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The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment dated 7.3.2011 [WP (Criminal) No. 115 of 2009], while dismissing the plea for mercy killing in a particular case, laid down comprehensive guidelines to process cases relating to “passive euthanasia”. Thereafter, the matter of mercy killing was examined in consultat..

The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has emphasized the need for continual oversight to ensure that liberty is not smothered in material prosperity. Delivering the Eighth V.M. Tarkunde Memorial Lecture on ‘Citizens and State Conduct’ here last evening, he said that the comprehension and advocacy of civil rights has under..

In a first of its kind effort, the Election Commission of India has developed a video game titled “Get! Set! Vote!” amongst a series of edutainment material son voter awareness and education. The game has been created to broadly engage citizens of all age groups to learn on democracy and electoral process.  div style="f..

Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, prohibits displaying any election matter by means, inter alia, of television or similar apparatus, during the period of 48 hours before the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in a constituency. The relevant portions of the said Section 126 are re- produced below: - div style="fon..

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene "at this stage" on the issue of constitutional validity of the amendment by which collegium system for appointment of judges in higher judiciary was scrapped and a new mechanism under National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) was proposed to be put in place.  Declining..

An interactive daylong Conference with Ministers of Social Welfare in States/UTs dealing with issues related to disability was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment here today.   Welcoming ..

The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), appointed the 16th day of January, 2014, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.    div ..

Judicial Appointment commissions bill is introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday though there were difference of opinion on the bill.   Keen to scrap the collegium system, government today introduced a Constitution Amendment ..

The matter of mercy killing was examined by the Department of Health & Family Welfare in consultation with the Ministry of Law & Justice, and after examination, it has been decided that the Hon’ble Supreme Court has laid down the law on the subject in its judgment in Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug’s case which will be followed in..

An Expert Committee was constituted in the Ministry to make an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the Transgender Community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate their problems. The Committee submitted its report on 27th January 2014.    div style="f..

India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereon. There is no national law on Refugee at present. Government has circulated a Standard Operating Procedure for dealing with foreign nationals who claim to be refugees to all State Governments/ Union Territories on December 29, 2..

Several top jurists on Monday pushed for scrapping the existing collegium system where judges appoint judges but government's plans to bring a bill to make the process of appointments more transparent may take some more time. At a meeting to discuss judicial reforms, the "predominant" view was that collegium system needs to be "changed", Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi..

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Letter addressed by Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, President, Supreme Court Bar Association to the Hon'ble CJI R.M. Lodha about the proposal for Courts to function for 365 days. ..