Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
SC/ST act applies only to Scheduled Castes and Tribes who have not converted: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled on March 24, 2026 that a person who converts from Hinduism (or another qualifying religion) to Christianity or Islam cannot claim pro...
Lok Sabha passes transgender Bill amid Opposition protests
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 on March 24, 2026, by voice vote, amid sharp opposition protests. Th...
Transgender Bill passed by voice vote in Lok Sabha amid walkout by Opposition MPs
The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 (Bill No. 79 of 2026) by voice vote, amending the parent Transgender...
Supreme Court flags long-term bias against women in the armed forces
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, along with Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh, upheld permanent commission (...
SC grants full pension to women denied permanent commission
A three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N. Kotiswar Singh ruled on March 24, 2026, that women Short Service...
Gujarat CM invokes Sanatan values, Rigveda as UCC Bill tabled in Assembly
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel tabled the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, one week after a state-appointed e...
His family did everything they could for him, say Harish Rana’s neighbours
Harish Rana, 31, India's first person to be legally allowed passive euthanasia by the Supreme Court, passed away at AIIMS, New Delhi on March 24, 2026. Rana ...
Scheduled caste status only for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs: SC
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled that no person professing a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism can...
Opposition seeks all-party meet on women's quota after polls
Opposition parties, including Congress, wrote to the government on March 24, 2026, requesting an all-party meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to discuss t...
Gujarat assembly passes UCC Bill after over 7-hour debate amid Cong’s strong opposition
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code, 2026 after more than seven hours of debate; passed by voice vote with the BJP majorit...
Lok Sabha clears tweak to bill on trans persons amid opposition protests
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote despite opposition demands for referral to a parliamentary ...
Opposition demands all-party meet on Women’s Reservation Act amendment, seeks govt note
Opposition parties demanded an all-party meeting with the government on a proposed amendment to the Women's Reservation Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 20...
Do protections for Scheduled Castes carry over with religious conversion? What the law says
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled on March 24, 2026, that conversion to any religion other ...
Unincorporated sector units grew by 8% in 2025
The Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025 shows that the number of unincorporated sector enterprises grew by nearly 8% to approxima...
LS passes transgender amendment bill amid Oppn walkout. Medical board & narrowed definition under fire
Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 by voice vote; sections of the Opposition staged a walkout. The bill remo...
Only Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh can claim Scheduled Caste status: Supreme Court
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan ruled on March 24, 2026, that conversion to any religion other ...
Supreme Court widens doors to permanent commission for women in armed forces, flagging ‘systemic discrimination’ behind denials
A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh ruled that women Short Service Commission (SSC...
India warns of risks as cheap generic weight-loss drugs flood market after Semaglutide patent expiry
Novo Nordisk's patent on semaglutide (brand names: Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for weight loss) expired in India on March 20, 2026, triggering an immediate ...
'Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people': Rahul Gandhi slams govt on bill
Opposition leaders and civil society groups have strongly condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in Lok Sa...
Harish Rana, India's first passive euthanasia case, dies after 13 years in vegetative state
Harish Rana, the first person in India to be legally permitted passive euthanasia by the Supreme Court, died on March 24, 2026, at 4:10 PM at the All India I...