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    Law Commission News

    Revisit Pocso Act provisions for minor couples: Allahabad HC to Law Commission

    The court suggested that possible suggestions on amendments could include vesting special judges with adequate discretion in exceptional cases. (For Representation)
    Cities
    Published 19 days ago

    Opposition question Law Commission’s support to One Nation, One Election

    The law panel argued that the powers proposed to be given to ECI for the purpose of simultaneous election in the proposed bill are a natural extension of its extant powers.
    India News
    Published 331 days ago

    Proposed provisions for simultaneous polls correct: Law Commission to House panel

    A parliamentary committee is examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 331 days ago

    Law Commission to focus on periodic review of laws

    Law Commission to focus on periodic review of laws
    India News
    Updated 788 days ago

    P Chidambaram repeats ‘part-time’ jab after Dhankhar's ‘defamation’ attack

    Congress leader P Chidambaram. (ANI)
    India News
    Published 846 days ago

    Law panel proposes strict rules for NRIs marrying Indian citizens

    Such a legislation, the panel said, should be made applicable not only to the NRIs but also to those individuals who come within the definition of ‘Overseas Citizens of India’ (OCIs) as laid down in the Citizenship Act, 1955. (Shutterstock)
    Cities
    Updated 988 days ago

    Law panel recommends compulsory registration of NRI, OCI marriages in India

    In November, the ministry of external affairs requested the Law Commission to review and enhance regulations for marriages involving NRIs and Indian citizens, addressing issues like partner abandonment, particularly of brides. (HT File)
    India News
    Updated 988 days ago

    Need tougher punishment under Epidemic Act: Law Commission

    The colonial-era law concerns infectious disease outbreaks but is seen by experts as having been outdated. In the days after the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020. (AFP)
    India News
    Updated 992 days ago

    Law panel recommends to retain criminal defamation as offence

    The report has come close on the heels of the Parliament approving the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, which aims to replace the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was passed in the recently concluded winter session (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    India News
    Updated 1002 days ago

    Criminal defamation, vandalism of public property: What Law Commission recomme

    Law Commission has recommended that criminal defamation should be retained within the scheme of criminal laws in India.
    India News
    Published 1002 days ago

    Law panel looks into syncing of local body polls with state, Lok Sabha

    In India, most local body polls are scattershot, and held at various times based on local timelines largely decided by state governments. (Uma Shankar Mishra)
    India News
    Updated 1031 days ago

    One nation, one election: Law Commission may share plan with Kovind-led panel next week

    HT Image
    India News
    Updated 1107 days ago

    Law commission backs phased e-FIR roll-out

    The 22nd law commission submitted its report -- Amendment in Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for Enabling Online Registration of FIR – to the Union law ministry earlier this week. The report was made public on Friday. (File photo)
    India News
    Updated 1128 days ago

    Constitution will need some amendments for one nation, one poll: Law panel chief

    India had simultaneous elections for state assemblies and the Lok Sabha until changes in electoral schedules in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (HT Archive)
    India News
    Updated 1128 days ago

    Law Commission advises against changing age of consent under POCSO Act: Report

    Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chairperson of the Law Commission of India.
    India News
    Published 1128 days ago

    Law panel submits reportson age of consent, e-FIRs

    “We have finalised the report on the Pocso act and another with respect to online FIRs and we have sent the reports to the ministry of law and justice,” said Awasthi, also the former chief justice of the Karnataka high court. (File)
    India News
    Updated 1130 days ago

    A vote for One Nation, One Election agenda

    Since 2014, the Indian voters have by and large favoured stable governments at the Centre and the states (FOR REPRESENTATION)
    Opinion
    Published 1145 days ago

    Law Commission ends extended deadline for submitting suggestions on UCC

    Some religious communities have opposed the idea of a Uniform Civil Code, citing concerns about “lack of transparency” and viewing it as a potential “threat to diversity”. (HT Archive) (File)
    India News
    Published 1190 days ago

    Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says Centre creating unnecessary controversy over UCC

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
    Cities
    Published 1193 days ago

    Mathematical equality can’t be the goal of UCC

    But first, does UCC mean all religious laws will be set aside and a separate legal code be applicable to all? (Shutterstock)
    Opinion
    Published 1194 days ago

    UCC not in interest of nation:  SAD to law commission

    Party president Sukhbir Singh Badal said that SAD is the oldest political party in the country which upholds multi-religious, multi-cultural and multi-lingual traditions, with India as a federal entity.
    Cities
    Updated 1205 days ago

    Daily brief: Law Commission extends deadline for public responses on UCC

    Any interested individual, institution or organisation may furnish comments on the UCC till July 28 on the commission's website. (Representational image)
    India News
    Published 1205 days ago

    Law Commission receives ‘overwhelming’ comments on UCC, allows 2 more weeks

    At the time the Constitution was being framed, there was a 150-year-long history of communities being governed by their personal laws. Realising that the overhaul of such structures was impossible in one go, the framers of the Constitution left UCC as an aspirational goal (Shutterstock)
    India News
    Updated 1205 days ago

    UCC Debate | Our diverse lives need justice, not uniformity

    If uniformity is to exist, it must be a uniformity of protection of individuals’ rights within the multiple family systems – both those that are recognised by the law, and those that aren’t as yet.
    Opinion
    Published 1205 days ago

    Uniform Civil Code: Shiromani Akali Dal sub-committee holds consultative session

    SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal (File photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1209 days ago

    UCC is a constitutional obligation. Fulfil it now.

    Not effecting UCC in all likelihood was a deliberate British ploy to keep the religious tinderbox of discord simmering, which served their divide and rule agenda.
    Opinion
    Published 1210 days ago

    To be just, UCC needs openness and honesty

    Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel recently criticised UCC, saying that uniform code will destroy tribal culture. (Representative Image/File Photo)
    Opinion
    Published 1212 days ago

    Cong to decide on UCC after Law Commission’s report, says Warring

    Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday said the Congress will decide its stand on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after the Law Commission gives its report on July 15.
    Cities
    Updated 1214 days ago

    More parties, groups speak out against any UCC move

    Union government’s recent push for a uniform civil code faces opposition from several quarters on Wednesday. (ANI)
    India News
    Updated 1214 days ago

    Defections require a political response

    The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.
    Opinion
    Published 1215 days ago
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