constitutional law

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste community who converts to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism loses their Scheduled Caste status from the moment of conversion, regardless of their birth.A bench of...

Shillong, March 24 Meghalaya Governor C.V. Vijayashankar on Tuesday approved a new legislation by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) that bars non-tribals from contesting tribal council elections, officials said.The GHADC had on Monday approved a key amendment mandating that...

New Delhi, March 24 – NCP (SP) Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday described the alleged assault on Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai during the election of the Satara Zilla Parishad president and vice president as a “sad” and “tragic” incident for the state.“This has nothing...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra...

New Delhi, March 24 In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, who were denied Permanent Commission due to arbitrary assessment, are entitled to full pensionary benefits.A bench comprising...

The Mizoram government formed the Drafting Committee for the Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2026 on February 25, following the rejection of the Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019, which was passed by the State Legislative Assembly on March 18, 2019, by the...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday resumed its final hearing on a batch of petitions, including review petitions, challenging its Vanashakti verdict permitting retrospective environmental clearances (EC) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found violating green norms...

Mumbai, March 23 – Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday that the process for property mutation (ferfar) in the Mumbai City district has been digitized.This move is expected to benefit approximately 3 million residents by streamlining...

Shillong, March 23 Amidst protests over non-tribal participation in a tribal council election in Meghalaya, the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council on Monday approved a key amendment mandating that only members of Scheduled Tribes can contest the polls, effectively ending the participation of...

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...