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19 stories for “Polity & Governance” · May 2026
Clear filtersIn the Kerala Assembly Elections 2026, the United Democratic Front (UDF) won about 97-98 seats, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 71 in the 140-member House. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Pinarayi Vijay...
Joram Aniya and R. Balasubramaniam have been appointed as full-time members of NITI Aayog. Joram Aniya is the first person from Arunachal Pradesh, and from the entire Northeast region, to hold this post. With these two a...
Sikkim is commemorating 50 years of its integration with India, which took place on 16 May 1975. The Himalayan kingdom was ruled by the Chogyal monarchy from 1642 until 1975. Under the Indo-Sikkim Treaty of 1950 it had b...
The Supreme Court has ruled that ending a consensual live-in relationship is not a criminal offence, and that a voluntary relationship cannot be recast as sexual assault or exploitation after the partners separate. The c...
In Lucknow Public School vs The State of Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court ruled that neighbourhood schools must give immediate admission under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Act gua...
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and States on a PIL seeking exclusion of a 'creamy layer' from SC/ST reservations, citing State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh. The seven-judge Bench in that 2024 case allow...
The Madras High Court has observed that the existing law still allows a candidate to contest from two constituencies simultaneously. In 2004, the Election Commission of India had proposed barring candidates from contesti...
