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Presidential Reference under Article 143

For Prelims: Article 142, Article 143, Supreme Court, Governor, Articles 200 and 201, Union Council of Ministers, Article 145 (3), Fundamental...

20 May 2025 Parliament

Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight in India

For Prelims: Question Hour, Standing Committees, Constituent Assembly, Article 75, No-confidence Motion  For Mains: Parliamentary Oversight...

07 May 2025 Parliament

Reviving Private Members’ Bills

For Prelims: Private Member’s Bills,  Members of Parliament, Anti-Defection Law, Zero Hour, Question Hour  For Mains: Role and...

05 May 2025 Parliament

Debate Over Judicial Activism

For Prelims: Judicial overreach, Separation Of Powers, Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review, Fundamental Rights, Collegium System, National...

03 May 2025 Parliament

Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

Prelims: Office of Speaker and Deputy speaker: Rules, Constitutional Provisions and Mandates, Provisions for Presiding Officers Of the parliament,...

29 Apr 2025 Parliament

Balancing Constitutional Powers in a Democratic Setup

This editorial is based on “Tamil Nadu governor case: Judicial overreach, not constitutional interpretation” which was published in The...

19 Apr 2025 Parliament

Delay in Decisions of Anti-Defection Cases

For Prelims: Supreme Court, Anti-defection, Article 142, Election Commission of India  For Mains: Anti-Defection Law and its impact on Indian...

03 Apr 2025 Parliament

Prime Minister & PMO

For Prelims: Indian Constitution, Prime Minister, Parliamentary form of Government, Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India,...

25 Mar 2025 Parliament

Electoral Reforms in India

For Prelims: Election Commission of India (ECI),  Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC), RPA, 1951, EVM, VVPAT, ERONET (Electoral Roll...

18 Mar 2025 Parliament

SC's Direction on Remission

For Prelims: Remission, Pardoning Power of the President, Article 72, President, Supreme Court, Article 161, Governor, Prison Act, 1894, Kehar...

26 Feb 2025 Parliament

Article 101(4)

Source: IE  An independent Member of Parliament (MP), has approached the High Court over concerns regarding the potential loss of his Lok Sabha...

25 Feb 2025 Parliament

SC Plea for Lifetime Ban on Convicted Politicians

For Prelims: Supreme Court (SC), Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RP Act, 1951), Election Commission (EC), Parliament, Administrative...

14 Feb 2025 Parliament

Bills on Parliamentary Sittings and POCSO Act, 2012

For Prelims: Private members’ Bill, Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Article 85, Article 174, National Crime Records Bureau  For Mains: Reforms...

11 Feb 2025 Parliament

Breach of Parliamentary Privileges

Source: HT  Formal notices of breach of parliamentary privilege were filed against some MPs following their comment on the President...

06 Feb 2025 Parliament

76th Republic Day

For Prelims: Republic Day, Padma Awards, Gallantry awards, Central Armed Police Forces, Indian Coast Guard, President’s Medal for Gallantry,...

27 Jan 2025 Parliament

Party Whip

Source: IE  Why in News?  The Vice President of India has expressed concerns regarding the use of party whips in Parliament, questioning...

27 Jan 2025 Parliament

Parliamentary Privileges and Immunities

For Prelims: Parliamentary Privileges, Parliamentary conventions, statutory laws, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, freedom of speech,...

09 Jan 2025 Parliament

Decline of Private Members' Bills in Indian Parliament

Source: TH  Why in News?   In recent years, Private Members' Bills, crucial for Members of Parliament (MPs) independent expression,...

03 Jan 2025 Parliament

Office of Governor and Related Concerns

For Prelims: Provisions and Powers of the Governor, Sarkaria Commission (1988), Venkatachaliah Commission (2002), Punchhi Commission (2010), BP...

28 Dec 2024 Parliament

Data of Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Source: PIB  Why in News?  Recently, the Election Commission of India has released comprehensive data for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to...

28 Dec 2024 Parliament