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Lok Sabha passes bill to grant constitutional status to NCBC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 02 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed the Constitution 123rd Amendment Bill, 2017 which will grant a constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
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Article 35A can be removed, claims Swamy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said Articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution are temporary laws which can be removed without a vote in the Parliament.
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CJI seeks introduction of review mechanism for arrears
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Friday suggested the constitution of a review mechanism to monitor pending cases and assign them methodically.
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India shouldn't be governed by sentiments: Owaisi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President, Asaduddin Owaisi said that India should be governed according to the Constitution and rule of law, not by sentiments of majority/minority, which will lead to anarchy.
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Govt affidavit solely about privacy: Swamy on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): A day after the Centre put the onus on Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of Section 377, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy clarified that the government wanted the court to only decide if homosexual activities in private wo
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Rajya Sabha members can speak in 22 scheduled languages
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 11 (ANI): From the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha members can speak in any of the 22 languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
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SC to decide constitutional validity of Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Centre will leave the matter of the constitutionality of Section 377 to be decided by the Supreme Court.
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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If enacted, Section 377 'won't withstand the test of constitutionality'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, advocate Arvind Dattar said if enacted the law "won't withstand the test of constitutiona
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SC to hear petition against Section 377 today
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 10 (ANI): The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality.
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In remembrance of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Jaitley attacks Congress on free
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): On the 117th birth anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Friday, Union Minister Arun Jaitley criticised the Congress party for amending the Constitution in 1951 to restrict the Jan Sangh founder from advocating 'Akhand Bharat'.
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SC to hear petition against Section 377 next week
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court will on Tuesday (July 10) hear petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality.
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