Polity & Governance
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After rejig, seats for South will increase from 129 to 195: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that after delimitation and expansion of the Lok Sabha, seats for southern states will increase from 129 to 195 — a net ...
Delimitation: In data and numbers
A data analysis examining how a 2011 Census-based delimitation would impact India's parliamentary representation shows significant variation in projected gai...
“No state will lose Lok Sabha share”: Narendra Modi defends delimitation, women’s reservation push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Parliament during the Budget Session 2026, assuring all states — particularly southern states — that no state would lo...
Faster insolvency process proposed with creditor-led resolution framework
A new mechanism called the Creditor-Initiated Insolvency Resolution Process (CIIRP) has been proposed as an amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (...
Mining push meets tribal resistance
Intense conflict has erupted in the Sijimali hills, straddling Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southern Odisha, over proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta L...
33% women quota law notified, rollout awaits census and delimitation
The Union Law Ministry issued a gazette notification on April 16, 2026, bringing the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 — the Women's R...
Establishing a vaccine injury compensation mechanism for India
A recent opinion piece argues that when the State strongly promotes mass vaccination as a civic duty — as it did during the COVID-19 immunisation drive — it ...
Census will list caste, says Amit Shah, rules out Muslim women's quota
The Union Home Minister announced in the Lok Sabha that the ongoing national Census exercise will include caste enumeration, reversing a post-Independence po...
SC: UCC not linked to religion, its enactment constitutional ambition
The Supreme Court of India has reiterated that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is not linked to any religion and represents a constitutional aspiration embedded...
Discharge stands above acquittal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India ruled that the legal position of a discharged accused is on a "higher pedestal" than that of an accused who is acquitted after a f...
2023 women’s quota law comes into force as NDA lacks numbers: What are the options before govt?
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — commonly called the Women's Reservation Act or Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was notified into force by the M...
Delimitation Bill fundamental attack on federal structure: Opposition
Opposition parties in Parliament described the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026 as a "fundamental attack on the federal structure" of India. The INDI...
Counting matters: On delimitation, federalism, the Census
India's long-pending post-census delimitation exercise — frozen since 1976 — is approaching a constitutional deadline, with three Bills introduced in Lok Sab...
Finally, Rohit Vemula Bill to safeguard SC/ST students gets Cabinet nod
The Karnataka Cabinet approved the draft of the Rohith Vemula (Protection of SC/ST and OBC Students from Caste Discrimination in Higher Educational Instituti...
Women’s Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Gazette notification
The Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 — popularly known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam — was brought into force through an official gazette notif...
Representation of southern States will not go down, a misconception is being spread: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that concerns about southern states losing parliamentary representation under the proposed delimitation are based on a "...
West Bengal SIR: Voters cleared by tribunals by April 21 or 27 will be able to vote in Assembly polls, says Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ordered that voters excluded from the West Bengal electoral rolls during...
Delimitation won’t bring down south’s share of seats, Modi, Shah tell Lok Sabha
Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister intervened in Lok Sabha on April 16, 2026, to directly address fears that the proposed delimitation exercise wo...
Women Reservation Act 2023 comes into force: Notification
The Union Law Ministry issued a notification on April 16, 2026, specifying it as the date on which the provisions of the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth ...
Delimitation bill makes Tamils refugees in their own land: Stalin
Southern state leaders — most prominently Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin — have opposed the delimitation exercise, arguing that population-based redis...