The President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to Whistleblowers Protection Bill, 2011 which was passed by the Parliament in the last Winter Session. The Bill seeks to provide protection to persons reporting corruption or wilful misuse of ..
The Supreme Court judgment on January 21, 2014 commuting death sentences of 15 convicts to life imprisonment has been endorsed by two independent United Nations human rights experts. The experts also urged for temporary prohibition on executions wit ..
The mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar the wife of Union Minister, Mr. Shashi Tharoor remains uresolved. Sunanda was found dead in a South Delhi hotel room a few days ago.Mr. Tharoor, who had written a letter to Home Minister Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde ..
A Division Bench comprising of Justices D. P. Singh and Mohd. Tahir of the Allahabad High Court stayed the arrest of Editor-in-Chief of India News, Mr. Deepak Chaurasia, in connection with a FIR lodged by a follower of Asaram Bapu, following a progr ..
After the Justice A.K. Ganguly episode, a former law intern, who has made sexual harassment allegations against Justice Swatanter Kumar, while she was an intern under the judge in 2011, moved to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking inquiry against th ..
The Delhi Law Minister, Mr. Somnath Bharati who belongs to Aam Aadmi Party, was indicted by a Special CBI Court at Delhi for tampering with evidence in a case of corruption. Mr. Bharati, who was practicing as an advocate before becoming Law Minist ..
The Government had engaged Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi to conduct a study on “Evaluation of the Impact and Effectiveness of Consumer Protection Act, 1986”. The recommendations in the study report and areas identi ..
The Government has recently amended the Money Laundering Act. The objectives of recent amendment in Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 is to strengthen the legislative and administrative framework of the country to prevent money laundering ..
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 19th March, 2013 and by the Rajya Sabha on 21st March, 2013. The President of India has accorded his assent to the Bill on 2nd April, 2013 and it will now be called the Crim ..
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 being administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development is the primary legislation for rehabilitation and reintegration of children in difficult circumstances, including ch ..
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