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Explained: Why Goa's Civil Code is not as uniform as it is made out to be
April 20, 2021 7:41 am
Chief Justice of India S A Bobde recently appreciated the uniform civil code (UCC) in Goa, the only state to have one.
SC notice to Centre on PIL seeking Law Commission to be declared ‘statutory body’
January 26, 2021 9:29 am
Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay contended that the non-working of the Law Commission is depriving the Centre of the benefit of having its exhaustive recommendations on various aspects of law.
Cabinet nod to creation of 22nd Law Commission
February 20, 2020 2:31 am
The commission will be formed for a three-year period with a chairperson, four full-time members, a maximum of five part-time members and secretaries of the Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department as ex-officio members.
Cabinet to soon take call on reconstituting Law Commission
July 14, 2019 4:25 pm
The three-year term of the 21st Law Commission ended on August 31 last year. On at least one occasion, the Law Ministry had moved the proposal to reconstitute the panel.
Scrap Triple Talaq Bill, send for review: Muslim women’s rights body in charter of demands ahead of Lok Sabha polls
April 04, 2019 9:15 am
The Parishad, which works for issues related with Muslim women and seeks their resolution through constitutional methods, in its manifesto said practices like polygamy, halala and female circumcision should be brought under broader gender justice law.
Government sought legal opinion on changes to sedition law, told necessary, go by Supreme Court
February 12, 2019 6:46 am
In September 2016, the Supreme Court had reiterated that a larger bench had already provided necessary safeguards that should be followed by all authorities, and “every magistrate is bound by what we said in the Kedar Nath (case)”.
On the Loose: God’s Plan
December 03, 2018 1:04 am
When rules are not taken seriously by citizens, does it even make any sense to rely so heavily on citizen participation to create a just society?
The commission’s omissions
September 13, 2018 12:02 am
Law panel’s recommendations on personal law are selective, ill-judged.
Wiser counsel
September 01, 2018 12:07 am
Government must listen to Law Commission’s cautionary note on proposal of simultaneous polls and sedition law.
Law Commission: ‘Speaking against govt is not sedition, right to offend, criticise history is free speech’
August 31, 2018 7:42 am
Justice (retired) B S Chauhan said that the stringent sedition law should be invoked only in cases “where intention” behind the act is to “disrupt public order or to overthrow the Government with violence and illegal means”.
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