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GS-2JUDICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE

56 Courtrooms, One Ladies' Bar Room and the Constitutional Line the CJI Just Drew

The CJI's remarks come as the Supreme Court, in a June 2026 hearing, is separately examining a public interest petition on the absence of ladies' bar rooms across Indian courts and follows an SCBA survey exposing how widespread the infrastructure gap for women advocates remains nationally. CJI Surya Kant inaugurated Gurugram's 'Tower of Justice,' a modern court complex, emphasizing that women-centric infrastructure like…

Sub TopicARTICLE 21 DIGNITY CLAIMS AND THE FUNDING OF COURT…SourceTHE HINDU
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GS-2INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MARITIME DISPUTES (UNCLOS)

A Decade-Old Verdict, Still Unenforced: What the South China Sea Reaffirmation Actually Tests

July 12, 2026 marked ten years since the Hague-based tribunal ruled that China's "nine-dash line" claim over most of the South China Sea has no basis under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The anniversary statements and China's immediate rejection of them, are the news event - not the 2016 ruling itself, which remains unimplemented.

Sub TopicSOUTH CHINA SEA ARBITRATION - ENFORCEMENT GAP AND…SourceBOTH - THE HINDU + THE INDIAN…
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GS-2INDIA'S WEST ASIA POLICY - ENERGY SECURITY AND DIPLOMATIC…

One Missing Sailor, Two Superpowers: The Real Test Behind India's Hormuz Silence

The escalation between the US and Iran has directly endangered an Indian citizen for the first time in this round of hostilities, forcing the Ministry of External Affairs to respond publicly while over 50 percent of India's crude oil imports and nearly 9 million Indian nationals in the Gulf remain exposed to the fallout in the Strait of Hormuz.

Sub TopicSTRAIT OF HORMUZ CRISIS AND INDIA'S CALIBRATED NEUTRALITYSourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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GS-2AI GOVERNANCE IN THE JUDICIARY

What SC's Draft AI Rules Actually Protect Isn't What AI Can Do - It's What It Can Never Decide

The Supreme Court released the draft framework last month for public consultation, setting up an institutional structure - an Apex Body, AI Committees at each High Court, an AI Secretariat and a research body called CoREAI - while explicitly reserving the power to decide any case to human judges alone.

Sub TopicDRAFT AI REGULATIONS IN COURTS, 2026 - HUMAN PRIMACY AND…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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GS-2ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE - SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION PROCEDURE

The Voter Registration Field That Isn't Legally There Yet

The mismatch surfaced as the ECI's ongoing SIR - an unprecedented door-to-door rebuild of electoral rolls rather than a routine annual revision - has already resulted in over 5.58 crore deletions nationwide, making documentation requirements for new 18-year-old voters unusually consequential. The ECI's ECINET portal now requires new voters to declare parental SIR status, though Form 6 itself hasn't been legally amended via…

Sub TopicECINET PORTAL VS. STATUTORY FORM 6 - UN-GAZETTED VOTER…SourceELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
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GS-2WELFARE SCHEME GOVERNANCE AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY

How Does a Welfare Scheme Lose 38% of Its Own Beneficiaries After Launch?

The scale of the deletions, 92 lakh rather than the roughly 80 lakh previously disclosed, came to light only through RTI records obtained by The Indian Express, not through proactive government disclosure, while the CAG's parallel audit findings on unjustified expenditure and idle parked funds have sharpened scrutiny of how large welfare schemes are budgeted and verified ahead of elections.

Sub TopicCAG AUDIT POWERS AND PRE-DISBURSAL VERIFICATION GAPS IN…SourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
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