Public weekly digests of reporting and explainers readers may have missed.
Understand President’s Rule under Article 356, its meaning, process, limits, judicial review and impact on federal democracy.
Understand Financial Emergency under Article 360, its meaning, approval process, effects, limits and why it has never been used.
Understand the Doctrine of Pleasure under Articles 310 and 311, its meaning, safeguards, limits and role in public service law.
Understand reservation in the Indian Constitution, its equality basis, Articles 15 and 16, social justice purpose, limits and debates.
Understand the creamy layer concept, its origin in reservation law, OBC non-creamy layer eligibility, purpose, debates and limits.
Understand affirmative action in India, its constitutional basis, reservations, purpose, limits, debates and citizen impact.
Understand the Uniform Civil Code debate, Article 44, personal laws, equality, secularism, diversity and current legal context.
Understand personal laws in India, their meaning, legal sources, constitutional issues, reforms and impact on family life.
Understand the Special Marriage Act, 1954, its purpose, conditions, notice procedure, solemnisation, registration and debates.
Understand the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, intestate succession, Class I heirs, coparcenary rights, daughters’ rights and reforms.
Fiscal policy vs monetary policy explains how governments and central banks use different tools to influence inflation, growth, employment and economic stability.
Great Depression lessons show how banking failures, deflation, weak policy responses and collapsing confidence deepened the economic crisis of the 1930s.