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Law to Deal Disputes of NRIs

   18 December 2014 at 16:22

The Minister of State in the ministries of Overseas Indian Affairs & External Affairs General (Retd.) V. K. Singh said in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today thatas per data compiled in May, 2012, there are nearly 22 million overseas Indians ..

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Law Ministry's Consultative Committee Meeting

   17 December 2014 at 11:28

The Minister for Law and Justice Shri Sadananda Gowda has said that consultations could be held with the Home Ministry to strengthen criminal justice system. He was responding to concerns of the Members of the Consultative Committee of the Parliamen ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   742 Views


Implementation of Domestic Violence Act

   12 December 2014 at 12:11

The Central Government has been emphasising upon the need to impart training to First Class Judicial Magistrates/Metropolitan Magistrates to deal with cases under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005 through National/State Ju ..

Posted in Family Law  8 comments |   2064 Views


Present Status of Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011

   12 December 2014 at 12:11

The Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, 2011 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 27th December, 2011. The Bill as passed by the Lok Sabha was finally passed by the Rajya Sabha on 21st February, 2014 and received the assent of the President on 9th May, 2014. ..

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Decriminalisation of Section 309

   11 December 2014 at 11:07

The Law Commission of India, in its 210th Report, had recommended that Section 309 (attempt to Commit suicide) of IPC needs to be effacted from the statute book. As law and order is the State subject, views of States/UTs were requested on the recomm ..

Posted in Criminal Law  3 comments |   845 Views


Creation of five posts of Additional Solicitors General of India in the High Courts of Punjab & Haryana, Patna, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Gujarat

   11 December 2014 at 11:05

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for creation of five posts of Additional Solicitors General, one each for the High Courts of Punjab & Haryana, Patna, Jharkhand, Karnataka and its Circu ..

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Amendments to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014) and the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946) and...

   11 December 2014 at 11:04

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for amending the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014) and the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946) and for introduction of a Bil ..

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Legal Backing for CSR Compliance

   10 December 2014 at 11:04

Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates every company above the given threshold levels to comply with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions of the Act, and to disclose contents of its CSR policy in its Board’s Report. The pe ..

Posted in Corporate Law  2 comments |   1813 Views


CCI Approves the Proposed Merger Between Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy Subject to Modification

   09 December 2014 at 17:05

The Competition Commission of India (Commission) in its meeting held on 5th December, 2014 (05.12.2014) approved the proposed merger between Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy, subject to the parties inter alia carrying out the divestiture of their products rel ..

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Measures taken by Government to deal with problem of Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace

   05 December 2014 at 11:39

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development had issued advisories to all State/UT Government on 23rd December,2013 to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   746 Views