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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for moving official amendments in the "Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016".  The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 proposes to regulate surrogacy in India by establishing National Surrogacy Board at the central level and, State S..

An Act of Parliament namely the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) {PoA} Act, 1989, was enacted to prevent atrocities against members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). With an objective to deliver members of SCs and STs a greater justice, the PoA Act has been amended in January, 2016. With a view to prevent atroc..

Let me start my pen running by first and foremost pointing out explicitly that in a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has upheld passive euthanasia and has paved the way for it by allowing withdrawal of life support to a patient if s/he slips into irreversible coma. Now what is passive euthanasia? Passive euthanasia refers to speeding up the process of dying by wit..

Law is considered a noble profession, and most lawyers tend to shy away from promoting themselves. First, let's define personal branding. I believe brands are felt rather than heard. Most people make decisions based on emotion rather than objective thinking. So personal branding is differentiating yourself from everyone else wh..

A 'Will' or 'Testament' is a legal document by which a person, the testator, expresses wishes as to how his/her property (movable or immovable) is to be distributed at death, and names one or more persons, the executor, to manage the estate until its final distribution. Throughout most of the world, disposal of an estate has been a matter of social cus..

In 20 cases, CBI has obtained files from PMO pertaining to approval of allocation of Coal Block by the then Prime Minister who acted in the capacity of Minister of Coal. CBI has examined officers of PMO in this regard who has dealt the files of allocations of coal blocks. However, CBI has not filed any charge sheet against the officers of PMO in the court and also n..

Did you know McDonald's was running a joint venture between Connaught Plaza Restaurants Ltd? Have you ever wondered what went wrong between these two companies that it had to shut its shop at nearly 170 outlets? What could have been done to avoid it? Do you ..

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) from across states to deliberate upon and propose strategies for reducing road fatalities and to suggest actionable measures for implementation. On the basis of recommendations of the GoM, Ministry introduced the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament (Lok Sabha) on 9..

  The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent road accidents and road accident fatalities as per details mentioned under: - The Government has approved a National Road Safety Policy.  This Policy outlines various policy measures such..

3210 children placed in In-country Adoption during the year 2016-2017     As reported by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a total number of 3210 children were placed in In-country Adoption during the year 2016-2017. Adoption Policy has been simplified through the Adoption Regulations, 2017. These Regulation..

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has prepared the draft National Policy for Women, 2017 after considering suggestions/comments received from stakeholders. The draft has been examined and approved by the Group of Ministers and has been submitted to the Cabinet for consideration. The Draft envisions a society in which women attain their full potential and a..

New proposed legislation being brought for comprehensive approach towards anti-trafficking The Government of India is undertaking several measures to combat trafficking. The new proposed legislation on trafficking of persons aims to prevent trafficking of persons, to provide care, protection and rehab..

CBI has filed Charge-sheets in 2276 cases in the courts during the last three years viz. 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 upto 31st January, 2018. Cases which are discharged/quashed by the courts are examined and analysed at various levels to decide upon the need for filing the appeal and further action is taken.  During the last three years, there were 14 cases which..

Several steps are being taken by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for speedy implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 and settlement of community claims. Under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA), until 30th, January, 2018 as much as 1 lakh 39,266 Community Forests Rights (CFR) claims have been received ..

Two Acts of Parliament namely, the Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955, which prescribes punishment for enforcement of any disability arising from practice of ‘untouchability’, and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989,  intended to prevent offences of atrocities against members  of the Schedu..