Legal Current Affairs for 12 March 2026

It was prompted by the ongoing conflict in West Asia which has severely disrupted liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Key Provisions of the Order
Four-Tier Priority Allocation Framework: To manage the limited supply, the allocation framework is based on consumers’ average gas usage over the past six months. (see infographic)
Gas redistribution: Gas supplies will be partially or entirely curtailed for non-priority industries, including power plants and petrochemical facilities.
Gas Pooling Mechanism: Gas diverted from non-priority to priority sectors will be sold at a newly determined pooled price.

Launched: In 2019.
Objective: To provide a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) delivering 55 litres per capita per day to every rural household.
Achievements of JJM
Massive Physical Expansion: Tap water coverage has jumped from a baseline of 17% rural households in 2019 to 81.61% households.
Women Empowerment: It has freed 9 crore women from the drudgery of fetching water and saved 5.5 crore hours of labour daily.

Current State: India has achieved a historic milestone by generating over 50% of its cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, fulfilling its COP-26 NDC target five years ahead of the 2030 deadline.
As of November 2025, India’s total non-fossil power installed capacity reached 262.74 GW, accounting for 51.5% of the country’s total installed electricity capacity.
Solar Power Dominance: Solar energy is the primary driver of this growth. Solar capacity has reached 132.85 GW by November 2025, marking a 41% year-on-year increase.
Wind Power Growth: Wind energy capacity also saw substantial growth, reaching 53.99 GW by November 2025.
Global Standing: According to IRENA RE Statistics 2025, India ranks 3rd globally in Solar Power installed capacity, 4th in Wind Power, and 4th in total Renewable Energy capacity.

The Bharat Climate Forum is a policy and stakeholder platform that brings together government leaders, industry, financial institutions, and research organisations to discuss strategies for India’s climate action and clean energy transition.
The forum supports India’s climate ambitions (achieving Net Zero by 2070 and 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030) with its economic priorities (Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat).
Bharat Cleantech Manufacturing Platform: Launched at Bharat Climate Forum 2025, the platform aims to unite policymakers, industry, finance, and research institutions to accelerate domestic cleantech manufacturing in India.
It seeks to reduce dependence on imported climate technologies, strengthen supply chain security, and position India as a global cleantech hub, with projections of a USD 120–USD 150 billion annual market size by 2030 and significant export and job creation potential.

Constitutional Safeguards and Provisions: To ensure the independence of the ECI, the Constitution provides strict security of tenure for the CEC.
Article 324(5) of the Constitution: It provides that, subject to any law made by Parliament, the service conditions and tenure of Election Commissioners and Regional Commissioners are determined by the President.
The CEC can be removed only in the same manner and on the same grounds as a Supreme Court judge, and service conditions cannot be altered to his disadvantage after appointment.
Other Election Commissioners or Regional Commissioners can be removed only on the recommendation of the CEC.
Following that, Parliament passed the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which provides for the resignation and removal process. It sticks to the same process as mentioned in the Constitution.
Grounds for Removal: The Constitution limits the grounds for the removal of a Supreme Court Judge (and by extension, the CEC) to only two specific charges: “proved misbehaviour or incapacity.”
Terminology Note: While widely referred to as “impeachment” in political discourse, the Constitution technically reserves the term impeachment exclusively for the President of India (Article 61).
For Judges and the CEC, the formal constitutional term is removal.