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New Delimitation Bill 2026: What it means and its key proposalsThe government's tabling of the Delimitation Bill has ignited a political firestorm, particularly from southern opposition parties. The pro...
Amit Shah tables Delimitation Bill in Lok Sabha amidst nationwide protests by Opposition, southern statesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Delimitation Bill in Lok Sabha amid protests, with southern states alleging a population-based red...
Husband gets relief from criminal case after mutual divorce: Odisha HC drops criminal case and dowry chargesThe Odisha High Court quashed criminal cases of 498A and dowry against a husband after he obtained a mutual consent divorce. The court rule...
Delimitation & women reservation bill: Southern states backs 50% seat hike, seeks share status quoWith the introduction of the two bills - one on delimitation and another an amendment bill for delinking implementation of women's reservat...
No plan to remove 'socialist', 'secular' from Constitution: Govt informs Rajya SabhaResponding to a question by RS MP Ramji Lal Suman, the Union Minister said in a written reply in the upper house on Thursday that "the gove...
Ordinance raj during Emergency: 48, including 5 to amend MISA, promulgatedDuring the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government issued numerous ordinances, including amendments to the MISA, granting broad de...
BJP MPs did not mention Indira herself voted to remove many provisions of 42nd Amendment: Jairam RameshCongress MP Jairam Ramesh criticized Prime Minister Modi and his colleagues for omitting key facts during a parliamentary debate on the 42n...
'Challenge after 44 years': Supreme Court junks pleas against 'socialist', 'secular' in PreambleThe Supreme Court upheld the 42nd amendment. This amendment added socialist, secular, and integrity to the Preamble. The court rejected cha...
State can interfere with religious practices if they impede development, equality rights: SCIndia's top court confirmed the constitutional validity of secularism. The court clarified the state's role concerning religious practices....
SC in Preamble's socialist, secular case: Can't say what Parliament did in emergency all nullityThe Supreme Court of India is deliberating on petitions challenging the inclusion of "socialist" and "secular" in the Constitution's Preamb...
'Anti-national' inserted in Constitution in 1976, removed a year later: GovernmentOwaisi also asked whether the Supreme Court has prescribed any guidelines to deal with crimes relating to 'anti-national' activity. "The wo...
Anticipatory bail applicable, contemplating amendment to restore provision: Uttarakhand to SCThe counsel said the state "in principle" agrees that the section should be available to the citizens.
Supreme Court notices to Centre over foreign funding to BJP, CongressThe plea, filed by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), was argued by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. It was filed by lawyer Neha...
Now, foreign poll funding won’t be scrutinisedBefore the change approved last week, foreign funds received by a political party before September 26, 2010, when the FCRA was enacted, wer...
LS passes amendment against scrutiny of foreign poll fundsBefore the change approved last week, foreign funds received by a political party before September 26, 2010, when the FCRA was enacted, wer...
Hindustan Zinc gains as government mulls changes in Metal Corporation Act to push stake saleHindustan Zinc Ltd was incorporated in 1966 as a state-run firm after the takeover of erstwhile Metal Corporation of India.
Coal mining: Amend CMN Act and allow othersCMNA, enacted in 1973, made mining the monopoly of the central govt, and by virtue of this, Coal India became the primary arbiter of energy...