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Safety and security of women and children in the country is of utmost priority for the Government. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has enacted various special laws relating to women such as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986; and the Sexual Harass..

The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice seeks to collaborate and converge with various government and non-government agencies for wider dissemination of legal literacy and the ensuing objective of Access to Justice. The Department of Justice has been allocated with the function of legal aid to poor; administ..

The EPFO has clarified that obtaining of Aadhaar should be mandatory for the time being only for final settlement of Pension and not in withdrawal cases. The EPFO had extended the date of submission of Aadhaar Number authentication by the members of Employees' Pension Scheme 1995 upto 31st March 2017.  However, news item a..

Caste based enumeration of migrants, access to PDS anywhere, low cost money transfer, anti-discriminatory measures recommended A Government appointed Panel has recommended necessary legal and policy framework to protect the interests of the migrants in the country, stating that the migrant population..

The Indian Law Institute Delhi and National Human Rights commission successfully organized One Day Programme for Media Personnel and Government Public Relation Officers on ‘Media and Human Rights: Issues and Challenges’. Around 50 Government Public Relation Officers, Media Personnel’s, Advocates, Academicians and Students actively participated in t..

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book ‘Judicial Reforms - Recent Global Trends’ today (February 22, 2017) at Rashtrapati Bhavan from Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India who formally released it. The book ‘Judicial Reforms - Recent Global Trends’ brought o..

An  expert committee was constituted by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to review the format for reporting of road accidents. The committee headed by Senior Adviser of the Transport Research Wing  and consisting of experts from IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, WHO, senior officers from the Police and Transport Departments  of States, Min..

Now, it is easier for the middle and relatively lower income group to avail and enjoy the legal services of the country. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has introduced the Middle Income Group Scheme. It is a self supporting scheme which provides legal services to the middle income group citizens i.e. citizens whose gross income is not exceeding Rs.60, 000 per..

The Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has urged schools to strictly observe Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment, issued by the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of WCD Ministry. The WCD Ministry has asked the Ministry of Human Resource Development for wide spread c..

Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offers opportunity to employers to voluntarily declare details of all employees.  EPFO settles 19,114 grievances in January, 2017    EPFO launched Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offering opportunity to the employers to voluntaril..

Centre cautions Chief Ministers of vacuum if Real Estate Act timelines not met by April 30  States also asked to comply with the spirit of the Act of Parliament  Buyers entitled to relief under the Act from May 1st this year  Only four States and 6 UTs notify Real Estate Rules; alleged violations of Act referred to Parlia..

Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) being implemented with technical and financial assistance of the World Bank envisages preparation of Disaster Management Plan (DMP) and Emergency Management Plan (EMP) to take care of the activities like navigation, terminal & jetty operation, oil spill, disaster contingency etc. after the commissioning of the project and while oper..

As per information received from the States, at present 978 employment exchanges are functioning in the country.  The Ministry is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a plan scheme for transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a variety of employment related services like job matching, career counselling, v..

The TRA Contract Drafting Competition 2017 is organised by TRA in association with NLSIU, Bangalore as academic partner and UBER as thought partner. The Competition is intended to engage with law students and introduce an..

The report of Justice Ashok Kumar Roopanwal (Retd.) Commission of Inquiry along with memorandum of Action Taken thereon has been laid before both the houses of Parliament on 15.12.2016. Government has instructed all the Central Universities to implement and ensure compliance of the following recommendations/measures:- ol style="list-style-type:lower-rom..