This Department had sought for the comments/views of the State Governments/Union-territory Administrations on the 242nd Report of the Law Commission titled “Prevention of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances (in the name of Ho ..
The compensation part of the rehabilitation of victims of violence including rape is governed by provision of Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure which states that every State Government in co-ordination with the Central Government shall p ..
There is no proposal to amend Section 320 of the Cr.P.C. and Sections 375 and 376 of IPC to enable compounding of certain forms of rape, such as marital rape and the act of obtaining consent on false promise of marriage etc. There is no proposal to r ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, senior-most Judge of the Patna High Court, to perform the duties of the office of Chief Justice of that High ..
The highest number of dowry deaths during the last three years consecutively have been reported from the state of Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar. As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Uttar Pradesh reported 2244 dowry deaths(Sec 304 ..
The Competition Commission of India (‘the Commission’), in its order dated 27.7.15 has found 3 Car Companies, namely, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (Hyundai), Mahindra Reva Electric Car Company (P) Ltd. (Reva) and Premier Ltd. (Premier) to be ..
The Bar Council of India, a statutory body under the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) has informed that they had received 116 new proposals (including three proposals from the State of Andhra Pradesh for fresh approval) for setting up new law college ..
The Bar Council of India Vide their Resolution No.115/2012 have resolved to constitute a Directorate of Legal Studies and Law Reforms as well as Legal Education Committee. The aforesaid Directorate shall discuss and lay down the procedure for conduc ..
The Standing committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice is examining the matter in consultation with all stakeholders. The Law Commission has submitted its 255th Report on the issue of “Electoral Reforms”. However, the L ..
The Government is considering to allow the alternative options of voting to overseas electors in the form of (i) ‘e-Postal Ballot System’ which envisages making available bank postal ballot electronically to the NRI voters and thereafter ..
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