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Current affairsSupreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026: Sanctioned Strength Raised from 34 to 38 — Tackling 92,000+ Case BacklogParliament has passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the apex court's sanctioned strength from 34 to 38 judges (including the Chief Justice). The Bill replaces the May 2026 ordinance and amends the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 — a direct response to the 92,000+ case pendency crisis in India's highest court. Current affairsTaxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Parliament Grants Tax Exemptions to FIIs, Diamond Traders, Data Centres and Investment FundsParliament has passed the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — cleared by Lok Sabha on 6 August and Rajya Sabha on 10 August — replacing an Ordinance issued on 5 June 2026. The Bill grants income-tax exemptions to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on government securities, extends incentives for diamond and electronics manufacturing, removes restrictions on offshore investment funds, and expands data-centre tax benefits. Current affairsSupreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2026: Parliament Expands Apex Court Bench to 38 JudgesParliament passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 — Lok Sabha on 3 August and Rajya Sabha on 5 August — permanently increasing the apex court's sanctioned bench strength from 34 to 38 judges (including the Chief Justice). The legislation replaces an Ordinance promulgated on 16 May 2026 and amends Section 2 of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956.
In previous-year questions
- The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 replaces the Income-tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution must an Ordinance be replaced by Parliament?UPSC · Current Affairs
- The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 replaced which legal instrument that had been issued on 16 May 2026 to temporarily expand the bench?UPSC · Current Affairs
- The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced to replace an Ordinance promulgated on 5 June 2026. Under which Article of the Constitution does the President have the power to promulgate Ordinances when Parliament is not in session?UPSC · Current Affairs
- The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, replaces an ordinance promulgated by the President of India on which date, when Parliament was not in session?UPSC · Current Affairs