Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that any electoral reform would be carried out only after consultations with all stakeholders, including political parties.   Details – His remarks come against the backdrop of the Election Commission deferring the demonstration of its recently developed prototype Remote Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) after opposition from most political… Continue reading Remote EVMs

Union Law Minister has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) to suggest a nominee of the Union government in the Supreme Court Collegium and a State representative in each of the High Court collegiums. The letter offered the suggestion since the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) is pending finalisation.   Key suggestions given by Law… Continue reading Collegium System

Recent, the Supreme Court has said that grant of default bail will not operate as an absolute bar to canceling it once the charge sheet is filed and the same can be considered if a strong case is made out.   What is it? Also known as statutory bail, this is a right to bail… Continue reading Default Bail

A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is hearing a dispute between the Delhi government and the Central government over the control of services. Almost five years ago, another Constitution Bench had ruled in favour of the State government in a similar tussle.   What is the present dispute? A five-judge Constitution Bench of… Continue reading Control of services

The 83rd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference was organised and it concluded with a resolution passed by the attending members.   Details – A resolution was passed at the conclusion of the 83rd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference which virtually endorsed Vice President (VP) Jagdeep Dhankar’s remarks on judicial overreach. While inaugurating the conference, VP… Continue reading All India Presiding Officers’ Conference

Recently, the Central Government submitted the views of 24 States to the Supreme Court on whether religious and linguistic minority communities should be identified and notified by the Union Government or the respective State Governments.   Details – Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Zorastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2… Continue reading Minority Citizens in India

Recently, Supreme Court has told the Central Government that it cannot decide its curative plea seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for giving compensation to the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy as a lawsuit.   Details – The concept of curative petition originated from… Continue reading Curative Petition

Recently, the Supreme Court sought a response from the Centre on a petition filed by the Andhra Pradesh government seeking a fair, equitable and expeditious division of assets and liabilities with Telangana.   What is the issue between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana? More than eight years after the bifurcation of the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh,… Continue reading Stalemate between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Recently, A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it will first take up for preliminary determination whether Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 suffers from any “constitutional infirmity”.   Details – Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement… Continue reading Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

Governor of Tamil Nadu, R N Ravi, skipped certain portions of the text of his customary address to the state’s legislature. As a result, the Chief Minister of the state, M K Stalin, moved a resolution demanding only the original printed speech in Tamil be put in records. Governor R N Ravi reacted to this… Continue reading Governor’s address to state legislature