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Second plea in SC challenging amendments to UAPA Act
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Association for Protection of Civil Rights has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to declare the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019, 'unconstitutional'.
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Traffic violation penalty to be hiked from September 1
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Higher penalties for traffic violations will soon come into effect from September 1 as the Central Government plans to implement provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 from the beginning of next month.
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PIL in SC to declare provisions in UAPA unconstitutional
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 : A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to declare unconstitutional the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Act, 2019 that confers power upon the Central government to designate an individual as a terr
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Goa: CM praises bill allowing women to work in night shifts
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday hailed the recent law passed by the state legislative assembly which allows women in the state to work in night shifts.
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Youth Congress workers protest against weakening of RTI Act
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 27 (ANI): Hundreds of Youth Congress workers on Saturday took to streets here to protest against the Central government for allegedly diluting the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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Lok Sabha takes up bill to amend Unlawful Activities Prevention Act
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up discussion on a bill that empowers the government to designate individuals as terrorists and empowers the Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) to grant approval of seizure or attachment of property when the c
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SC defers hearing of pleas challenging amendments in SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court once again deferred the final hearing of a clutch of pleas challenging the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for an anticipatory bail for a person accused of committing a crime against Schedu
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Jharkhand bans PFI for anti-national, communal activities
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Jharkhand government on Tuesday banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the state for its anti-national, communal and unconstitutional activities. The PFI has been banned under Section 16 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908.
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Supreme Court to hear pleas against amendments in SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for February 19 for final hearing of pleas challenging SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs and review
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SC refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 that rule out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs.
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Petition filed in SC against 10% quota for poor in general category
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitution Amendment that gives 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for economically weaker section of the general category.
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In a first after new law, IT department unearths 30 Benami lockers in Delh
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi[India] December 3 (ANI): As many as 30 Benami lockers were detected by the Income Tax Department (IT) during an ongoing raid in a private vault at Delhi's Chandni Chowk area. This is the first case of Benami Lockers being unearthed by the Delhi investigation wing of the IT depar
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