Polity and governance current affairs for UPSC

Can the state lock up a man already on bail, using only what he allegedly told the police?

If a minor cannot sign a contract, how is a 13-year-old agreeing to a platform's terms of service?

An elected House can ask for statehood, but only Parliament can grant it. What does the resolution change?

If voting is only a statutory right, how well is a voter protected when the rolls go wrong?

Can a State simply declare one of its departments a security agency and shut it out of the RTI Act?

Can mediation clear family court backlogs without weakening the rights of the weaker party?

Why does the Centre keep renewing 'disturbed area' status in the North-East every six months?

Can Parliament remove a Chief Election Commissioner, and how hard is it?

Where does the right to propagate religion end and a ban on conversion begin?

Who should pick judges, and who is to blame for vacancies?

Respect can be expected. Can singing be compelled?

If the police skip one step, the whole arrest can fall.

Ladakh wants safeguards. Is Article 371 the answer, or the Sixth Schedule?

A new FCRA Bill proposes powers over assets built with foreign money.

Dry Gujarat still sees hooch deaths. Does banning alcohol, or dyeing methanol, actually save lives?

The Supreme Court said States may tax mineral land. Can Parliament make that power depend on Central conditions?

Why does the Constitution call Hindi the 'official language' of the Union and never the 'national language'?

The government trusts Aadhaar to pay pensions and deliver rations. Should it also decide who stays on the voter list?

A child rights body can summon a tech giant, but can it make it act? The Meta case tests the limits.

A 135-year-old law written for paper ledgers still governs bank records in court. What changes in a cloud-banking age?

Six little-known Gujarat parties reported more donations than five national parties. Who keeps watch on such parties?

Most land disputes start with a messy record. Can a 14-digit ID and digital maps fix India's land records?

Should a dam wait for every affected village to agree, or is the consent of three in four villages enough?

Who counts as a citizen in Manipur, and why does the choice of 1951 divide its communities?

The Constitution says the Governor must be consulted. Does that give a State a say in who heads its High Court?

The CBI is a central agency. Why must it ask a State before probing that State's own officials?

With 5.18 crore cases pending in district courts, can two more years on the bench help?

Can a professional regulator punish people who have not yet joined the profession it regulates?

Will five new hill councils answer Ladakh's demand for a real say in how it is governed?

Who regulates the regulator of India's lawyers when its own chairman's tenure is under challenge?

Can the Supreme Court close criminal cases across India in one order, and when should it?

The Constitution opened a third door to the Supreme Court in 1950. In 76 years, why has nobody walked through it?

The new law promises 125 days of work, not 100. Why do critics say the right to work has weakened?

She held a valid business visa. Her husband walked through immigration. She was sent back. Can a court help her?

Can a State give Backward Classes 34% of local body seats when the Supreme Court caps all quotas at 50%?

Who should choose the judges of India's tribunals, the government or an independent body? New rules set up one.

Two judges could not agree on who should even hear the case. What does that say about how India's top court is built?

Of ₹49,194 crore in traffic fines issued, only ₹26,175 crore was collected. Can blocking services fix that?

After the voter-roll clean-up, the Election Commission now has to find the eligible voters it may have lost.

Neither a total ban nor round-the-clock bursting: where will the court draw the line this Deepavali?