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Thursday, May 9, 2024
TopicLaw Commission

Topic: Law Commission

Law panel to suggest framework for simultaneous polls with room for debate in Parliament

PTI -
Simultaneous elections would require at least two Constitutional amendments and ratification by majority of the states.

Centre wants e-FIRs across the country, asks law panel to study feasibility

Sanya Dhingra -
Move aimed at easing the process of filing cases; home ministry seeks Law Commission’s views on possibility of amending Section 154 of CrPC.

Law Commission set to recommend simultaneous polls, says it won’t hurt India’s federalism

Sanya Dhingra -
Unlike the US, which is a federation of states, India is a union of states. Therefore, federalism won’t really get undermined, the report is set to say.

Imran Khan’s India link, and a hurdle for hotline with China

Ruhi Tewari -
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Uniform Civil Code not the solution, codify personal law: Muslim women to Law Commission

Sanya Dhingra -
Muslim women's body wants the commission to examine issues of age of marriage, share in inheritance and custody of children after separation.

Guess what? Law Commission never recommended legalising betting & gambling, says its chief

Sanya Dhingra -
Chairman B.S. Chauhan also tells ThePrint using Aadhaar to regulate betting & gambling was a suggestion of some stakeholders who favour legalised betting.

Why the Muslim Personal Law Board will not agree to allow adoption in Islam

Sanya Dhingra -
The AIMPLB is set to tell the Law Commission that adoption cannot be allowed due to fear of sexual relations between adopted child and mother.

In a first, cash-rich Indian cricket board furnishes its tax details under RTI Act

Subrata Panda -
Move seen as a major step towards transparency given BCCI, for a long time, has been resisting attempts to bring itself under RTI.

Law Commission says BCCI should come under RTI Act

PTI -
BCCI continues to be regarded as a private body although it has received tax exemptions and land grants from governments.

Law Commission says no changes to dreaded contempt of court law

Sanya Dhingra -
Concerns have often been raised about the misuse of the act in criminal contempt cases, but the commission says there are enough safeguards built into the law.
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CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Defence

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande -
Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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