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SC issues notice to MHA, Law Ministry on PIL seeking uniform law for adopt
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Union Home Ministry, Law Ministry and Law Commission of India (LCI) after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction for gender-neutral, religion-neutral uniform law of adoption and guar
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Take lockdown as opportunity to make digital systems in justice delivery m
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday emphasised to take COVID-19 lockdown challenge as an opportunity to make digital system in justice delivery more robust.
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Proposal to amend People Act 1951 to link Election Card with Aadhar being
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): A proposal received by the Election Commission to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to enable linking of electoral data with Aadhar system is under examination, said Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
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MHA & Law Ministry find ambiguities in draft legislation bill seeking to p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Found ambiguities in the Health and Services Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage of Property) bill by the Health Ministry, the home ministry and ministry of law and justice have suggested certain amendments in the draf
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Video leak controversy: Pak court to remove judge who sentenced Nawaz Shar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday asked law ministry to remove Accountability Judge Arshad Malik from his post, days after his video got leaked in which he admits that he was "pressurised and blackmailed" to convict Nawaz Sharif.
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CBI gets sanction from law ministry to prosecute Chidambaram in INX media
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3 (ANI): The law ministry has granted sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute former finance minister P Chidambaram in connection to INX media case, according to law ministry sources.
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2.91cr old cases pending before courts: Law Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Dec 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Law and Justice, citing data published by the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), revealed that more than 2.91 crore court cases are pending before district and subordinate courts, out of which 21.90 lakh cases are pending for more than 10 ye
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SC/ST act: Ravi Shankar Prasad confirms filing review petition
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Law Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday confirmed that his ministry will file a review petition on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (SC/ST Act) in the Supreme Court.
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SC/ST act order: Centre to file review petition
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): The Union Law Ministry has approved the filing of review petition on Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (SC/ST Act), in the Supreme Court, sources said on Thursday.
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Indu Malhotra, KM Joseph recommended as SC judges
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court collegium has recommended senior advocate Indu Malhotra's name as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court.
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Fire at Pak law ministry's building destroys important documents
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 2 (ANI): Several important documents were burnt after a fire erupted in the storeroom of Pakistan's Ministry of Law and Justice building, which also housed a project office of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), on Tuesday.
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