UPSC Current Affairs — 27 Jul 2026 Daily Briefing

Monday, 27 July 2026

GS-4JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE & RIGHT TO DISSENT

Three Months in Jail for Eating Biryani: A Judge Asks Why Nobody Stopped It

Speaking at the 4th Justice G P Singh Memorial Lecture at NLIU Bhopal, Justice Bhuyan criticised the criminalisation of dissent, delayed bail for student protesters, restrictive bail conditions barring public meetings and social media use and post-retirement political appointments of judges, calling the Supreme Court's 2024 anti-bulldozer ruling welcome but "two years too late."

Sub TopicETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - CONSTITUTIONAL…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS

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GS-4PROPORTIONALITY IN USE OF STATE FORCE

Force Gradient' Broken: What the RAF's Own Censure Reveals About Proportionate State Force

The Rapid Action Force's internal review of its handling of the July 20 Sansad Chalo march flagged serious lapses, including inadequate briefing, missing safety gear and personnel recently rotated from conflict zones like Jammu and Kashmir being deployed for civilian crowd control without conversion training. IG Seema Dhundhia has since restricted the use of certain crowd-control weapons in Delhi pending corrective measures.

Sub TopicETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - POLICE ETHICS AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS

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Three Months in Jail for Eating Biryani: A Judge Asks Why Nobody Stopped It

Force Gradient' Broken: What the RAF's Own Censure Reveals About Proportionate State Force