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The draft rules have been uploaded in the Department’s website inviting comments/views from the stakeholders. The suggestions broadly relate to draft rules on e-Commerce, Mediation, Direct Selling, Qualification for the appointment, method of recruitment, the procedure of appointment, term of office, resignation and removal of the President and members of the State Commission an..

Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of Indiahas formulateda Scheme, on the lines of other Centrally Sponsored Schemes, for setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) for expeditious trial and disposal of rape cases and cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The total estimated cost is Rs. 767.25 crore, out of which Ce..

The vision of the proposed policy is to drive economic growth and business competitiveness of the country through an integrated, seamless, efficient, reliable, green, sustainable and cost effective logistics network leveraging the best in technology, processes and skilled manpower. While, there is no official estimation of logistics cost for India, some private institutions have estim..

The Government of India has legislated various child-centric Acts such as the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act (CPCR) 2005, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) for protection and promotion of child rights. While the JJ Act, 2015 ensures the safety, s..

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 inter alia provides for enhancement of penalties for offences for ensuring greater compliance and enhancing deterrence for violation of traffic rules which is intended to provide for better Road Safety resulting in reduction of accidents and fatalities on roads. As per section 200 of the..

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..