Context The Supreme Court recently exercised the power conferred on it under Article 142 of the Constitution to order the release of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict…

Context A two-judge Bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in a batch of petitions challenging the exception provided to marital rape in the Indian Penal Code (IPC).…

What is FCRA law related to NGO funding ? Context Recently, the CBI carried out searches at 40 places and questioned six officials of the Foreigners Division of the Ministry of…

Context The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre and states to keep in abeyance all pending trials, appeals, and proceedings with respect to the charge framed under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code…

Context Remarks by a Hindi actor to the effect that Hindi is the national language of India sparked a controversy recently over the status of the language under the Constitution.…

India’s sedition law, its usage, and the opinions around it Context Sedition is once again the subject of debate as the Supreme Court Court is hearing pleas challenging it. Recent observations by…

Context In its 2022 Annual report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that India be designated a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC), i.e., the category…

Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute resolution Context Recently, Assam and Meghalaya partially resolved a 50-year-old dispute along their 884.9 km boundary. The agreement is expected to pave the way for resolving disputes…