The Election Commission is delisting Registered Unrecognized Political Parties due to their inactivity over six years and failure to submit financial reports. This action is part of a broader electoral reform effort aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in political funding, strengthening democratic framework by ensuring participation from only active and genuine political entities.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court’s 2025 directives on air pollution exemplify judicial activism, enforcing accountability of CPCB, SPCBs, and CAQM, filling executive gaps, and protecting the right to clean air under Article 21, However, long-term solutions require strengthened enforcement, technology, and public engagement.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court’s refusal to extend the POSH Act to women political workers exposes a protection gap leaving them vulnerable, undermining gender equality, participation; addressing it requires legislative amendments, Election Commission mandates and party reforms to ensure safe, political spaces.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court’s Kattavellai @ Devakar guidelines standardize DNA evidence handling in India, addressing collection, custody, and transport lapses. Ensuring reliability, uniformity, and credibility, DNA remains corroborative, highlighting the need for training, infrastructure, and robust forensic oversight.
Click to View MoreThe Manki-Munda system, rooted in Ho tribal traditions of Jharkhand’s Kolhan, features hereditary Mundas and Mankis managing disputes and governance. Codified by the British in 1837, it endures today, balancing customary law, tribal identity, and democratic Panchayati Raj institutions.
Click to View MoreDynastic politics in India, with 21% MPs/MLAs from political families (ADR 2025), highlights family dominance over democracy. Though it offers continuity, it weakens meritocracy, governance, and trust. With no constitutional ban, reforms like inner-party democracy, electoral funding transparency, and voter literacy are essential for merit-driven governance.
Click to View MoreThe RTI Act (2005) empowers citizens to access government information, ensuring transparency and accountability. Despite challenges like DPDP conflicts, backlogs, bureaucratic resistance, and attacks on activists, its future lies in restoring autonomy, strengthening commissions, digitization, awareness, protection for activists, and strict enforcement to truly democratize governance in India.
Click to View MoreThe Supreme Court has proposed new guidelines to regulate commercial speech on digital platforms, aiming to balance constitutional rights with protecting vulnerable groups and ensuring digital accountability. The directive aims to differentiate between free speech and harmful content, holding platforms and creators accountable while upholding a free and open digital society.
Click to View MoreThe 50% reservation ceiling, set by Indra Sawhney (1992), faces scrutiny as judicial rulings like Janhit Abhiyan (2022) and Davinder Singh (2024) highlight tensions between formal and substantive equality. With unfilled vacancies and benefit concentration, a national caste census and sub-categorization are needed to ensure equitable representation.
Click to View MoreThe lack of a timeline for presidential and gubernatorial assent to bills has led to a "pocket veto," causing friction in the federal system. The Supreme Court is now examining whether a time limit imposes an unauthorized constitutional amendment.
Click to View MoreThe severe gender imbalance in judiciary, undermines its constitutional promise of equality and inclusivity. This gap, rooted in systemic patriarchy and an opaque collegium, is an ethical and constitutional failure. Bridging it requires transparent, mandated diversity policies to ensure a more representative and trusted judiciary.
Click to View MoreIndian Constitution allows Governors to assent or reserve bills for President's consideration, but lack of a fixed timeline, which has caused constitutional deadlocks. The Supreme Court has clarified that Governors cannot indefinitely delay decisions and that inaction is subject to judicial review, upholding parliamentary democracy principles and preventing subversion of the elected legislature's will.
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