constitutional law

Vadodara, March 23 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the BJP and the RSS over the use of the term 'Vanvasis' for tribal people, claiming that they have coined the term to deny them their original ownership of water, forests, and land, which have belonged to them for centuries...

Islamabad, March 21 – Non-Sunni Muslim communities in Pakistan, including Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and Ahmadis, have faced discrimination for decades, often being treated as second-class citizens through various subtle and overt means.Their concentration in sanitation work and limited...

Jaipur, March 20 – The Rajasthan government on Friday rejected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's demand for ₹1.44 lakh crore in water royalties, calling it unconstitutional and legally baseless.Chief Minister Mann had cited a 1920 agreement signed between the British government, the...

New Delhi, March 19 Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday that India still retains space for dissent, but warned of a growing trend of "delegitimising" it, while political analyst Yogendra Yadav cautioned that the country is witnessing not just democratic backsliding but a deeper...

New Delhi/Bhopal, March 19 – The Madhya Pradesh Congress unit has praised the Supreme Court's decision to stay the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order and maintain Congress leader Mukesh Malhotra's status as a legislator until the next hearing.The Congress described the interim relief by the...

New Delhi, March 19 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.The bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, heard the submissions of various lawyers...

Raipur, March 19 The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday tabled a bill in the state assembly aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud or misrepresentation.The Opposition Congress, however, raised objections, seeking to hand over the bill to a...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Congress expressed serious concerns about the new Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill on Thursday, alleging that the proposed law violates the federal structure of the Constitution.In a statement, Congress general secretary for communications, Jairam Ramesh...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Congress launched an attack on the Centre on Thursday over a "shockingly high" number of vacancies in the country's top higher education regulatory bodies, while simultaneously rejecting the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025.Citing the latest...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 – The Congress party submitted a formal petition to the Assembly Speaker on Wednesday, seeking the disqualification of two of its MLAs under Article 10 of the Constitution (also known as the anti-defection law) for allegedly cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha biennial...

Kathmandu, March 18 Nepal's electoral body announced on Wednesday that it will present the final results of the presidential election to Ramchandra Paudel on Friday afternoon.The House of Representatives (HoR) elections, held on March 5, 2026, elected a 275-member Lower House, known as the...

New Delhi, March 18 Former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari said on Wednesday that India has made progress in justice, liberty, and equality over the last 75 years, but has "singularly failed" to advance the constitutional ideal of fraternity, warning that this gap is affecting both domestic...

Prayagraj (UP), March 18 The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) in Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit stating whether it is in a position to conclude the panchayat elections in accordance with the mandate of Article 243E of the Constitution.The court pointed...

New Delhi, March 18 The Lok Sabha on Wednesday extended the tenure of the parliamentary committee examining bills that seek to introduce simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies until the monsoon session.P.P. Chaudhary, chairman of the Joint Committee of...

New Delhi, March 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the contributions of the 59 members retiring from the Rajya Sabha between April and July, calling Parliament "an open university" and urging outgoing legislators to remain active in national life.Addressing the Upper House...

Seoul, March 17 – South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun dodged questions on Tuesday about whether the United States had formally requested that South Korea deploy warships to the Middle East, as Seoul faces pressure after US President Donald Trump urged allies to send naval vessels to protect...

New Delhi, March 17 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine the legal correctness of the 1978 judgment of a seven-judge bench that gave a broad interpretation of the term "industry" to govern labor relations.On February 21, 1978, a seven-judge...

New Delhi, March 17 Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that stated a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopted a child below the age of three months, deeming it discriminatory.Ruling...

New Delhi, March 17 Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that stated a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopted a child below the age of three months.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and...

Vasai (Maharashtra), March 17 A video, purportedly from Maharashtra's Palghar district, showing people in a cinema hall chanting slogans and pledging to boycott Muslims socially and economically, has triggered strong reactions.Responding to claims by a Congress MP that the viral video was shot...