An interactive daylong Conference with Ministers of Social Welfare in States/UTs dealing with issues related to disability was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment here today. W ..
The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), appointed the 16th day of January, 2014, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come i ..
Judicial Appointment commissions bill is introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday though there were difference of opinion on the bill. Keen to scrap the collegium system, government today introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha to establish ..
The matter of mercy killing was examined by the Department of Health & Family Welfare in consultation with the Ministry of Law & Justice, and after examination, it has been decided that the Hon’ble Supreme Court has laid down the law o ..
An Expert Committee was constituted in the Ministry to make an in-depth study of the problems being faced by the Transgender Community and suggest suitable measures to ameliorate their problems. The Committee submitted its report on 27th January 201 ..
India is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereon. There is no national law on Refugee at present. Government has circulated a Standard Operating Procedure for dealing with foreign ..
Several top jurists on Monday pushed for scrapping the existing collegium system where judges appoint judges but government's plans to bring a bill to make the process of appointments more transparent may take some more time. At a meeting to dis ..
PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 15th July, 2014 The National Human Rights Commission has reiterated its recommendations in yet another reminder that the Government of Maharashtra pay Rs.50 thousand each to the two girls, who, it held, were illegally deta ..
Letter addressed by Mr. Pravin H. Parekh, President, Supreme Court Bar Association to the Hon'ble CJI R.M. Lodha about the proposal for Courts to function for 365 days. ..
The highest turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election was recorded in the State of Nagaland (87.82 %) and the lowest turnout was recorded in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (49.52 %). The highest male turnout was reported in Nagaland (88.15%) while th ..