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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated and is implementing a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2025. The Plan aims at reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy. The activities under the NAPDDR, inter-alia, include awareness generation programmes in  schools/colleges/Uni..

The Government of India prohibited electronic-cigarettes and like devices through promulgation of ‘The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 on 18th September, 2019. All the States/UT Governments, Director General of Police of all States/UTs and Stakeholder, Central..

SPG focused on Prime Minister's security and not that of a family; Security of 130 crore Indians is Government’s Responsibility: Union Home Minister Earlier 4 Amendments in SPG Act were done focusing on One Family: Shri Amit Shah p style="text-..

The Theme We are living in an era where the protection of personal data has become inescapable. Countries all over the world are updating their laws for processing data. Up till now, India has used the Information Technology Act, 2000 and other general laws to ensure data protection. Presently Personal Data Protect..

The number of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 in the last three reports of NCRB is at Annexure-I. Police and public order are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including children, rest primar..

As per ‘The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006’, any marriage where either of the contracting party is a child at the time of the marriage is voidable at the option of the contracting parties if they approach the court within two years of attaining their majority. The total number of child marriage cases reported, as per National Crime Records Bureau reports, during the last ..

  As per the information/data uploaded by the different Ministries/Departments/Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) on Probity Portal followed by the rectification requests made by some Ministries/Departments/CCAs, during the period from July, 2014 to October, 2019 (as on 21.11.2019), FR 56(j) has been invoked against a tota..

The Foreign investments in India are governed by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy and are controlled by its central bank “Reserve Bank Of India”. FDI policy outlines the sectors that are permitted to be invested by foreign investors as well as percentage of shareholding which can be retained with or without any permission from the Government. It is s..

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Malvinder Singh and Sunil Godhwani, in ED's application seeking custodial interrogation of the duo in the Religare Fraud case. Appearing for ED, Amit Mahajan submitted before the court that the custodial interrogation is required to confront, both Singh and Godhwani, with voluminous doc..

As per the latest orders made by the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), it will be mandatory to make Ministry of Corporate Affairs a party to all the cases under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code as well as all Company petitions. The order was passed while adjudicating upon an application for Corpor..

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Bill, 2019, moved on behalf of Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The Bill proposes to merge the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which presently has only one district with the UT of Daman and Diu, which has ..

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote today, without any amendments. The bill moved by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, is aimed at protectin..

In view of the statement made by the appellant-claimant- Jabbar in so many words that if the Court finds him entitled to get more than Rs 3 lakh, he is ready to deposit deficient court fee, in the judgment of the case- Jabbar v. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, delivered on November 13, 2019, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice M.R.Shah at the Supreme Cou..

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot their minds cannot change anything” – George Bernard Shaw. Arbitration is considered to be one of the most convenient alternatives to court litigation; for the disputes are resolved in a progressive and cost-eff..

The National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme. Under this Scheme the District Project Societies (DPS) are set up at the district level under the Chairmanship of the Collector/District Magistrate for overseeing the implementation of the project. Under this Scheme, the children in the age group of 9-1..