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Clear filtersThe International Day of Democracy is observed on September 15 to promote and uphold democratic principles. The UN General Assembly created the day in 2007 through a consensus resolution, and it was first marked in 2008....
Hindi Diwas on 14 September recalls the day in 1949 when the Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi in Devanagari script as the official language of the Union under Article 343. It has been observed every year since 1953. Ar...
The Election Commission of India has recognised Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as a State Party in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry after it fulfilled the prescribed conditions. Earlier a registered unrecognised party, TVK can...
The Centre has proposed inserting Article 371(K) into the Constitution to grant Ladakh constitutional safeguards and greater local autonomy. The provision may set up a directly elected Union Territory-level body with leg...
The Population Enumeration phase of Census 2027 has been brought forward in four poll-bound States: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa. Enumeration will run from November 16, 2026 to January 4, 2027, with a revis...
In All India Judges Association v. Union of India, the Supreme Court told seven States, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, to raise the retirement age of district ju...
The Union Home Minister chaired the 28th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Panaji, Goa. Zonal Councils are statutory bodies set up under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 to foster Centre-State and inter-State co...
The Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to quash criminal cases filed against NEET protesters. Article 142 lets the Court pass any order needed to "do complete justice", enforceable across India, but it...
The Centre has deferred Census operations in Manipur. Meiteis, Pangals (Meitei Muslims) and Nagas demanded that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) be updated first with 1951 as the base year, and petitions in the Ma...
The name 'High Court of Kerala' will remain even though the State has become Keralam. A High Court's name can be changed only through a High Court Name Amendment Act passed by Parliament, on the State executive's recomme...
The Department of Consumer Affairs has notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026. Indian Standard Time (UTC+5:30) becomes the compulsory time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and offi...
Through a Government Order of the Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Tamil Nadu has reconstituted the Advisory Board under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. Retired Madras High Court judge Justice V. B...
