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Sedition law absolutely unnecessary in free country, says Ashwani Kumar
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has said that sedition law in a free country seems "absolutely unnecessary" and supported its repeal or comprehensive revision by the central government.
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Amibition for RS seat makes people do many things: Manish Tewari on Ashwan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], February 16 (ANI): A day after former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit Congress, party leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday called the decision "unfortunate" and said that the ambition for Rajya Sabha seat makes people do many things.
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Congress doesn't have transformative, inspiring leadership, says Ashwani K
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Soon after submitting his resignation from the Congress, former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Tuesday said that the Congress doesn't have a transformative and inspiring leadership, and it is not the party it once was.
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Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quits Congress
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Tuesday resigned from Congress after a long association of 46 years with the party.
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Congress leader Ashwani Kumar calls repeal of 3 farm laws 'late decision'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Friday hit out at the central government and said that the announcement of repeal of three farm laws was a 'late decision' by the Centre.
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Jindal Global Law School establishes fellowships & awards in memory of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 12 (ANI/OP Jindal University): To honour the memory of the former Hon'ble Union Minister of Law & Justice, Dr. H.R. Bhardwaj, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) hosted a Memorial Lecture on "Law, Democracy and The Idea of India" by Dr. Shashi Tharoor,
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Ashwani Kumar hails Mamata Banerjee government's decision to form inquiry
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Congress leader and former union law minister Ashwani Kumar has hailed Mamta Banerjee government's decision to constitute a statutory commission of inquiry into the Pegasus surveillance allegations and said it is a "welcome political statement in aid of t
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Govt should give due regard to the SC observation on Sedition law: Former
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister and Senior Congress leader Dr Ashwani Kumar welcomed the Supreme Court observation on the Sedition law on Thursday that it is a colonial law which was used by the British to suppress freedom. "It was used against Mahatma Gandhi a
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Arrest of TMC leaders by CBI is blatant abuse of prosecutorial process: Co
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Strongly opposing the arrest of TMC leaders by the CBI on Monday in Narada scam, senior Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said the move is a blatant abuse of prosecutorial processes.
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Govt must come forward now to consider farmers's demand, says ex-law min A
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar reacted after Supreme Court's judgment to stay all three farm laws until further order and said "the nation will expect lots from SC to solve humanitarian problems, but essentially it seems the matter of the policy.
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Sibal, Kumar, Khurshid accuse Rajsthan Governor of creating constitutional
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Congress leaders and former Union law ministers Kapil Sibal, Ashwani Kumar and Salman Khurshid have written to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra saying that there has been "delay in convening the special session of the Rajasthan assembly" as advised by the
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Congress leaders write to Rajasthan Governor over proposal to convene Asse
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Former Union law ministers and Congress leaders Salman Khurshid, Ashwani Kumar and Kapil Sibal on Monday wrote to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra over the proposal to convene the Assembly Session.
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