SC puts Maharashtra Speaker on deadline over defection pleas Subject : Polity Section: Parliament Context: The Supreme Court on Monday directed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide disqualification petitions filed under the Tenth Schedule (anti defection law) of the Constitution against the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde camp in the  Shiv Sena dispute by December 31, 2023. Key Themes: The Supreme Court consistently emphasizes the need for an […]

    SC bench to hear plea against poll bonds Subject : POLITY Section: Elections Context: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud will hear petitions challenging the 2018 Electoral Bonds Scheme More about the news: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court presided […]

    SC allows surrogacy, strikes down rule banning use of donor gametes Subject: Polity Section: Constitution Context: In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India has safeguarded a woman’s right to parenthood, particularly in cases of medical conditions, by suspending the enforcement of a law that jeopardized her aspiration to become a mother […]

    What does the Supreme Court’s abortion verdict mean for reproductive justice in India? Subject: Polity Section: Constitution In the news: A woman — 26 weeks pregnant, married, with two children, and undergoing postpartum psychosis — requested termination because she was “physically, emotionally, mentally, financially and medically unable to carry, deliver or raise a […]