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  The Supreme Court's five-judge bench on same-sex or equal marriage, led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, has given the freedom to all Indians to engage in same-sex relationships while also ensuring constitutional safeguards for all. At the same time, the court did not offer legal recognition for same-sex marriage. The majority of the court verdict (2:3) of the court decided against same-sex marriage. The court mentioned that we have no power to draft any law.   Whereas, the law should be drafted by Parliament only. In addition to marriage, the court declined to give unmarried and queer persons with adoption rights. But there is no bar on Trans-persons entering into heterosexual marriages as the court announced that   “ If a transgender person wishes to marry a heterosexual person such marriage will be recognized as one would be a man and another would be a woman, transgender man

                       In the words of Immanuel Kant, “The problem of setting up a state can be solved by a nation of devils, so long they have understanding and constitution which pits opposing factions against each other by a system of checks and balances”. The words of Kant directly focus on the power and importance of ‘The Constitution’.  The Constitution is a document which is a reflection of society; It is an introduction of a country to the other world. It is the first law of the country or fundamental document of a land from which all other laws gain their authority. I think Kant was a little unlucky to witness the world’s bulkiest constitution, ‘The Indian constitution’. It is also called as a constitution of constitutions because it adopted the provisions from the Constitutions of various other countries. The Indian constitution, in terms of dealing with the state, follows a unique structure of the quasi-federal and quasi-unitary system as stated by Justice Ahmadi in S.R. Bom

The govt. has brought a bill for the inclusion of four communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in J&K UT namely Gadda Brahmin, Koli, Paddri tribe, and Pahari ethnic group. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is one of the four bills relating to the UT that were introduced in Lok Sabha on 26 July. Gujjar and Bakarwal are akin communities that make up around 10 percent of the J&K population and the largest ST community in the UT. Why in the news? A bill introduced in Lok Sabha has become an anathema to the Gujjar and Bakarwal ST communities fearing a dilution of their tribal rights and their empowerment and therefore was castigated by the former community. Gujjars & Bakarwals have disputed the Pahari claim of being tribal alleging that the latter has no similarities with the tribals and comprise diverse caste group, including upper caste Hindus and Muslims. Background of demand for Pahari ST reservation This is not

The demolition drive menace has been a serious bone of contention for the last few years. Numbers of cultures and countries also use demolition drives to quell dissent and as a form of punishment.            Demolition drives actually originated as a military tactic and were primarily used in a number of conflicts to deliberately target and inflict destruction upon houses during a military advance. The earliest recorded act of house demolition took place back in 1069-1070 when William the Conqueror (the first Norman King of England) and the Norman Troops demolished property in the rebellious north of England to deprive an enemy of civilian support.   Why in the news? The nation has been witnessing a frenzy of demolition drives for the past few years. Article 300A of the Indian Constitution categorically states “No person shall be deprived of his property save by the authority of law”. Recently a building has been demolished in Kathua, which prompted me to this write this arti

  We have entered the terrifying new era of post-truth where objective facts are viewed as irrelevant, or less important than personal beliefs or opinions, and emotional appeals are used to influence public opinion, not just facts but entire histories might be faked. In short, people can believe whatever they want to believe as long as they feel it is right. The term 'post truth' was first coined by Steve Tesich in 1991-1992 to describe the propaganda of the US-dominated NATO powers which was used to balkanize Yugoslavia during the inter-ethnic feuds and violence there and no one was willing to publish his articles.           Movies have the power to change the perception of the people watching it. Recently movie named Kerala Story has been released that claims to tell the story of Hindu and Christian women who were allured to join the Islamic State group has stirred a huge controversy in India. For instance, the promos of the movie claimed that there are about 32000 women fr

Every day he wakes up to the ‘kachra song’ and amidst the struggle of getting up, he spells out one or two cuss words. Everyday struggle, only to empty the garbage bins and then thinking some invention must be made so that ‘we do not have to go outside to dump the garbage’ and through some pipelines, it can be collected. But he fails to realize, even then there’ll be a particular category of people who’ll be appointed to do the job just like earlier times. He rushes to empty his stomach as he cannot empty his mind stuck in ‘old customary thoughts disguised in modern-day inventions’.  He keeps scrolling his mobile in order to get the latest piece of news or tending social media posts until he hears his mother calling for breakfast. Having done his duty of ‘Being an aware-informed citizen’ while in the seat, he feels proud of his multitasking skills and thanks the inventor of ‘Modern toilet seats’. What a struggle it would’ve been for his elders who didn’t have access to modern washroom