29 September 2026
The Delhi election authority has said that claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may be filed till 30 October.
The notice phase and the disposal of claims and objections will continue till 30 November.
The final electoral roll for Delhi will be published on 4 December.
The draft roll published on 31 August carried 97 lakh electors.
Notices for discrepancies were issued to 33.13 lakh voters, and 4,01,670 hearings had been held by the end of September.
Officials have said that no name will be deleted from the draft roll without following due process, and that booth-level officers are collecting documents from voters' homes.
Last date for claims and objections:
30 October
Final roll publication:
4 December
Electors in the draft roll:
97 lakh
Hearings held:
4,01,670
Why it matters for exams: SIR deadlines and the roll-revision stages are standard polity questions on the Election Commission's powers under the Representation of the People Act.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
SIR Special Intensive Revision — A house-to-house revision of the electoral roll in which electors may have to furnish documents afresh.
28 September 2026
Delhi's winter pollution plan fixes two separate construction-ban windows.
From 1 November to 31 January, dust-generating demolition and outdoor civil construction are barred.
From 10 December to 20 January there is a complete construction ban, and vehicles carrying construction material are also restricted from entering Delhi.
Essential public infrastructure projects are exempted.
Government and private offices are to operate at 50 per cent physical attendance from 1 November to 31 January, with the remaining staff working from home; essential services are exempt.
Enforcement is to be stepped up against vehicles registered outside Delhi, and parking charges raised to discourage private vehicle use on peak pollution days.
Dust-generating work banned:
1 November to 31 January
Complete construction ban:
10 December to 20 January
Office attendance:
50 per cent
Why it matters for exams: The dates of Delhi's construction bans and the 50 per cent work-from-home rule are the kind of specific administrative measures asked in current affairs papers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
19 September 2026
The Delhi government has approved the notification of about 1,000 acres in the Southern Ridge as reserved forest.
The notification is issued under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
With this, the total notified Ridge area in Delhi rises to about 13,000 acres.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the decision, which is intended to give statutory protection to the Ridge and strengthen the capital's green cover.
Ecological restoration under the Ridge Working Plan is to accompany the notification, with an emphasis on native species and the management of invasive species.
The Delhi Ridge Management Board, constituted in 2026, oversees conservation and restoration of the Ridge.
Area notified:
about 1,000 acres
Total notified Ridge area:
about 13,000 acres
Legal provision:
Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927
Why it matters for exams: Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and the difference between reserved and protected forests are standard environment questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Reserved forest Reserved forest under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 — Forest land notified by the state in which all activities are prohibited unless specifically permitted.
14 September 2026
The Delhi government is running a month-long campaign called Seva Sankalp Abhiyan from 17 September to 17 October.
During the campaign the government will inaugurate completed projects and lay foundation stones for new ones worth ₹13,800 crore.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the campaign, which marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 25 years in public service.
Special outreach camps are planned across all 70 assembly constituencies of Delhi so that residents can be reached directly.
Campaign period:
17 September to 17 October
Value of projects:
₹13,800 crore
Assembly constituencies covered:
70
Why it matters for exams: Named state campaigns with their outlays and durations are routinely asked, and the figure 70 is Delhi's assembly strength.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
30 September 2026
A Delhi High Court bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan has directed the Delhi Development Authority to process all pending applications for conversion of property from leasehold to freehold within two months.
The court said the applications must be decided under the policy that was in force when the applicants originally filed them.
The order was passed on 30 September 2026 in Delhi Development Authority v. Mala Sahni Seth & Another and connected matters, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 937.
The court recorded that 1,373 conversion applications filed between 2020 and 2026 remained pending and that the DDA had collected about Rs. 155.06 crore in conversion charges.
It also recorded that 308 applications had been approved but the conveyance deeds remained unexecuted, and that the IDLI portal had been non-functional since January 2026.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the DDA were directed to frame a policy for new applications and place it before the court at the next hearing on 11 December 2026, with senior officials to appear in person.
Time given to the DDA:
two months
Pending applications:
1,373
Conversion charges collected:
Rs. 155.06 crore
Next hearing:
11 December 2026
Why it matters for exams: The DDA, leasehold-to-freehold conversion and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs recur in questions on urban governance in the capital.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
DDA Delhi Development Authority — The statutory body that plans and develops land in Delhi.
Freehold Freehold title — Ownership of land without a time limit, as against a lease for a fixed term.
1 October 2026
A Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia has upheld the provision that allows parents and senior citizens to ask a District Magistrate to evict children or other legal heirs from their property.
The ruling was delivered on 1 October 2026 in Punam v. Divisional Commissioner, GNCT of Delhi & Ors.
The provision is part of the framework under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act and the Delhi Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009.
The court said the law provides relief to a senior citizen or parent to mitigate their suffering on account of non-maintenance and ill-treatment.
In the same judgment the court held that eviction proceedings under Rule 22(3)(1) of the 2009 Rules are independent of maintenance proceedings, so a senior citizen may pursue such an eviction without also claiming maintenance.
Bench:
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia
Authority that orders eviction:
District Magistrate
Why it matters for exams: The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act and the District Magistrate's role under it are standard social-justice questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act — A law that lets parents and senior citizens claim maintenance and protection through a simple tribunal process.
1 October 2026
Justice Amit Mahajan of the Delhi High Court has quashed Look Out Circulars issued by the Directorate of Enforcement against two persons during a money-laundering investigation.
The judgment was delivered on 1 October 2026 in Deep Kumar Rastogi v. Directorate of Enforcement & Another, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 939.
The court said a Look Out Circular is a coercive measure and cannot be resorted to as a matter of routine merely because an investigation is pending.
The investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act had run for nearly six years.
The court noted that both persons had appeared before the investigators in 2020, had supplied documents and statements, had complied with summons in December 2025, and had travelled abroad without absconding.
While quashing the circulars the court imposed travel conditions reflecting that the investigation is still going on.
Judge:
Justice Amit Mahajan
Length of the investigation:
nearly six years
Citation:
2026 LiveLaw (Del) 939
Why it matters for exams: Look Out Circulars, the Directorate of Enforcement and the PMLA are recurring themes in polity and internal-security questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
LOC Look Out Circular — A notice to immigration authorities to stop a named person from leaving or entering the country.
PMLA Prevention of Money Laundering Act — The central law under which the Directorate of Enforcement investigates money laundering.
26 September 2026
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has announced that Delhi will begin enforcing rules against vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control certificate from 1 October 2026.
The announcement was made while inaugurating an Automated Testing Station at Burari.
The Burari station can test 40,000 heavy motor vehicles and 60,000 light motor vehicles a year.
Another Automated Testing Station at Tehkhand, inaugurated on 3 September, has a capacity of about 72,000 vehicles a year.
Cameras are to be installed at all PUC centres that issue certificates, and the monitoring of these centres is to be strengthened through technology.
Transport Minister Pankaj Singh was present at the inauguration.
Drive begins:
1 October
Burari station capacity:
40,000 heavy and 60,000 light motor vehicles a year
Tehkhand station capacity:
about 72,000 vehicles a year
Why it matters for exams: Automated testing stations and the PUC regime are concrete examples of technology used in emission control, often asked with figures.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
ATS Automated Testing Station — A testing centre where a vehicle's fitness is checked by machines with little manual involvement.
Background
Article 239AA of the Constitution is headed “Special provisions with respect to Delhi”. From the commencement of the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 the Union territory of Delhi is called the National Capital Territory of Delhi, and the administrator appointed under Article 239 is designated as the Lieutenant Governor. The Article itself provides for a Legislative Assembly whose members are chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies; the total number of seats, the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and the division into constituencies are regulated by law made by Parliament. The Assembly may make laws on matters in the State List and the Concurrent List as applicable to Union territories, “except matters with respect to Entries 1, 2 and 18 of the State List and Entries 64, 65 and 66 of that List in so far as they relate to the said Entries 1, 2, and 18” — that is, entries 1 (public order), 2 (police) and 18 (land). A State legislature faces no such exclusion. There is a Council of Ministers of not more than ten per cent of the total members of the Assembly, with the Chief Minister at the head, to aid and advise the Lieutenant Governor on matters within the Assembly's legislative competence. Where the Lieutenant Governor and his Ministers differ, the Lieutenant Governor refers the matter to the President and acts according to the decision given. If a law of the Assembly is repugnant to a law of Parliament on the same matter, the law made by Parliament prevails and the Assembly's law is void to the extent of the repugnancy. Delhi falls in the category of a Union territory whose legislature is created by the Constitution itself.
Heading of the constitutional provision on Delhi:
Special provisions with respect to Delhi
Amendment Act that renamed the Union territory of Delhi:
the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991
State List entries outside the Delhi Assembly's legislative power:
Entries 1, 2 and 18 of the State List
The three excluded entries, named:
entries 1 (public order), 2 (police) and 18 (land)
Ceiling on the size of Delhi's Council of Ministers:
not more than ten per cent
Why it matters for exams: Delhi's status under Article 239AA — the Assembly created by the Constitution itself, and the three State List entries kept outside its legislative power — is the most frequently asked polity question about the capital in UPSC and State service papers.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
NCT National Capital Territory — The constitutional name of Delhi as a Union territory with its own Legislative Assembly.
State List List II of the Seventh Schedule — The list of subjects on which a State legislature normally has exclusive power to make laws.
Background
Three properties in Delhi are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi; Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi; and the Red Fort Complex. Humayun's Tomb was inscribed in 1993 under criteria (ii)(iv). UNESCO records that “This tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent”, that “It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal”, and that it is surmounted by “a 42.5 m high double dome clad with marble flanked by pillared kiosks”. The garden-tomb is also called the ‘dormitory of the Mughals’ because over 150 Mughal family members are buried in its cells. Qutb Minar and its Monuments was inscribed in 1993 under criterion (iv). UNESCO describes it as “Built in the early 13th century a few kilometres south of Delhi, the red sandstone tower of Qutb Minar is 72.5 m high, tapering from 2.75 m in diameter at its peak to 14.32 m at its base”. The Red Fort Complex was inscribed in 2007 under criteria (ii)(iii)(vi). UNESCO records that it “was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan”, and that it “is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546, with which it forms the Red Fort Complex”.
Name under which the Mughal palace-fort is listed:
Red Fort Complex
Height of the Qutb Minar, as UNESCO states it:
72.5 m high
Diameter of the Qutb Minar at its base:
14.32 m at its base
Height of the double dome over Humayun's Tomb:
a 42.5 m high double dome
Year UNESCO gives for the building of Humayun's Tomb:
built in 1570
Builder and year of the Salimgarh:
built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546
Why it matters for exams: The number of World Heritage properties in Delhi, their inscription years and the Qutb Minar's height are standard objective questions, and the Humayun's Tomb-to-Taj Mahal line of descent is a favourite link question in art and culture papers.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
charbagh four-quadrant garden — A garden divided into four parts by walkways or water channels, the setting of a Mughal garden-tomb.
Shahjahanabad Shah Jahan's capital city at Delhi — The walled city built around the Red Fort, today's Old Delhi.
Background
Municipal government for most of Delhi rests on the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, an Act passed by Parliament. “The Act was amended in 2011 by Delhi Legislative Assembly to trifurcate the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi into: (i) North Delhi Municipal Corporation, (ii) South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and (iii) East Delhi Municipal Corporation.” The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 — a Home Affairs Bill — was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25, 2022, passed by Lok Sabha on Mar 30, 2022 and by Rajya Sabha on Apr 05, 2022. It “replaces the three municipal corporations under the Act with one Corporation named the Municipal Corporation of Delhi”. Under the Act the number of seats in the three corporations taken together was not to exceed 272, and the Fourteenth Schedule listed 272 wards; the amendment provides that the total number of seats in the new Corporation should not be more than 250. Matters that the 2011 amendment had left to the Delhi government — the number of councillor seats and seats reserved for Scheduled Castes, the division of corporation areas into zones and wards, delimitation of wards, and the Commissioner's salary and leave — are instead given to the central government. The amendment also omits the post of Director of Local Bodies, allows the central government to appoint a Special Officer to exercise the Corporation's powers until its first meeting, and makes an e-governance system for citizen services “on anytime-anywhere basis” an obligatory function of the new Corporation. The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi formally came into existence on May 22, 2022.
Parent Act for municipal government in Delhi:
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957
Maximum seats in the three corporations taken together, under the Act:
272
Maximum seats in the unified Corporation:
250
Date the unifying Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha:
March 25, 2022
Date the Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha:
Apr 05, 2022
The three corporations that were merged:
(i) North Delhi Municipal Corporation, (ii) South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and (iii) East Delhi Municipal Corporation
Why it matters for exams: Urban local government questions turn on which authority controls what; Delhi is the standard example of a municipal Act passed by Parliament, trifurcated by a State-level amendment and then unified again, with the seat ceiling moving from 272 to 250.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
delimitation fixing of ward boundaries — Redrawing the boundaries of wards so that each councillor represents roughly comparable numbers of people.
Special Officer officer appointed to run a corporation in the interim — An official who exercises a corporation's powers until its elected body meets for the first time.
Background
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) stands at Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029. AIIMS records that “The health survey and development committee, chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore, an Indian Civil Servant, had in 1946 already recommended the establishment of a national medical centre which would concentrate on meeting the need for highly qualified manpower to look after the nation's expanding health care activities”. “A generous grant from New Zealand under the Colombo Plan made it possible to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 1952.” “The AIIMS was finally created in 1956, as an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament, to serve as a nucleus for nurturing excellence in all aspect of health care.” It was “established as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament”, with the objects of developing patterns of undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching, bringing educational facilities of the highest order together in one place, and attaining self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education. As provided in the Act, AIIMS awards its own degrees. “Teaching and research are conducted in 42 disciplines”, and AIIMS reports “more than 600 research publications by its faculty and researchers in a year”. “Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers” handle patient care. AIIMS “also manages a 60-beded hospital in the Comprehensive Rural Health Centre at Ballabgarh in Haryana and provides health cover to about 2.5 lakh population through the Centre for Community Medicine”.
Chairman of the committee that recommended a national medical centre:
Sir Joseph Bhore
Plan under which the New Zealand grant came:
Colombo Plan
Year the foundation stone was laid:
1952
Disciplines in which teaching and research are conducted:
42 disciplines
Clinical departments and super specialty centres:
Twenty-five clinical departments including four super specialty centers
Rural hospital AIIMS manages at Ballabgarh:
60-beded hospital
Why it matters for exams: The Bhore Committee, the Colombo Plan grant and the status of an institution of national importance set up by an Act of Parliament are three separate syllabus points that meet in AIIMS New Delhi, which is why it is asked about in both health and polity sections.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
institution of national importance status conferred by an Act of Parliament — A body created by Parliament that sets its own academic standards and grants its own degrees.
Colombo Plan cooperative plan for economic development in South and South-East Asia — An aid and technical cooperation arrangement among member countries, under which New Zealand's grant for AIIMS came.