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12 stories for “Legal” · February 2026
Clear filtersSenior CPI leader R. Nallakannu passed away in Chennai on 25 February 2026 at 101 and was given State honours. Born in 1925 at Srivaikundam, Thoothukudi, he joined the freedom struggle as a student. Arrested in the 1949...
The Ministry of Home Affairs released PRAHAAR, India's first national anti-terrorism policy. It identifies threats across water, land, air and cyberspace, including cross-border terrorism, global outfits such as Al-Qaeda...
World Pangolin Day, first held in 2012 and marked on the third Saturday of February, fell on 21 February 2026. It raises awareness about protecting pangolins and fighting the illegal wildlife trade, which makes them amon...
Villupuram district recorded the first case under the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Act, 2025, which took effect on 9 June 2025 to curb forcible loan recovery. A recovery agent was bo...
A Private Member Bill seeking a Right to Recall for elected representatives was discussed in Parliament as a way to improve democratic accountability. The right lets voters remove a representative before the term ends. M...
Overview A landmark judgment was delivered by the Supreme Court in February 2026 regarding the transparency of political funding. The court mandated the use of a blockchain-based tracking system for all large-scale digit...
During the Budget session, the Lok Sabha passed the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which gives legal clarity and continuity to the labour laws replaced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. That Code...
Overview In February 2026, India and the UAE ratified a new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to further strengthen the economic corridor established by the 2022 CEPA. This treaty provides a comprehensive legal framework...
The highly esteemed Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology is currently conducting vastly extensive, scientifically rigorous archaeological excavations across eight major historical sites throughout the ongoing 2025-...
The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the use of ballot papers and ballot boxes instead of Electronic Voting Machines for the panchayat polls due in February 2026. To give this legal backing, the government plans to bring the Ka...
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty lapsed on 5 February 2026, removing the last bilateral pact restricting American and Russian nuclear forces. Signed in Prague in April 2010 by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, it...
Entering into the economic landscape of 2026, the state of Tamil Nadu has effectively and aggressively capitalized on the five new Geographical Indication (GI) tags it recently received, bringing the state's total formid...
