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GS-2JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS & THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM

Article 124(3) Names Three Ways to Become a Supreme Court Judge. The Collegium Has Only Ever Used Two.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's August 30 remarks have revived attention to Article 124(3)(c), which allows the President to appoint a "distinguished jurist" as a Supreme Court judge - a category the Constituent Assembly deliberately included in 1949 but that has sat unused through every subsequent appointment cycle, including the recent elevation of Justice V. Mohana directly from the Bar.

Sub TopicARTICLE 124(3)'S UNUSED "DISTINGUISHED JURIST" ROUTE AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, LIVELAW
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GS-2SCO DIPLOMACY & COUNTER-TERROR CONSENSUS

India Got the Anti-Terror Line It Wanted. It Also Got the Anti-West Language It Didn't.

The 2026 SCO Summit in Bishkek produced a joint declaration explicitly condemning "double standards" in counter-terrorism - language India has long sought against Pakistan - even as Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif attended the same summit and raised the Indus Waters Treaty and his office briefly cropped Modi out of the official group photograph before restoring it after backlash.

Sub TopicTHE BISHKEK DECLARATION, INDIA'S COUNTER-TERROR…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2INDUS WATERS TREATY & INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Why India Chose the One Word That Means Neither Yes Nor No

The Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its fourth and likely final set of rulings against India on the Indus Waters Treaty, declaring India's 2025 decision to hold the Treaty in abeyance impermissible and ordering construction halted at the Ratle Hydroelectric Project on the Chenab. India rejected the ruling outright, reiterating that the Court itself was set up in breach of the Treaty's own dispute-resolution sequence.

Sub TopicTREATY "ABEYANCE", PARALLEL DISPUTE-RESOLUTION TRACKS…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-2ELECTORAL ROLLS, SIR & MINORITY DISENFRANCHISEMENT

The Form That Needs No Evidence - Why Form 7 Is the Weakest Link in India's Electoral Roll Machinery

Booth Level Officers in at least four booths in Godda, Jharkhand, have refused bulk Form 7 deletion applications filed by BJP agents against voters - overwhelmingly Muslim - during the state's ongoing Special Intensive Revision. The BJP has escalated the standoff to the Chief Electoral Officer, while the BDO has directed BLOs not to act on the forms pending an inquiry into their source and authenticity.

Sub TopicFORM 7 MISUSE, BOOTH LEVEL OFFICER VERIFICATION AND…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, ECI, INDIA CODE
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-2ARTICLE 142 & JUDICIAL POWERS

The Same Order That Freed Thousands Also Named 2,873 Exceptions - What Article 142 Actually Permits

A three-judge Bench led by CJI Surya Kant used its Article 142 powers to quash FIRs against NEET-UG protesters across all States and Union Territories, prompting the Cockroach Janta Party to withdraw its planned September 5 protest march just days before the BRICS summit in Delhi. The Court simultaneously permitted the Delhi Police to file fresh, specific FIRs against 2,873 individuals with criminal antecedents spotted…

Sub Topic"COMPLETE JUSTICE", QUASHING OF FIRS AND THE LIMITS OF…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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