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45 stories for “Polity & Governance” · March 2026
Clear filtersThe Supreme Court of India has asked the Union Government to frame a "no-fault compensation policy" for people who suffered serious adverse effects, or died, after receiving COVID-19 vaccines.Under no-fault liability, vi...
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has started the "Say No to Proxy Sarpanch" campaign to end the 'Sarpanch Pati' practice, in which male relatives exercise power on behalf of elected women village heads.The drive seeks to s...
The Mizoram Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution seeking the inclusion of the Mizo language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The State clarified that inclusion would not affect the Schedul...
The Supreme Court has allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, including clinically assisted nutrition, for Harish Rana, a 32-year-old man in a vegetative state since 2013. It is the first court-approved impl...
In Pavini Shukla v. Union of India, the Supreme Court suggested implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to remove gender bias in personal laws. A UCC would replace religion-based personal laws with one common law for all...
Six candidates have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu to fill six seats falling vacant as current members' terms end on 2 April 2026. They are Tiruchi Siva and Constandine Ravindran (DMK), M. Chri...
The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Puducherry government and the State Election Commission on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking local body elections in the Union Territory. Elected communes and muni...
During President Droupadi Murmu's visit to West Bengal in March 2026, neither the Chief Minister nor a nominated Minister received her, raising questions over the 'Blue Book' rules. The Blue Book is a confidential Minist...
The Election Commission of India held a national roundtable conference with State Election Commissioners at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It was the first such meeting in 27 years, the previous one having been held in 19...
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 members to the Committee of Privileges, to be chaired by Ravi Shankar Prasad. The committee had not been formed for nearly two years in the 18th Lok Sabha. It is a standing com...
Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy has been nominated by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha.If elected, she could become India's first openly LGBTQ+ Member of Parliament.Guruswamy i...
Tamil Nadu's 234 Assembly seats trace back to the Delimitation Commission that redistributed seats after the 1961 Census, chaired by Justice J.L. Kapur with C.P. Sinha and K.V.K. Sundaram.Under Article 170 and Section 8(...
