constitutional law

The Lok Sabha today passed The Code on Wages Bill, 2019. While opening the discussion for consideration and passing of the Bill,  Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar said that it is a historic Bill which aims to transform the old and obsolete labour laws into more accountable and transparent ones which is need of the hour...

The Rajya Sabha has passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill was introduced in the Upper House on July 24. Among other changes, the Bill seeks to tweak provisions related to time limits, specifies minimum payouts to operational creditors under resolution plans, and specifies the manner in which..

Bill passed in Lok Sabha on 22nd July No motivation to curtail the independence of the RTI Act: Dr Jitendra Singh After being passed in Lok Sabha recently, the RTI Amendment Bill, 2019 was passed by the Rajya Sabha today. p style="..

Individuals engaging in terrorist activities or sympathizing with terrorist would not be spared: Shri Amit Shah A strict law and strong investigation agencies necessary to uproot terrorism from this country  Lok Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (P..

National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Lok Sabha following appeal from Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah Bill proposes to empower NIA to investigate Terror Crimes relating to Indians and Indian interests abroad POTA should not have..

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to introduce The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019. The Bill will be introduced in the ensuing Session of Parliament. The Bill provides a mechanism for their social, economic and educational empowerment. p style="text..

The Preamble of the Indian Constitution of free India expresses the term ‘Unity of Nation’. By the 1976 Amendment, the essence of this term has been broadened by the substitution of the expression ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation’. In a country like ours with so many diversified factors of communalism, ling..

Lok Sabha passes the Reservation in teacher’s Cadre Bill 2019, overturning the Supreme Court’s decision on the matter relating to subject-wise reservation for teaching posts The Lok Sabha on July 01, 2019 passed "The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cad..

A technician in a corporation stakes a claim to the post of a programme officer on the basis that he has put in the requisite number of services and also is in the payscale to be eligible to be promoted to that post. The Government of India negates his argument on the basis that though as a technician he has put in many years of service and though his pay scale may ..

Centre has passed a notification for appointment of Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Matam Venkata Ramana as judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court. The notification states that the President was pleased to confirm the appointment of the aforementioned judicial officers as judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court in order of seniority. ..

Over the years there have been many questions raised and a lot has been written on the subject on what determines obiter dicta and ratio decidendi. Legal academics have been arguing ever since over this and there hasn't been a single concrete conclusion, yet it also hasn't given us the liberty and room to interpret this maxim as we please. It does however clar..

Establishment of the Indian Judicial System traces its’ path form the late 20th and early 21st century. The year of 1947 bought us the glorious event of independence from the authoritative rule of the Britishers and their hegemonic attitude. But it was the year of 1979 when we liberated our mindset, as well as a rigid, practice under the Indian Legal System whic..

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Tenth schedule of the Indian Constitution refers to Anti-Defection Law. This deals with certain grounds on which a member of a house can be disqualified. Accordingly, the member of the house will be disqualified if he votes or abstains from voting in contrary to any direction issued by the political party to which he belongs. For example, if a parliamentarian belong..

Fresh petition filed by former Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar refused to be entertained by the Supreme Court. The petition was to seek protection from arrest in the Saradha Chit Fund Scam The Court, however, granted liberty to Kumar to approach the appropriate forum for further legal remedy. His protection from arrest lapses..