requirements for projects affecting tribal and forest land have raised concerns that the legal protections provided to forest-dependent communities under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 may be...

Context: All 25 High Courts now have regular Chief Justices after the Centre notified 8 appointments; the Collegium is now expected to consider 4 existing Supreme Court vacancies.Supreme Court strength: Sanctioned strength was raised to 34 judges in...

Context: On 1 September, the Supreme Court asked the Central government to examine introducing totaliser machines for counting votes recorded through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).The objective is to protect the secrecy of booth-wise voting...

Context: The Supreme Court (SC) recently invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to quash FIRs against participants in nationwide examination protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).The order gave legal effect to an assurance...

Context: Bihar and Jharkhand have resolved a 25-year-old dispute over sharing the waters of the Sone River through an inter-State Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).Under the agreement, Bihar will receive 5.75 million acre-feet (MAF) and Jharkhand 2 M...

Context: Article 124(3) of the Constitution permits appointment to the Supreme Court (SC) through three routes, including a person who is, in the President’s opinion, a “distinguished jurist”.Despite this provision existing since the Constitution cam...

Context: A ‘shuddhikaran’ (purification) ritual was performed at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground on August 10, two days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a rally there.Kharge described it as reflecting the “sting of untouchability” and...