India Watch

Judiciary

1 Ex-parte Injunction against Media Platforms

2 SC Directs Governments to Follow Broad Definition of Forest

3 'Reading Down' the Clause

4 ‘Prior Approval’ to Probe Public Officials

5 Apostille Convention

6 Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Supreme Court

7 Committee for Service Conditions of the District Judiciary

8 Supreme Court Legal Services Committee

9 President Advocates for All India Judicial Service

10 SC Guidelines for Speedy Disposal of Criminal Cases against Legislators

11 Suit for Specific Performance

12 Supreme Court e-SCR Portal Launched in Hindi

13 Curative Petition

14 Writ Jurisdiction

15 Advocate-on-Record

16 Supreme Court unveils Handbook to Eliminate Gender Stereotypes

17 New Guidelines for Designation of Senior Advocates

18 Right to Change Name

19 Anuradha Bhasin’s Case: Internet Shutdown

20 Judicial Recusal

21 Rights of Non- Tribals in Scheduled Areas

22 Forum Shopping

23 Discretionary Powers of Supreme Court under Article 142

24 Golden Jubilee of Kesavananda Bharati Judgment

25 Principle of Audi Alteram Partem

26 Sealed Cover Jurisprudence

27 Neutral Citation System

28 Chargesheet Not a Public Document: Supreme Court

29 Supreme Court Expands Ambit of Article 19

30 Mandatory Minimum Sentences

31 Puisne Judge

32 Split Verdict

33 Supreme Court to Examine the Practice of Excommunication

34 Article 142 and Complete Justice

35 Constitution Bench of Supreme Court

36 Supreme Court strikes down Provision of 1988 Benami Law

37 Transit Anticipatory Bail

38 Tribunals Subordinate to High Courts: Supreme Court

39 Supreme Court Propose NGT Bench in Each State

40 Supreme Court Upholds FCRA Amendments Impacting NGO Funding

41 Supreme Court Moots Deeper Scrutiny before Award of Death Penalty

42 Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records

43 Principle of Reasonable Accommodation

44 Supreme Court Moots Stronger Enforcement Provisions against IPR Infringement

45 Sealed Cover Jurisprudence

46 Supreme Court Issues Notice against Freebies

47 Yellow Journalism

48 Default Bail

49 National Legal Services Day

50 Lok Adalat has no Jurisdiction to Decide Matter on Merits

51 Suo Motu Powers of the National Green Tribunal

52 Attorney General’s Nod to Contempt Proceedings against ‘YouTuber’

53 Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records System

54 Right to get ‘Aid’ from Government ‘Not’ a Fundamental Right

55 Right to be Forgotten

56 Continuation of Scheme for Fast Track Courts

57 Collegium Recommendations on Appointment of Judges to High Courts

58 No Immunity to Legislators for Acts of Vandalism

59 SC strikes down Provisions of 2021 Tribunal Reforms Ordinance

60 Section 66A of IT Act

61 Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings

62 Defining Limits of Sedition

63 Supreme Court on Maratha Reservation Law

64 Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

65 Permanent Commission for Women Army Officers

66 Supreme Court Refuses to Stay Sale of Electoral Bonds

67 Reservation for OBCs in Local Bodies Only Statutory, Can’t Breach 50% Ceiling: Supreme Court

68 Voicing Dissent Against Govt. Does Not Amount to Sedition: Supreme Court

69 Supreme Court Upholds Right to Choose Life Partner

70 Supreme Court Puts Three Farm Laws on Hold

71 Supreme Court Dismisses Aadhaar Review Petitions

72 Government Against Forcing Couples into Family Planning

73 SC Directs Centre to Install CCTV Cameras in Offices Investigating Agencies

74 Contempt of Court and the Role of Attorney General

75 SC Asks Trial Courts to Consider Witness Protection in Cases Against MPs, MLAs

76 Right to Residence at Shared Household for Victims of Domestic Violence: SC

77 Denying Overtime Wages Affront to Worker’s Right to Life: SC

78 Supreme Court Verdict on Right to Public Protest

79 Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertisements

80 Supreme Court Puts Stay on Maratha Reservation

81 SC’s verdict on Hindu women’s inheritance rights

82 SC Verdict on Padmanabhaswamy Temple Management Rights

83 Right to Reservationis not a Fundamental Right: SC

84 Supreme Court Declares ‘Secrecy of Ballot’a Cornerstone of Free and Fair Elections

85 Govt Launches iGOT Portal to Train Doctors, Health Care Workers to Combat COVID-19

86 Celebrating 47 years of Kesavananda Bharati Case

87 Supreme Court Modifies Order: Free COVID-19 Tests in Private Labs Only for Persons Covered Under ‘Ayushman Yojana’

88 J&K High Court Opines ’Darbar Move’ a Burden on Exchequer

89 SC Orders Centre and States to Provide Transport, Food and Shelter to Migrants

90 Madras High Court Sets Aside Restraints on Puducherry Lt.Governor

91 Supreme Court Ruling Against Judicial Transparency

92 SC Directs States to Issue Notification for Establishing Gram Nyayalayas

93 Reservation in Job Promotions not a Fundamental Right: Supreme Court

94 Supreme Court Panel Recommends Several Prison Reforms

95 Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of SC & ST Amendment Act, 2018

96 Supreme Court Declares Private Property a Human Right

97 Supreme Court Accords Fundamental Right Status to Internet Access

98 Rise in Review Petitions at Supreme Court

99 Office of CJI Comes Under the Purview of RTI Act

100 First Ever Conviction under Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016

101 Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Section 23 of PCPNDT Act

102 Supreme Court Denies Extension date on Finalisation of Assam NRC

103 EC to increase VVPAT Verification from One EVM to Five

104 Supreme Court calls for Death Penalty as an Exception

105 Government’s Prerogative to Frame Schemes: Supreme Court

106 Country’s First Lokpal Appointed

107 What Does ‘Sedition’ Mean in Our Time?

108 SC Refuses to Modify its Order on DGP Appointment

109 Supreme Court Collegium in the Line of Fire

110 Information Fusion Centre for the Indian Ocean Region becomes Functional

111 Judicial Power of President to Grant Clemency

112 SC/ ST Act: Supreme Court Recalls March 2018 Directions

113 Cabinet approves increasing strength of Supreme Court Judges from 31 to 34

114 Supreme Court issues Notice on Mob Lynching

115 Collegium of Supreme Court Judges Back in the Spotlight

Polity & Governance

1 NHRC’s ‘Statutory Full Commission’ Meeting

2 Doctrine of Lis Pendens under Transfer of Property Act, 1882

3 Advance Pricing Agreements

4 National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)

5 Copyright Infringement in India

6 ‘Eggshell Skull’ Rule

7 Provision of Chargesheet under CrPC

8 ‘Passing off’ under Trademark Rules

9 Appeals against the Contempt Orders of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)

10 ECI extends Vote-from-Home to PwDs & Senior Citizens

11 Offences under Section 153A of the IPC

12 Electoral Trusts

13 Ladakh’s Demand for Inclusion in Sixth Schedule

14 District Election Management Plan

15 Power of Arrest under Section 41A of the CrPC

16 General Diary under the Police Act, 1861

17 Adverse Possession

18 24th Meeting of PM-STIAC

19 Investor Information and Analytics Platform

20 Nazool Land

21 Raisina Dialogue, 2024

22 Directorate General of GST Intelligence

23 Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2024

24 Vijay Raghavan Committee Report

25 ‘Hamara Samvidhan Hamara Samman’ Campaign

26 CLEA-Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference

27 The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Act, 2023

28 The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Act, 2023

29 The Advocates (Amendment) Act, 2023

30 The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2023

31 The Post Office Act, 2023

32 The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023

33 The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023

34 Constitutional Validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

35 Supreme Court’s Directions to Streamline Adoption Process

36 Amplifi 2.0: An Assessment Platform for India’s Urban Development

37 AAINA Dashboard for Cities

38 ECI Launches ENCORE Software for Comprehensive Election Management

39 First Anniversary of Karmayogi Prarambh

40 Centre Exempts CERT-In From Ambit of RTI Act

41 Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee

42 Offences Relating to Religion: Section 295A of IPC

43 43rd PRAGATI Interaction

44 Central Empowered Committee

45 Serious Fraud Investigation Office

46 e-Cabinet System

47 Immunity of Legislators from Bribery Charges

48 Controller General of Accounts

49 Copyright Infringement

50 Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

51 Centralized Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System Report

52 The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023

53 The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023

54 The Bhartiya Sakshya Bill, 2023

55 9th CPA India Region Conference

56 National Media Campaign of Department of Land Resources

57 Cauvery Water Dispute

58 National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

59 Advisory Board on Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF)

60 The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023

61 Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023

62 Central Board of Film Certification

63 No-Confidence Motion

64 ECI Introduces Digital Time Voucher System for Political Parties

65 Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000

66 Rule 176 vs Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha

67 Zero FIR

68 Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2023

69 First-ever National Training Conclave

70 Commission of Railway Safety

71 National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

72 Renouncement of Indian Citizenship

73 Governor's Power to Dismiss the Ministers

74 8th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog

75 National e-Vidhan Application

76 Promulgation of Ordinances

77 Self-enumeration in Upcoming Census

78 Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999

79 State Bills and Power of Governor

80 FIR Provisions under Indian Penal Code

81 Pennaiyar River Dispute

82 Lok Sabha Passes Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022

83 Constitutional Validity of Section 354(5) of CrPC, 1973

84 Rule 357 of Rules and Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha

85 NCLAT upholds CCI’s Penalty on Google

86 Guillotine in Parliament

87 Pre-arrest Bail

88 Disqualification of Members of Parliament

89 Government sets up Panel on Digital Competition Law

90 President’s Rule under Article 356

91 Issue of Missing Deputy Speaker

92 Greater Tipraland

93 Income Tax Department’s Survey vs. Search

94 Special Category Status

95 Section 153A of IPC: Its Use and Misuse

96 Article 105 of Constitution: The Limits to Free Speech in Parliament

97 Section 69(A) of Information Technology Act 2000

98 Corrupt Practices under RPA Act 1951

99 Supreme Court Ruling on Appointment of CEC & ECs

100 83rd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference

101 Grievance Appellate Committees

102 Presidential Address

103 High-Powered Committee on Ladakh

104 Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2022

105 The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2022

106 Rule 267 of Rajya Sabha Rule Book

107 Golden Jubilee of North-Eastern Council

108 Delegated Legislation

109 EC proposes Remote Voting for Migrant Workers

110 Triple Test

111 Radhakrishnan Committee for Higher Educational Institutions

112 Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

113 Committee to Prepare National Drug Database

114 22nd Law Commission of India

115 ST Status to Pahari Community

116 First Amendment to the Indian Constitution

117 Doctrine of Pleasure

118 Committee to Examine Death in Gambia

119 Silver Jubilee of Quality Council of India

120 Revamping of Parliamentary Committees

121 Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968

122 Panel setup for Cooperative Policy

123 Social Audit

124 Centre Bans Export of Sensitive Maps and Geospatial Data

125 Revised National List of Essential Medicines 2022

126 Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog

127 Creation of New Districts

128 Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

129 Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022

130 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022

131 Government withdraw Personal Data Protection Bill

132 Draft Medical Devices Bill 2022

133 Flag Code of India Amendment 2022

134 Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2022

135 The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill 2022

136 Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

137 National Statistics Day

138 Guidelines for Advertisements 2022

139 Inter-State Council

140 Economic Impact of Select Decisions of the SC and National Green Tribunal

141 Electoral Reforms: EC mulls for One Candidate One Constituency

142 Article 142 of the Constitution

143 Guidelines for Safety Assessment of Genome Edited Plants 2022

144 Place of Worship Act 1991

145 Grievance Appellate Committee

146 Delimitation Commission Notifies New J&K Assembly Constituencies

147 National Panchayati Raj Day

148 National Financial Reporting Authority

149 Nidhi (Amendment) Rules 2022

150 Protection and Enforcement of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill 2022

151 Policy for Use of Land Acquired under Coal Bearing Areas Act 1957

152 WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine

153 New Census Rule Notified

154 National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

155 Chartered Accountants Bill 2021

156 Central Media Accreditation Guidelines 2022

157 Public Finance Management System

158 Suspension of MLAs

159 Restraining the Power of Lokayukta

160 50th Statehood Day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura

161 CVC Revises Rules for Appointing Independent External Monitors

162 Mekedatu Project: A Twist to Cauvery Water Dispute

163 NIPER Amendment Bill 2021

164 Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021

165 Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2021

166 Good Governance Week

167 New Protocol for Post-mortem Procedure

168 Union Govt. brings Ordinances to Extend Tenure of CBI, ED Chiefs

169 Constitution Day

170 CAG Audit Diwas

171 Draft Mediation Bill 2021

172 Repealing a Law

173 Demand for Greater Tipraland

174 100 years of Public Accounts Committee

175 Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill 2021

176 Dam Safety Bill

177 60 Point Action Plan

178 Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Simplified

179 Indian Telegraph Right of Way (Amendment) Rules 2021

180 Election Symbols

181 National Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management Policy Framework

182 Social Accountability

183 Delegation of Financial Powers to Defence Services

184 Patent Amendment Rules 2021

185 Renaming Places in India

186 Centenary of Madras Legislative Council

187 Foreigners Tribunals

188 Office of Whip

189 Procedure to Arrest a Cabinet Minister in India

190 Double Jeopardy

191 National Commission for Homeopathy (Amendment) Bill 2021

192 National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill 2021

193 Election of Speaker & Deputy Speaker

194 West Bengal passes Resolution to revive Legislative Council

195 Anti-Defection Law

196 Parliament Passes Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 2021

197 Censorship of Cinema: Draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2021

198 Delimitation Exercise kicks off in Jammu & Kashmir

199 Gram Unnat-Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) Programme

200 NITI Aayog’s SDG Index

201 UAPA (Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act), 1967

202 SWAMITVA Scheme

203 Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020

204 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) 3.0

205 The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021

206 Section 51 of Disaster Management Act, 2005

207 Re-Nomination to Rajya Sabha

208 NITI Aayog Suggests Revision of National Food Security Act 2013

209 Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021.

210 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020

211 President’s Rule in Puducherry

212 CIC Ruling on Lokpal

213 Karnataka: Explosion of Quota Demands

214 Prevention of Insults to National Honour

215 Cabinet Approves Changes in Juvenile Justice Act

216 Unrecognised Parties Doubled in 10 Years

217 DNA Technology Regulation Bill

218 Digital Voter ID Cards

219 India Tightens Oversight on Funds Received by NGOs

220 Govt Approves Construction of over 1.68 Lakh Houses under PMAY-Urban

221 Government Drafts a Bill to Strengthen Cigarette & Tobacco Control Law

222 Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT Scheme for Residents of J&K

223 ECI Plans to Extend Postal Ballots to NRIs

224 New Parliament Building of Central Vista Project

225 Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020

226 Government Sets Up Committee to Review TV Ratings Norms

227 Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment (Ordinance) 2020

228 Haryana Reserves 75% Private Jobs for State’s Residents

229 Cabinet Approves STARS Project to Strengthen School Education System

230 SVAMITVA Scheme Launched

231 Data Governance Quality Index

232 Assam-Mizoram Border Dispute

233 10% Hike in Ballot Spending Cap Accepted by Government

234 Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020

235 Action Plan 2020-21 for Schemes of Department of Social Justice & Empowerment

236 Aircraft (Amendment) Act 2020

237 Epidemic Diseases Amendment Act 2020

238 Parliament Passes two Bills to Revamp Indian Medicine System

239 National Recruitment Agency to Transform Recruitment Process

240 Clause 6 of Assam Accord

241 National Council for Transgender Persons

242 Arunachal Pradesh Seeks Inclusion in Sixth Schedule

243 Defence Acquisition Council Approved Deals worth Rs 38900 Crore

244 Postal Ballot Facility Extended to Senior Citizens & COVID-19 Patients

245 Governor’s Role in Summoning Legislature

246 Consumer Protection Act 2019

247 Draft Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2020

248 PMO Affirms PM CARES Not a Public Authority Under RTI Act

249 Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code

250 Union Home Ministry J&K Domicile Order Offers Protection to All Gov-ernment Posts

251 State Governments Invoking NSA for Protecting Corona Warriors from Attacks

252 Ordinance to Reduce Salaries of Parliamentarians by 30% for a year Ap-proved By Cabinet

253 Constitutional Crisis Looms Large for Maharashtra CM

254 Centre Brings Cauvery Water Management Authority under Jal Shakti Ministry

255 Government Implements Shekatkar Committee Recommendations

256 Fifteen MPs nominated for the Delimitation Commission by Lok Sabha Speaker

257 ECI Unveils Roadmap for Revamp of Electoral Process

258 UP Passes Ordinance to Recover Damages to Property during Protests, Strikes

259 India Releases Draft Defence Procurement Procedure 2020

260 Government Approves Change of Land Use for Central Vista Development

261 Govt Declared Masks, Hand Sanitisers ‘Essential’ Commodities

262 Govt Invokes Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to Fight Coronavirus

263 Parliament Approves Three Central Sanskrit Universities

264 J&K Public Safety Act Invoked Against Political Leaders

265 Cabinet approves Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020

266 Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020

267 Govt signs accord with NDFB, ABSU to resolve Bodo issue

268 Health Ministry Releases Draft National Policy for Rare Diseases 2020

269 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Clears Proposal for Three State Capitals

270 NSO Survey Debunks Swachh Bharat Claims

271 Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill Passed in LokSabha

272 PM Releases Guidelines for Jal Jeevan Mission

273 India Celebrates 70 years of Adoption of the Constitution

274 Atal Bhujal Yojana: A Scheme for Groundwater

275 Good Governance Index

276 Section 144, CrPC: A Relic of Colonial Era

277 Andhra Pradesh Legislature Passes the Disha Bill 2019

278 Presidential Assent Given to the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019

279 Bill to Ban e-Cigarettes Approved by the Parliament

280 Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 comes into Effect

281 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Merger Act 2019

282 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019

283 Cabinet approves International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019

284 One Nation One Election

285 Cabinet approves the SEZ (Amendment) Bill, 2019

286 Lok Sabha Election 2019 results

287 Home Ministry terminates Black List of Indian-Origin People

288 Registration of Marriage Bill, 2019

289 Issue of Dual Control over Assam Rifles

290 Cabinet Approves Creation of Sixth Deputy CAG Post

291 Cabinet approves continuation of National AIDS Control Programme-IV (NACP-IV)

292 Expert Panel Okays Acquisition of Land for ISRO

293 Electoral Bonds hit Transparency in Political Funding: Election Commission (EC)

294 How Much Time can a Chief Minister Take before Announcing his Council of Ministers?

295 Bribe Allegation against the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha

296 Twitter CEO Summoned by Parliament

297 Criteria for Inclusion in ST List

298 All India Services Rules for Conduct, Disciplinary Action

299 Permanent Resident Status Problem in Arunachal Pradesh

300 INS Kohassa – a New Bird’s Nest in the Andamans

301 Centre Signs Pact with 5 States on Renuka Dam

302 Bridge Over River Ravi in J&K

303 Search for a Lokpal

304 Three Islands of Andaman Nicobar Renamed

305 More Power to Autonomous Councils in Sixth Schedule Areas

306 The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018

307 Government Moves to Access and Trace all ‘Unlawful’ Content Online

308 J&K law to Stop ‘Sextortion’ of Women

309 Centre Amends Rules for Minorities from Three Nations

310 Child Protection Policy

311 Jammu & Kashmir Scraps Roshni Scheme

312 Coastal Regulation Zone

313 ERSS for Himachal Pradesh Launched

314 Himalayan State Regional Council Constituted

315 CBI & Consent

316 Maratha Quota

317 Criminal Law ill-equipped to Deal with Communal Riots

318 Ayushman Bharat Completes One Year of its Launch

319 Sedition Law Strikes Again

320 Chief of Defence Staff Post Announced by PM

321 Report of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies

322 Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019

323 National Medical Commission Act 2019- A Mega Reform of Medical Sector

324 The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019

325 Inter - State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019 gets Legislative Nod

326 The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019

327 UIDAI approves Voluntary Use of Aadhaar for National Populations Register

328 Home Minister Pitches for Hindi as India’s Unifying Force

329 The Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act

330 Government Issues Ordinance to Ban e-Cigarettes

331 Marine Fisheries Regulation and Management (MFRM) Bill 2019

1 Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)

2 Section 34 of Persons with Disability Act , 2016

3 ‘Ek Pahal’ Campaign

4 Adjournment Motion
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