The Lok Sabha passed two bills on Tuesday to extend the provisions of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, which grants 33% reservation to women in the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, and the Union.
On December 11, the Supreme Court considered an affidavit filed on behalf of the chief secretary of Nagaland. The same affirmed that the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2023, was passed on 9.11.2023 by the.
The Bench had earlier remarked that it could not step into the legislative domain by issuing the directions prayed for in the petition filed by Congress leader Dr Jaya Thakur.
Article 371A grants special protection to the Nagas in Nagaland on traditional customary, religious and social practices and also on ownership and transfer of land and its resources.