The court directed all states & UTs to urgently identify & repeal outdated & discriminatory provisions. It has granted them two weeks to make effective changes.
In latest report submitted to law ministry, Commission says 'right to reputation needs to be protected as it’s a facet of right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21'.
Commission suggests giving judiciary discretion to hand out reduced sentences. This comes when courts have been delivering conflicting rulings on sexual relationships involving minors.
The Law Commission, however, said amendments were needed to the POCSO to “improve the situation” in cases where there was tacit approval on part of children aged 16 to 18 years.
DMK’s solution can effectively tackle polygamy and preserve the diversity of personal laws without necessitating the implementation of a uniform civil law.
Constituted last year by Pushkar Singh Dhami govt, expert panel has also looked at live-in relationships & inheritance laws. Draft likely to be submitted to govt mid-July.
The law body’s chairman also told news agency ANI that the law commission had got a ‘huge response’ over the Uniform Civil Code after the communication of its notice.
Party communication in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh calls it 'strange' that Law Commission is seeking fresh reference when its predecessor published a paper on subject in 2018.
When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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