Advocate-on-Record system in the Supreme Court

Context The Supreme Court this week pulled up an Advocate-on-Record (AoR) for filing a frivolous case and dismissed the public interest litigation. The Court censured the lawyer that an AoR…

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Electoral Bonds and Electoral Trusts

Context Recently, the Supreme Court reserved its judgment on the challenge to the central government’s Electoral Bonds Scheme. Electoral Bonds and Electoral Trusts Electoral Bonds (EB) Scheme was introduced in 2018.…

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Special session of Parliament

Context The Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs recently, announced that a “special session” of Parliament. When does Parliament meet? India’s Parliament has no fixed calendar of sittings. In 1955, a Lok…

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