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Convict Seeks Urgent Medical Treatment in Jail A convict in the 1993 Bombay serial bomb blasts case , Nasir Abdul Kadar Kewal alias Nasir Dhakla , has approached the Bombay High Court seeking urgent medical treatment. Kewal, who is serving a life sentence at Nashik Central Prison , filed a writ petition on August 20 through Advocate Farhana Shah, alleging negligence on the part of prison authorities and requesting court intervention. In his plea, Kewal highlighted his medical history, including ischaemic heart disease and hypertension , which had led to multiple hospital admissions at Sir J.J. Hospital in April 2025 . Following his discharge on April 23, doctors recommended strict medication compliance and regular follow-up visits. However, Kewal alleged that his repeated requests to be taken for check-ups were denied due to the “unavailability of escort staff.” The petition argues that adequate medical treatment is a constitutional right , even for convicted prisoners, and the denia...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has approved the most comprehensive restructuring of India’s GST system since its inception in 2017 , cutting taxes on over 90% of goods. The reforms, announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after the 56th GST Council meeting , simplify the GST structure into two principal slabs— 5% and 18% , with a special 40% tax rate for luxury and sin goods. The new rates will take effect from September 22, 2025 . Largest Tax Reform Since 2017 The GST overhaul aims to boost domestic consumption at a time when India’s exports are facing global headwinds, especially due to increased tariffs from the United States. Key highlights: Reduction from four slabs (5%, 12%, 18%, 28%) to two slabs (5% and 18%) A special 40% rate for high-end goods and sin products Net revenue implication : ₹48,000 crore based on FY24 consumption data Objective: To stimulate demand, ease compliance, and simplify GST for businesses Centre’s Push for...

The Government of India has introduced a long-awaited compensation plan for road accident victims, proposing ₹2 lakh for fatalities and ₹1 lakh for grievous injuries . The draft scheme, formulated under Section 164A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019 , is now pending review by the Supreme Court of India . Background: A Delayed Implementation The proposal comes over three years after Parliament passed amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act in 2019 to ensure interim financial relief for victims of road accidents. Although the law was formally notified on April 1, 2022 , the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had failed to frame a detailed implementation mechanism. The delay prompted advocate Kishan Chand Jain to approach the Supreme Court. In April 2025, a bench led by Justice JB Pardiwala granted the Centre four months to finalise the compensation scheme—a deadline that lapsed on August 28, 2025 . The draft scheme was filed with the apex court a day later, on August 2...

The Supreme Court of India is currently deliberating a significant constitutional question: whether it can prescribe fixed timelines for Governors and the President to act on state bills, despite the Constitution’s explicit language requiring them to act only “as soon as possible.” Background: The Presidential Reference under Article 143 The issue stems from an April 8 ruling by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court that imposed deadlines — three months for the President to decide on bills and one month for governors to act on re-enacted bills. The judgment sparked intense debate, leading to a Presidential Reference under Article 143 . The reference, sent by President Droupadi Murmu in May, places 14 questions before the Court, including whether judicially crafting procedural rules where the Constitution is silent amounts to rewriting constitutional provisions . The matter is being heard by a five-judge constitution bench led by Chief Justice Bhushan R. Gavai , with Justic...

Kavitha Accuses Harish Rao and Santosh Rao of Corruption Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha has sparked a major internal storm by directly blaming her cousins — former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao and former MP J. Santosh Rao — for alleged large-scale irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). Speaking at a press conference in Hyderabad after returning from a 10-day trip to the United States , Kavitha claimed that her father and BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was being made a scapegoat while others “amassed huge assets” from the project. She accused the two leaders of playing a pivotal role in the project’s execution, saying: “They accumulated huge assets blinding KCR. They are the anacondas of corruption.” Strong Objection to CBI Probe into Kaleshwaram Kavitha condemned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s decision to hand over the Kaleshwaram case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) , calling it an insult to KC...

The Supreme Court of India on Monday clarified that voters in Bihar can continue to submit applications for inclusion, deletion, and correction of entries in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls even after the formal deadline of September 1, 2025 , though it refused to extend the deadline statutorily. Background: Electoral Roll Revision in Bihar The Election Commission of India (ECI) has undertaken a special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the first such major update in nearly two decades. The draft rolls published in August 2025 excluded approximately 6.5 million names , sparking political controversy and a wave of legal petitions. The revision is significant ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections , with opposition parties, particularly the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) , alleging mass voter disenfranchisement. Supreme Court’s Directions A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi recorded the ECI’s assurance that appli...