Social Issues
Education, health, poverty, gender and welfare schemes
'These are plans to call women inferior': CJI led-Supreme Court bench rejects plea on menstrual leave
The Supreme Court of India declined to entertain a PIL seeking a nationwide mandatory menstrual leave policy for women students and employees, warning that m...
Government defends barring certain groups from list of blood donors
The Union government defended before the Supreme Court its policy barring transgender persons, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female sex workers from d...
Congress urges government to hold an all‑party meeting on women’s quota law
The Congress party urged the government to convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Constitution...
Transpersons, men having sex with men, sex workers cannot donate blood, Centre insists in Supreme Court
The Central Government told the Supreme Court that the existing ban on blood donation by transgender persons, men who have sex with men (MSM), and female sex...
Parental income alone cannot decide OBC creamy layer status: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026 ruled in favour of children of senior PSU officials who had been selected as OBC candidates in civil service examinations...
Income cannot be sole decider of OBC creamy layer: SC
In *Union of India v. Rohith Nathan* (decided March 11, 2026), a Supreme Court bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and R. Mahadevan ruled that the "creamy layer...
SC verdict on parental income as OBC creamy layer criterion: What has court said, what changes
The Supreme Court held that the "creamy layer" exclusion for OBC reservations cannot be determined solely on the basis of parental income, without also consi...
Muslim Personal Law Board condemns Supreme Court petition challenging Islamic inheritance law
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court — reportedly by the Naya Nari Foundation — seeking to invalidate Islamic inheritance law provisions that give women...
PRESIDENT OF INDIA GRACES INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
President Droupadi Murmu graced and addressed the inaugural session of the Global Conference on the Role of Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026) in New De...
President Murmu calls for get greater role for women in decision making in farm sector
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated and addressed the Global Conference on the Role of Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026) held in New Delhi on March 12...
Affirms one’s right to end vegetative existence: Ashwani Kumar on SC’s passive euthanasia order
The Supreme Court of India issued its first-ever order granting passive euthanasia in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India, allowing withdrawal of life ...
'Unsustainable in law': SC rules OBC creamy layer status cannot be decided on income alone
On March 11, 2026, a Supreme Court bench of Justices R. Mahadevan and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha ruled that OBC creamy layer status cannot be determined sol...
Withdrawing life-supporting care: The procedure and the hurdles
On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court of India — in the case of Harish Rana v. Union of India — permitted the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for Hari...
Explained: The draft guidelines for passive euthanasia in India, and the hurdles
Following the Supreme Court's landmark 2026 ruling allowing passive euthanasia for Harish Rana, attention has shifted to India's draft guidelines on withdraw...
War in West Asia spotlights a growing risk for Indian seafarers: Abandonment
The West Asia conflict — sparked by US and Israeli military operations against Iran beginning February 28, 2026 — led to Iran blocking shipping traffic throu...
The Iran war and the uncertain future of the expats
The US-Israel military campaign against Iran (Operation Epic Fury, launched February 28, 2026) and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz have severe...
Civil rights groups demand Maharashtra’s anti-conversion bill draft be made public
Civil rights groups and activists demanded that the Maharashtra government make the draft of its proposed anti-conversion legislation public, objecting to a ...
HC bins 'only STs in polls' order, Meghalaya district stays tense
On March 11, 2026, the Meghalaya High Court quashed a notification issued by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) on February 17, 2026, which h...
Probe MP Dalit woman's death, SC instructs CBI
The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the suspicious death of Anjana,...
Reports of ‘captive’ civilians spark fresh Naga-Kuki tensions in Manipur’s Ukhrul
Twenty-one Tangkhul Naga civilians travelling in three vehicles along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were detained by Kuki villagers and armed men at Shangkai in Ma...