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GS-2RIGHT TO PROTEST AND PREVENTIVE POWERS

Bonded Before You Speak: How a Peace Bond Turns Preventive Law Into Punishment for Dissent

Bora filed her petition on 19 October 2026, the day the Special Executive Magistrate had told her to appear. She was detained at Mandi House on 16 October on her way to the Lehra Do Tiranga march and released on 17 October. The case tests whether preventive bonds can be used against protest leaders during Delhi's ongoing demonstrations.

Sub TopicSECTION 126 BNSS PEACE BONDS AS PRIOR RESTRAINT ON…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE QUINT, BAR…

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GS-2PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Legal Is Not the Same as Right: Prorogation, Precedent and the Consultation Article 368 Already Demands

The government's written reply to the Opposition sets out its legal defence on prorogation and its record of outreach on the delimitation amendment. It has also put the 2008 precedent back into the debate, at a time when the government hopes to bring the defeated amendment back. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju rebuffed Congress's demand for an all-party meeting on delimitation, citing their past refusal to engage…

Sub TopicPROROGATION UNDER ARTICLE 85 AND CONSULTATION NORMS FOR…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, PRS INDIA, NEW…

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GS-2ASYMMETRIC FEDERALISM AND UNION TERRITORIES

Written In or Handed Down: Why Ladakh's Deadlock Is About Where Power Sits, Not What It Is Called

After the rejection of the Home Ministry draft, the Ladakh administration accused local leaders of dismissing it within hours over a naming dispute. The leaders replied that they had studied it overnight with legal experts and found its structure, powers and safeguards inadequate. The exchange has shown that part of the proposed framework would rest on an Article 240 regulation rather than the constitutional amendment itself.

Sub TopicCONSTITUTIONAL TEXT VERSUS ARTICLE 240 REGULATIONS AS…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, PIB, DRISHTI…

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GS-2TRIBAL RIGHTS AND THE FOREST RIGHTS ACT

A Signature Is Not Consent: The Great Nicobar Case and What the Forest Rights Act Actually Protects

The Union Environment and Tribal Affairs Ministries and the Andaman and Nicobar administration have opposed the tribal council's application to join Meena Gupta's PIL against the Great Nicobar project. They cite delay, enlargement of the case's scope and the doctrine of approbate and reprobate. The case now turns on whose consent the Forest Rights Act requires and whether that consent was informed.

Sub TopicVALIDITY AND REVOCATION OF GRAM SABHA CONSENT FOR FOREST…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, INDIAN KANOON…

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GS-2INDIA-US RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY

Autonomy With a Price Tag: What Rubio's Sanctions-for-Trade Linkage Asks of India

On the eve of his visit to India, Rubio publicly linked the US pause on Russia-related sanctions to the near-final India-US trade deal. This moved a long-suspected bargain into the open. His meetings in Mumbai on October 20 and his stop at Jamnagar on October 21 are now shaped by that linkage. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the recent pause on Russian oil sanctions directly to the near-finalization of an India-US…

Sub TopicWASHINGTON TYING A PAUSE IN RUSSIA-OIL SANCTIONS TO THE…SourceMINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS…

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