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If enacted, Section 377 'won't withstand the test of constitutionality'
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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SP, TRS in favour of simultaneous elections, DMK opposes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI) Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) and K. Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have backed the Law Commission of India's proposal to hold simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.
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Swamy backs simultaneous elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 08 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday backed the idea of having simultaneous elections in the country while saying that it was up to opposition parties whether they wanted to support it or not.
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Law will take its own course in Ramgarh lynching case: Jayant Sinha
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand) [India], July 07 (ANI): Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Saturday said the law will take its own course in Ramgarh lynching case and the accused will be punished.
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Legalising betting, gambling not desirable in present scenario: Law Commis
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Clarifying its stance over the legalisation of regulated gambling and betting, the Law Commission of India on Friday stated that it had "strongly and categorically" told the Centre that this would not be desirable in the present scenario.
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Mithun's son sedated victim's drink, claims lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 5 (ANI): Days after a Delhi court ordered the registration of an FIR against Mithun Chakraborty's wife Yogeeta Bali and son Mahaakshay on charges of rape, cheating and causing miscarriage without consent, the lawyer of the victim claimed that his client's drink was dru
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Law Commission recommends legalisation of regulated gambling, betting
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Law Commission of India in its 276th report to the central government recommended legalisation of regulated betting and gambling activities, asserting that the current measures undertaken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are "ineffectiv
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Law Commission, political parties to discuss feasibility of conducting sim
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 2 (ANI): The Law Commission is expected to hold consultations with all major political parties on July 7 and 8 over the feasibility of conducting simultaneous election of both Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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LHC acquittal of accused in Khadija Siddiqui stabbing case condemned
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Social media was taken by storm soon after the Lahore High Court acquitted Shah Hussain, the law student accused of stabbing fellow law student Khadija Siddiqui at least 23 times.
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Durrani will be punished for "his mistake": ISPR chief
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has said that former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani, will be punished as per the law and the country's Army Act for controversially co-authoring the book "The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI And The Illusion Of Pe
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Harvey's lawyer trashes charges against him
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], May 25 (ANI): The lawyer of embattled Oscar-winner Harvey Weinstein Benjamin Brafman on Friday dismissed the charges against Hollywood mogul, saying, "they are constitutionally flawed."
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Avenatti's old firm slammed with $10 million judgment
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 23 (ANI): The law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti has been hit with a $10 million judgment by a U.S. bankruptcy court judge.
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