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.
According to it, an electronic voting machine (EVM), which includes a control unit (CU), a ballot unit (BU) and a VVPAT, costs about Rs 33,200.
In place of Uniform Civil Code, the commission has advocated certain changes in marriage and divorce laws that should be uniformly accepted in the personal laws of all religions.
The Law Commission has been examining the issue of implementing a common civil law for all communities in India and had invited the AIMPLB on Tuesday to discuss the Muslim personal law and the desired changes in it.
Terming the Law Commissions consultations on simultaneous polls a "futile exercise", the JD-S said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was just "testing the waters" through it with no real intentions of reforms in the electoral process.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: According to DMK, the cost of procuring voting machines would be about Rs 10,000 crore - recurring every 15 years whereas the entire expenditure borne by the Central government for conducting the 2014 general elections was only Rs 3,870 crore or roughly Rs 45 per elector.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: It may be recalled that ‘one nation one election’ is the brainchild of PM Narendra Modi.
In its report, the Law Commission also said that gambling and betting should be used as a source for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
The Law Commission, in its report, noted that BCCI falls under the definition of a public authority, which has received substantial financing from governments.
The Law Commission of India has recommended that the Indian cricket board should be brought under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI) Act.
"If a composite code is difficult, we will suggest religion-wide amendments to the various family laws in a piece meal manner," Law Commission Chairman Justice BS Chauhan said.
While seeking amendment to the existing law, the Commission said absence of mandatory marriage registration deprived women of societal recognition and legal security
The Law Commission met here on Friday to finalise the draft National Litigation Policy which is likely to be submitted to the Law Ministry next week.
Opposing any amendments to “triple talaq”, AIMPLB has reportedly informed the Law Commission that it is fully satisfied with Islamic Laws.
The Law Commission has said it considers tribals as a stakeholder in the exercise to implement the Uniform Civil Code saying that it is open to objections and suggestions from the community.
Law Commission has commenced work to remove discrepancies and bring consistency in the provisions of criminal law by making them straight and ridding of clauses.
Law Commission Chairman Justice B S Chauhan today said that politics should not be brought into the Law Commission’s exercise to make recommendations regarding framing of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
The Law Commission has written to all national and state political parties asking them to share their views over uniform civil code.
New Delhi: Union Law Ministry’s letter to the Law Commission, asking it to “examine" the implications of implementing the uniform civil code, has set off a controversy with the Congress accusing BJP of “deliberately” raking
New Delhi: In a move that is likely to trigger a heated political debate ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Centre has asked the Law Commission to "examine" the implications of implementing the
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