November 12, 2021 2:58 pm
The petition urged that the government be asked to take appropriate steps to implement recommendations of Law Commission Report-267 on hate speech.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)”.
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?
September 13, 2018 12:02 am
Law panel’s recommendations on personal law are selective, ill-judged.
September 01, 2018 12:07 am
Government must listen to Law Commission’s cautionary note on proposal of simultaneous polls and sedition law.