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GS-2INDIA-US RELATIONS AND SECONDARY SANCTIONS

Lobbying the Lawmakers: India's Waiver Play on the Russia Sanctions Act

On September 27, 2026, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met a US Congressional delegation led by Representative Brian Mast at his residence, with talks covering the SRIA, energy security, counter-terrorism and freedom of navigation, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. The SRIA, passed by Congress on September 16, allows tariffs of up to 100% on buyers of Russian oil and a determination on India is expected next…

Sub TopicSRIA 2026, ENERGY SECURITY AND LEGISLATIVE DIPLOMACYSourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…
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GS-2FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND PREVENTIVE DETENTION

Home by Evening: What a Same-Day Release Says About Preventive Detention

Assam Police detained CJP co-convener Ashutosh Ranka and over 40 volunteers in Guwahati on September 27, 2026, ahead of a scheduled regional meet-up and released them later that evening. The detentions took place at Chowdhury Tila, at the residence of Assam Jatiya Parishad leader Kunki Chowdhury and the detainees were taken to Dispur police station. NCP (SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande called the detentions illegal and said…

Sub TopicARTICLE 19(1)(B), ARTICLE 19(3) AND PREVENTIVE ARREST…SourceTHE HINDU, HINDUSTAN TIMES…
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GS-2RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

A Pickaxe, a Mosque and the Test of Even-Handed State Action

On Sunday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav used a pickaxe to break part of his ancestral home in Ujjain, which falls in the alignment of a road being widened for Simhastha 2028. The municipal corporation has identified 272 buildings affected by the road project. Earlier this month the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed two petitions against the removal of a portion of the Shahi Masjid and members of the Muslim community gathered…

Sub TopicARTICLES 25, 26 AND 300A AND JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CIVIC…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, VERDICTUM, INDIA…
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GS-2ELECTORAL ROLLS AND STATUTORY DECENTRALISATION

Superintendence or Substitution: When Software Sits Above the Officer the Law Chose

An open letter signed by more than 2,000 citizens, including advocate Prashant Bhushan, retired Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, activist Anjali Bhardwaj, academics Nivedita Menon and Aditya Nigam and actor Prakash Raj, asks the Chief Justice of India to take suo motu action over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision and ECINet. The signatories allege that centralised software has overridden the statutory role of local…

Sub TopicECINET, THE ERO'S STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND THE CASE FOR…SourceTHE HINDU, NATIONAL HERALD…
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GS-2ELECTION COMMISSION AND CITIZENSHIP

Checking Is Not Deciding: Justice Dhulia on Where the Election Commission's Power Stops

At the Indian Express Idea Exchange, Justice (retd) Sudhanshu Dhulia, who retired from the Supreme Court in August 2025, said the Supreme Court has held in several judgments that citizenship is not for the Election Commission of India to determine. He had headed the July 2025 vacation bench, with Justice Joymalya Bagchi, that declined to stop the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and suggested that…

Sub TopicCITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION IN ROLL REVISION, BURDEN OF…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, SUPREME COURT…
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