Subject: Polity

source Importance for exams: Mains: Understanding the pros and cons of promoting a single language in a multilingual India. Drawing parallels from events around the globe on similar issue Prelims: Constitutional provisions related to the issue Context: NDA Govt has come under severe criticism in the past for its efforts to promote Hindi and making […]

What is citizenship? What does constitution say about citizenship? Special rights enjoyed by citizens Legislations in this regard Termination of citizenship What are OCI and PIO? Merger of OCI and PIO Other changes to citizenship provisions Legislation to give citizenship to minorities Bill to amend citizenship act, 1955 What is citizenship? Citizenship is the status of […]

Should a colonial era legislation that has the potential to chill free speech be allowed to remain on the statute book? Revisit a short summary of one of the most misused section of colonial era.

Do We Want Uniform Civil Code in India?

Ending Tareekh pe Tareekh Syndrome

CAN NCA BE THE PANACEA TO JUDICIAL PENDENCY?

Jallikattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day. Jallikattu is derived from the words ‘calli’ (coins) and ‘kattu’ (tie), which means a bundle of coins is tied to the bull’s horns. In older times, the tamer sought to remove this bundle from the animal’s head […]

The death penalty is eminently fallible, yet irrevocably final. It operates in a system that is highly fragile and open to manipulation and mistakes. The exercise of mercy powers under Article 72/161 has also failed in acting as the final bulwark against miscarriage of justice arising from arbitrary, unfair or wrongful exercise of death penalty. Let’s map a story on what is going on in India.

The right of privacy is well established in international law. The core privacy principle in modern law may be found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Besides this, philosophers and ethicists have described privacy as an indispensable characteristic of personal freedom.

NJAC: A Triumphant Verdict

Importance for Exams Mains : Understand the issue, why is it not resolved yet. Steps taken this year. why they are expected to yield better results compared to the past. Prelims : Make a note of the institutional framework(composition, functions,etc) involved : Provisions of Art. 262, ISWD Act, CRA, CMC, CSC and the newly proposed CRMB. […]

source Should Delhi be given statehood? Why in news? Background What is the present status of Delhi? Arguments favoring statehood in Delhi Why not to give statehood? The way ahead Why in news? Recently Supreme Court has sought more clarity on the scope and boundaries of the relationship between the Delhi government and the Centre […]

Get to know the historic evolution of these powers vis-a-vis daily news.

What is ‘Special Category’ status? What benefits do states having ‘Special Category’ status enjoy? Who accords the category status to state and how? Which states held Special category status? Lacunas in the working of Special Category status Why the status has been removed? Way ahead now What is ‘Special Category’ status? ‘Special category’ status is […]