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GS-2INDIA-PAKISTAN DIPLOMATIC RECIPROCITY

What Each Side Is Actually Calculating in a Fight Over Parking Poles

The tit-for-tat demolitions, while administratively minor, are the most visible bilateral interaction between India and Pakistan in weeks and reveal how narrow the functioning channel between the two states has become since ties were downgraded. Indian authorities demolished unauthorised structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi in a tit-for-tat response to similar actions against the Indian mission in…

Sub TopicCHARGé D'AFFAIRES-LEVEL TIES AND THE VIENNA CONVENTION'S…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, LIVEMINT…
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GS-2FISCAL FEDERALISM AND MINERAL TAXATION

Parliament Just Answered a Supreme Court Verdict With a New Law

Rather than appeal the 2024 verdict or seek review, Parliament used its ordinary legislative power under Entry 54 of the Union List to substantially narrow the very state taxation rights the Supreme Court had just upheld - a legislative response to a judicial win that several states now plan to test in court again.

Sub TopicLEGISLATIVE OVERRIDE OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT AND THE…SourceMINISTRY OF MINES, INDIAN…
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GS-2LADAKH STATEHOOD MOVEMENT AND ASYMMETRIC FEDERALISM

Twenty-Five Names Off a List, and a Region Still Waiting for a Status

The twin announcements - case withdrawals plus an Article 371 framework under discussion - mark the Centre's first concrete movement on Ladakh's post-2019 democratic vacuum since the deadly September 2025 protests, without conceding either of the region's two central demands: Sixth Schedule status or full statehood.

Sub TopicARTICLE 371, SUI GENERIS GOVERNANCE AND THE POLITICS OF…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, TIMES OF INDIA…
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GS-2POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST

Five Names, Twelve Questions: What the NEET Protest Panel Is Actually Being Asked

The order goes beyond examining police conduct in one protest - it directs a Supreme Court-appointed panel to assess whether India's post-sedition security law is itself functioning as a tool against peaceful dissent, placing that question on the same institutional footing as allegations of police violence.

Sub TopicPROPORTIONALITY OF FORCE, SECTION 152 BNS AND…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
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GS-2LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE INTERPRETATION

The Court Praised a 1978 Judgment, Then Set It Aside Anyway

The ruling resolves a reference pending since a 2005 five-judge bench doubted the 1978 verdict and it directly affects how millions of workers in hospitals, educational institutions and municipal bodies will be classified once the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 fully takes effect. A 9-judge Supreme Court bench ruled that the expansive 1978 definition of 'industry' will not apply to the new Industrial Relations Code 2020…

Sub TopicSTATUTORY INTERPRETATION, JUDICIAL PRECEDENT AND THE…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
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