Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed the concluding function of the Sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court in Mumbai today. Following is the text of Prime Ministers Speech: It gives me great pleasure to be in ..
The Chief Justice of India had written in December, 2010 to the Chief Justices of High Courts to fast track corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, so that they could be taken up on priority basis both at High Courts and Subord ..
The Provisions of the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill do not in any way Infringe on the Independence of the Judiciary Several national dailies have carried a news item on 16.08.2012 conveying that Judicial Standards and Accountability B ..
Appointment of Protection Officer Under Section 8(1) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005, the State Governments are required to appoint such number of Protection Officers in each district as they may consider necess ..
The Government of India has enacted the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, which extends to all the States and Union Territories of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir. The Act also applies to all citizens of India without an ..
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 [JJ Act] is the primary law to deal with the children in need of care and protection as well as children in conflict with law. Section 34 (3) of the JJ Act provides for mandatory reg ..
The Ministry of Women and Child Development implements two shelter based schemes, namely, Swadhar and Short Stay Home for providing emergency outreach services to women in difficult circumstances who do not have societal/family support or independ ..
Lok Adalats are organised from time to time for settlement of cases and pre-litigation disputes as per the provisions of Sections 19 and 20 of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) through the State Le ..
The Government has provided assistance to the State Governments for judicial reforms and for reducing the large number of pending cases in the courts by releasing funds awarded by the Thirteenth Finance Commission for the improvement of justice de ..
The Election Commission has intimated that a total of 10,029 overseas electors have been enrolled so far in all States/ Union Territories. Further, list of overseas electors is not maintained according to the country of their resi ..
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