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Clear filtersIn 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...
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application. The app enables real-time collection of data on persons engaged in begging and helps improve the monitoring a...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has brought in a new deportation policy to speed up the identification and removal of illegal migrants.Task forces: District-level task forces are mandatory.Timeline: Verification of su...
The Governor of Punjab has given assent to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026.Passage: Passed unanimously by the Punjab Legislative Assembly on 13 April 2026.Offence: Sacrilege (beadbi) of...
Civil Services Day is observed on 21 April to recognise the role of civil servants in governance and nation-building. The 2026 theme is "Holistic Development – Saturation of Government Schemes".History: On 21 April 1947,...
The law reserving seats for women has taken effect in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry from 17 April 2026, following a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Parent law...
The Centre has extended, for the third time, the tenure of the Commission of Inquiry headed by former Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, now up to June 10, 2026. The two-month extension runs from April 11 to June 10, 2026....
Samrat Choudhary has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar. He succeeds Nitish Kumar, who stepped down from the post after being nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Choudhary becomes the first leader from the Bharatiya Jan...
Three Panchayats from Tripura secured top honours in the Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Nanaji Deshmukh Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar 2025.Sepahijala was judged the best District Panchayat.Kanchabari won first place in the Hea...
Niranjan Jyoti has assumed charge as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). Along with her, Kiran Umesh Mahalle took charge as a Member of the Commission. The NCBC is a constitutional bod...
