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Why were the CBSE chairman and secretary only transferred, not sacked? Read what Article 311 is and how it grants constitutional protection to bureaucrats

Shriti Sagar -
Article 311 was created to protect civil servants from arbitrary dismissal, removal or demotion.
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Sabarimala hearing: ‘Muslim women are allowed to enter a mosque but not through the front door’, AIMPLB tells the Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Amanullah explained that Muslim women are not required to offer namaz in mosques because they have to look after children.
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‘Bhim Army’ chief Chandra Shekhar Ravan bats for separate electorate for Dalits: Read how Ambedkar himself had abandoned it and Indian Constitution explicitly prohibits...

Rukma Rathore -
The origins of the separate electorate can be traced back to British India, when the foreign regime acquiesced to the demands presented by the Islamists to facilitate their communal agenda. The British Parliament's Indian Councils Act 1909, also referred to as the Morley-Minto Reforms, proposed the creation of distinct electorates for Muslims.
Government and Policy

Constitution amendment bill to implement women’s reservation defeated in Lok Sabha as it fails to get the mandatory two-thirds majority

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant setback for the central government, the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to pass after it could not secure the mandatory...
Law

Bareilly violence accused Rihan’s bail rejected: Read what Allahabad HC said on the Sar Tan Se Juda slogan by Islamists and its threat to...

Rukma Rathore -
According to the Allahabad HC, the slogan undermines the Constitution, legal sytem and encourages violent revolt.
Law

Pakistan’s judiciary plunges into crisis as SC and HC judges resign protesting ‘assault on judicial independence’ by 27th Constitutional Amendment, more judges to follow

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's judiciary plunged deeper into crisis today as a third judge, Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the Lahore High Court (LHC), resigned in protest...
News Reports

Jairam Ramesh slams Modi govt for quoting Manusmriti, but Ambedkar quoted it too for drafting the Hindu code bill: Is Jairam now suggesting Ambedkar...

Shraddha Pandey -
Taking to X, Jairam Ramesh insinuated that the Shram Shakti Niti draft taking inspiration from Manusmriti, a foundational Hindu legal code, somehow marks India’s departure from constitutional values.
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Karnataka HC rejects petition by Elon Musk’s X against Central govt’s SAHYOG portal, says social media can’t go unregulated, companies will have to follow...

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka High Court has held that the Union Government’s SAHYOG portal is not an ‘instrument of censorship’ but a mechanism to facilitate communication...
News Reports

‘Those who dance with the Constitution on their heads had trampled it’: PM Modi lashes out at Congress for betraying Ambedkar, says they treated...

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that "those who dance with the Constitution on their heads" had "trampled" the Constitution and "betraying" the sentiments of BR Ambedkar by retaining oppressive laws for decades
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Himanta Biswa Sarma urges removal of ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ from Constitution’s preamble, targets Indira Gandhi for not resolving illegal immigration and chicken neck issues

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the Centre to remove "Secular" and "Socialist" from the Constitution’s Preamble, calling them Emergency-era impositions. He also questioned Indira Gandhi’s role in the 1971 Bangladesh war, citing its long-term impact on Assam.
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