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Ease of Doing Business: Govt decriminalises 68 provisions of Mineral Conce
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Coal said on Thursday it has amended Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 (MCR) with a view to decriminalise its provisions that would help improve India's ranking in ease of doing business.
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Equality not just achieved by decriminalisation of Sec 377 alone, must ext
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday said equality is not just achieved by the decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC alone but it must also extend to all spheres of life.
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UK High Commission holds event to mark decriminalisation of same-sex relat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): British High Commission held a reception to mark the fourth anniversary of landmark Indian section 377 judgment which decriminalised same-sex relations in India.
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Goyal calls for decriminalisation of law to enforce weights and measures
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday called for decriminalisation of the Legal Metrology Act, which seeks to establish and enforce weights and measures standards in the country.
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Centre approaches SC seeking exemption of armed forces from judgement on a
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court urging to exempt armed forces from the purview of its 2018 judgement of decriminalising the criminal offence of adultery.
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LS passes bill to decriminalise some offences under Companies Act
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Saturday passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise certain offences under the Companies Act, 2013, in case of defaults but not involving frauds.
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Sitharaman announces decriminalisation of Companies Act defaults
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): In order to provide relief to the companies amid COVID-19 pandemic, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced the decriminalisation of Companies Act defaults.
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Election Commission hails SC order, to modify instructions on criminal ant
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Election Commission on Friday termed as "landmark" the Supreme Court order for the decriminalisation of politics, saying it is bound to go a long way in setting new moral yardsticks for the betterment of electoral democracy.
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Decriminalisation of Sec 377 a stepping stone, say LGBT activists
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): A year since the Supreme Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the LGBT community, which gathered for a celebration here on Wednesday said as far as equal rights for the group was concerned, there still remains a long way to go.
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SC seeks ECI, Centre's response over plea seeking decriminalisation of com
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Election Commission of India (ECI) and Centre (Union of India) in connection with a plea seeking to decriminalise complaint on malfunctioning of VVPAT/EVM.
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EC`s volte-face on lifetime ban on convicted legislators
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Election Commission on Wednesday took a U-turn on the lifetime ban on convicted and chargesheeted Member of Parliaments or the state Legislative Assembly members (MPs and MLAs) case and said it does not want a permanent ban, but it supported the decrimin
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