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GS-2JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

In Tax Dispute Over Judges' Allowances, Delhi HC Halts Processing of Their Returns

The Delhi Tax Bar Association has challenged a September 2025 CBDT office memorandum arguing that it taxes allowances - housing, conveyance, sumptuary allowance, leave travel concession - that Parliament expressly exempted for judges under the 1954 and 1958 Judges' Salaries and Conditions of Service Acts. A similar plea is pending in the Allahabad High Court. The Delhi HC's interim order lets judges file under the new regime…

Sub TopicDELHI HIGH COURT STAY ON TAXING JUDGES' STATUTORY…SourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
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GS-2ELECTORAL RIGHTS & SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION (SIR)

SC Seeks EC Data on SIR Appeal Disposals in Bengal, Refuses to Fix a Timeline

The bench was hearing a plea by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, whose counsel argued that people deleted from the electoral roll were also losing access to ration and other welfare benefits while their appeals sat pending before the Appellate Tribunals the Court itself had ordered set up in March 2026. The Court agreed to examine disposal volumes and logistical bottlenecks but said it would not bind the tribunals to…

Sub TopicSUPREME COURT SUPERVISION OF SIR APPELLATE TRIBUNALS IN…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA
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GS-2FEDERALISM, NGO REGULATION & MINORITY RIGHTS

The FCRA Bill's Real Fight Isn't in Parliament - It's in Chapter IIIA

The Bill triggered rare cross-party and cross-region resistance in a single week, uniting a DMK-run state assembly, church bodies in Mizoram and two Northeastern chief ministers from parties allied or adjacent to the ruling coalition, forcing the Centre to concede a JPC referral it initially resisted.

Sub TopicFCRA AMENDMENT BILL 2026 - ASSET VESTING UNDER CHAPTER…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS
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