constitutional law

Monsoon Session of Parliament concludes    Lok Sabha passes 15 bills during the Session while 14 Bills are passed by the Rajya Sabha   The Mon..

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval for amendments to Section 44 and consequential amendments of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 by introducing the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. The approved amendments will address concerns and apprehensions exp..

Lok Sabha to consider the Constitutional Amendment bill relating to GST next week  Constitutional Amendment bill passed with huge consensus in Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha passed 5 Bills and Lok Sabha2 bills during the week p st..

All Child Care Institutions must be registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act   The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) has come into effect from 15th January, 2016. As per Section 41(1) of JJ Act, 2015 all institutions,..

Cabinet approves Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 Historical Step towards making roads safe and save lakhs of innocent lives    The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016.  The Am..

Rajya Sabha today passed The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016.   The Bill had earlier been passed by Lok Sabha in May 2016.   Replying to the discussion on the Bill today, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri An..

Shri P.P. Choudhary today took over as New Minister of State in the Law & Justice Ministry here in New Delhi . Speaking to media persons soon after assuming the office he said Shri Choudhary thanked the Prime Minister in showing faith and consideration for this challenging Job. He said it will be an opportunity for him to work for the common man in getting ti..

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad today took over as New Union Law & Justice Minister here in New Delhi . This is in addition to the current charge of Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology. Speaking to media persons soon after assuming the office he said timely Justice delivery and transparency is one of the main priority of this Government. He s..

The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi released the Draft Model Rules under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 in New Delhi today. The draft rules have been released for stakeholder comments and suggestions. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 has come into force from 15th..

As has been reported in certain sections of the media, it is clarified that transfer petitions (Criminal) filed by the petitioner Ms Sujatha Ravi Kiran @ Sujatasahu wife of Lt Cdr Ravi Kiran, have been dismissed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Further the prayer made by the petitioner to transfer the investigation carried out by Kerala Police to the CB..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of India with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.  In exercise of the powers ..

Big Boost to Ease of Doing Business- Passing of Bankruptcy Code; Code is a comprehensive and systemic reform, which will give a quantum leap to the functioning of the credit market and would take India from among relatively weak insolvency regimes to becoming one of the world's best insolvency regimes; Vision of the new law is to encourage entrepreneursh..

Transfers of Chief Justices at Different High Courts    In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High ..

Insolvency & bankruptcy code 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha   PFA the attached file for more details ..

The Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs has made a reference to the Law Commission of India to examine the desirability of having a separate Bail Act.  The report of the Malimath Committee which, inter alia, recommended a punishment higher than life sentence but lower than death as an alternative to death penalty, is presentl..