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Clear filtersTamil 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(...
The Supreme Court is considering whether the Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) should be compulsory in all blood banks, as part of ensuring safe transfusion under Article 21.NAT is a molecular test that detects viral genetic mater...
The Kerala Assembly has sent the Kerala Nativity Card Bill to its Subject Committee on Land Revenue and Devaswom for examination.The Bill seeks to give statutory backing to the nativity card, an authoritative identity pr...
The Delhi government has rolled out Bhu-Aadhaar, under which every land parcel gets a unique 14-digit identification number. It forms part of the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) system meant to modernise...
The Supreme Court closed its 2021 suo motu case on polluted rivers and handed the task of monitoring river pollution to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The Court reiterated that the right to live in clean and hygienic...
The Rajasthan Cabinet has removed the rule that barred people with more than two children from contesting Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections. The two-child norm was brought in during 1995 for population contro...
The Supreme Court of India has banned a Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The Court acted because the book contained references to 'corruption...
In Atul Mishra v. Union of India (2026), the Supreme Court heard a writ petition against the title of a proposed film that allegedly stereotyped a community. The Court held that vilifying any community on grounds of cast...
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, does not apply to Scheduled Tribes unless Parliament passes a law extending it to them. The ruling came in the Nawang vs Bahadur case (October 2025). The...
While hearing matters on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Supreme Court ruled that Aadhaar cannot be accepted as proof of citizenship; it only establishes identity. Nearly 50 la...
A total of 64 Parliamentary Friendship Groups have been set up in the 18th Lok Sabha to deepen ties with other countries. Three-term MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde became the youngest MP nominated to head a group, the India-I...
The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal to rename Kerala as 'Keralam', following a unanimous resolution of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The President will send the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, to the State...
