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Over 92k legal literacy programmes organised in 2022 so far: Union Law Min
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): As many as 92,288 legal literacy/awareness programmes were attended by 55,58,053 people in the Fiscal year 2022-23 (upto June 2022), Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju informed in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
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No judiciary in the world is as independent as India's: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that "no judiciary in the world is as independent as India's."
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Bill to amend Family Courts Act introduced in Lok Sabha
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday which seeks to amend Family Courts Act to provide for establishing family courts in Himachal Pradesh from February 15, 2019, and in Nagaland from September 12, 2008.
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Centre to remove 71 obsolete laws in Monsoon Session: Rijiju
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 16 (ANI): Emphasising on reducing the burden on the judiciary, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the Centre has identified 1,824 obsolete laws and in the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament and it will deliberate to remove 71 such law
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Will discuss the issue at appropriate platform: Law Minister Rijiju on SC'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 3 (ANI): A day after the Supreme Court came down heavily on suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said he will discuss the issue at
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Mongolians happy to see Indian delegation along with Buddha relics: Kiren
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], June 13 (ANI): Mongolians are deeply connected with India and they look up to India as a source of Buddhism, said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday, as he led an Indian delegation, that facilitated the public exposition of four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha at Ga
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Kiren Rijiju extends wishes to newly appointed judges of Delhi, Calcutta a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday extended best wishes to all those advocates and judicial officers who were appointed as judges and additional judges of Delhi High Court, Calcutta High Court and Madras High Court.
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Want to align Delhi Capital Badminton Association's goal with Khelo India:
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday vowed to align Delhi Capital Badminton Association's (DCBA) goal with Khelo India in search of talented badminton players across the country.
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SC vindicates itself by holding that right to life is worth more than a th
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Hours after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was awarded a one-year jail term in a 1988 road rage case, former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said that Supreme Court vindicates itself by holding that the right to life is worth more
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After SC puts sedition law on hold, Law Minister Rijiju says 'Lakshman Rek
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Reacting to the Supreme Court's ruling to put the sedition law on hold, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said the Centre respects the court and its independence, adding that there is a "Lakshman Rekha" which needs to be respected by all organs
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Sedition law absolutely unnecessary in free country, says Ashwani Kumar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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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We don't believe in misusing laws, PM Modi in favour of protection of civi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): With the aim to preserve the sovereignty and integrity of the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his clear and unequivocal views in favour of the protection of civil liberties, respect for human rights and giving meaning to constitutional freed
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