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GS-2TRANSGENDER RIGHTS & NALSA JURISPRUDENCE

New law can't take away rights given to transgender persons'

A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant is hearing challenges to the 2026 Amendment Act, which petitioners say dismantles the self-identification framework the NALSA judgment and the 2019 Act had established, disrupting access to housing, employment and ongoing hormone therapies. The Supreme Court orally clarified that the 2026 Amendment Act to the Transgender Persons law cannot retrospectively invalidate…

Sub TopicVESTED RIGHTS VS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT - TRANSGENDER…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2RIGHT TO PROTEST & PUBLIC SPACE REGULATION

Court asks govt. to consider 'important' petition against Jantar Mantar as protest site

A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant issued notice on a PIL seeking to shift Delhi's default protest venue from Jantar Mantar to Ramlila Maidan, citing logistical strain during large demonstrations such as the July 20 Sansad Chalo march. The Supreme Court is considering a petition to shift the designated protest venue from Jantar Mantar to Ramlila Maidan due to logistical and public order issues. For UPSC…

Sub TopicJANTAR MANTAR AS DESIGNATED PROTEST VENUESourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2INTERSTATE RIVER WATER FEDERALISM

T.N. urges SC to instruct Karnataka to comply with order on Cauvery water

Tamil Nadu filed a fresh application before the Supreme Court on August 3 after Karnataka allegedly failed to comply with the CWMA's July 30 order, reviving enforcement questions around the Cauvery Water Management Scheme, 2018, four years after the Supreme Court's modified award was meant to settle the dispute.

Sub TopicCAUVERY WATER DISPUTE - CWMA ENFORCEMENT GAPSourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2JUDICIAL STRENGTH & PARLIAMENTARY LEGISLATION

The Bill Parliament Passed in Silence and the 92,101 Cases It Won't Fully Fix

The Bill formalises, through ordinary legislation, an ordinance promulgated earlier this year and marks the seventh time since 1950 that Parliament has expanded the Supreme Court's sanctioned strength to address rising case pendency - a pattern that raises the question of whether adding judges alone can meaningfully solve a backlog that has kept climbing regardless.

Sub TopicSUPREME COURT (NUMBER OF JUDGES) AMENDMENT BILL AND THE…SourcePARLIAMENT OF INDIA
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2RIGHT TO PROTEST & CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (BNSS)

The Number Behind the SC's FIR Order: 2,738 and the Test It's Forcing the Court to Build

The Court's August 3 clarification narrows an earlier order that had been read as blocking FIR withdrawals against peaceful protesters. It matters because the case now sits at the intersection of three live issues: the right to protest, the government's use of facial recognition on crowds and how BNSS-era criminal procedure handles mass FIRs against demonstrators.

Sub TopicFACIAL RECOGNITION, PROTEST CLASSIFICATION AND THE…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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