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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 State Legislature

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 State Legislature

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 State Legislature

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 State Legislature

First Chief Minister of J&K UT Takes Charge

Source: TH  Recently, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the UT (union territory) of Jammu and...

19 Oct 2024 State Legislature

Power of LG to Nominate MCD Aldermen

For Prelims: Lieutenant Governor (LG), Aldermen, Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, Local Government, Wards Committee, Standing Committee,...

07 Aug 2024 State Legislature

Enemy Agents Ordinance

Source: IE Why in News? Recently, Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police (DGP) proposed using the Enemy Agents Ordinance of 2005, which...

28 Jun 2024 State Legislature

Role of the Speaker

For Prelims: 18th Lok Sabha, coalition government, Speaker and a Deputy Speaker, simple majority, adjournments, no-confidence and censure motions,...

12 Jun 2024 State Legislature

Annual Review of State Laws 2023

For Prelims: Budget, Public Accounts Committee, Comptroller and Auditor General, Ordinances, Organized Crime, Lokayukta, Goods and Services...

06 May 2024 State Legislature

Supreme Court's Ruling on Chief Secretary's Tenure

This editorial is based on “Judicial contradiction in Delhi Chief Secretary’s extension” which was published in The Hindu on...

17 Jan 2024 State Legislature

Disqualification of Member of the Legislative Assembly

For Prelims: First Information Report (FIR), Disqualification and Suspension of Member of the Legislative Assembly, Article 191 of the...

21 Dec 2023 State Legislature

Disclosure of Political Funding

For Prelims: Representation of the People Act 1951, Supreme Court, Electoral Bonds, Publicity Act of USA, European Union, Regulation of the...

01 Dec 2023 State Legislature

Postal Ballots and EVMs

For Prelims: Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Postal Ballots, Election Commission (EC), Returning Officer (RO), Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit...

30 Nov 2023 State Legislature

Women Reservation Act, 2023

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25 Oct 2023 State Legislature

Women’s Reservation Bill for Gender Equality

This editorial is based on the article Lok Sabha passes historic women’s reservation Bill which was published in The Hindu on 21/09/2023. It...

23 Sep 2023 State Legislature

Suspension of MPs from Parliament

For Prelims: Suspension of MPs from Parliament, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliament, Presiding Officer, Speaker. For Mains: Suspension of...

28 Jul 2023 State Legislature

Anti-Defection Law

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05 Jul 2023 State Legislature

Appointment of Vice-Chancellors of State Universities

For Prelims: Governors, vice-chancellors, President, University Grants Commission, Central Universities For Mains: Issues over appointment of the...

03 Jun 2023 State Legislature

Productivity of Lok Sabha and Implications

For Prelims: Productivity of Lok Sabha, Parliament, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Budget Session. For Mains: Productivity of Lok Sabha and...

30 May 2023 State Legislature

SC on Maharashtra Governor’s Call for Floor Test

For Prelims: SC, Governor, Floor Test, 10th Schedule the Constitution, Anti-Defection Law, Whip. For Mains: Governor’s Power to call for...

13 May 2023 State Legislature