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  Government mulls moves to make paid news punishable malpractice

  India | August 13, 2015 2:37 IST

  New Delhi:  The Information and Broadcasting ministry is planning a comprehensive mechanism to check the menace of paid news and has submitted notes to Law ministry to examine issues related to amending the Representation of

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  Law Ministry opposed government's move to dilute CBI boss' power on prosecutions

  Politics | June 16, 2015 8:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry opposed the move of its own government to dilute the powers of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director but later yielded after a high-level meeting.A report by Hindustan Times

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  Anti-conversion a state matter, Centre cannot enact such a law: Law ministry

  India | April 16, 2015 12:00 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry has informed the Centre that it cannot bring an anti-conversion law as the matter exclusively lies within state's jurisdiction.According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the law ministry

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  PM Modi critical of Tribunals, asks if they are barrier for justice

  Politics | April 05, 2015 16:07 IST

  New Delhi: Questioning the efficacy of Tribunals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced concern over the low rate of disposal of cases by them and said there was a need to ascertain whether these institutions

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  Beef ban: PMO seeks Law Ministry's opinion on cow slaughter 'model bill'

  India | March 08, 2015 17:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has sought Law Ministry's opinion on whether the Centre could circulate the laws on cow slaughter as enacted by some states, including Gujarat, as model bill among other states

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  Bill planned to rename Madras, Bombay high courts

  India | January 18, 2015 10:51 IST

  New Delhi:  The iconic high courts of Bombay and Madras may soon undergo a change in their nomenclature.  Amid demands, the Centre is mulling changing the names of the two high courts through an Act

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  Government nod likely to voting for NRIs through electronic means

  India | January 11, 2015 10:55 IST

  New Delhi: Days after extending more benefits to Persons of Indian Origin, the government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means.  The government has

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  Coalscam: CBI says waiting for Law Ministry nod to file appeal

  India | January 08, 2015 17:50 IST

  New Delhi: CBI today told a special court that it was waiting for the nod of the Law Ministry to file an appeal in a coalscam case in which the Delhi High Court had quashed

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  Government set to accept NRI voting through electronic means

  India | January 07, 2015 10:13 IST

  New Delhi: The government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means. The government, which has firmed up its stand, is set to tell the

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  Government to amend Lokpal, DSPE Acts

  India | November 18, 2014 18:25 IST

  New Delhi: The government is moving to amend Lokpal Act and the law governing the functioning of CBI to ensure that there is no requirement of “quorum” in the respective selection panels for choosing the

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  Leaving Law Ministry with 'supreme' sense satisfaction: Ravi Shankar Prasad

  Politics | November 10, 2014 18:33 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who relinquished the additional charge of Law Ministry, today said he is leaving with a “supreme” sense of self-satisfaction for achieving a lot in his short stint as

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  Mechanism needed to reduce executive-judiciary friction: Gowda

  Politics | November 10, 2014 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: Newly-appointed Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said there was a need to find a “new mechanism” to reduce the friction between the executive and the judiciary. “Two issues are there. One is

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  Law Ministry says no to proposal giving arrest power to NCW

  Politics | October 12, 2014 10:46 IST

  New Delhi: The Law Ministry has red flagged a proposal to provide the National Commission of Women (NCW) punitive powers to arrest and penalise people guilty of harassing women and ignoring summons.The Law Ministry has

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  EC wants to use new machine to enhance vote secrecy

  India | August 17, 2014 11:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission of India wants to use a new machine to enhance secrecy of votes during counting which prevents disclosure of voting pattern.The Election Commission (EC) has moved the Law Ministry with

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  LG seeks Law Ministry's view on Jan Lokpal Bill

  India | February 10, 2014 16:34 IST

  New Delhi: Lt Governor Najeeb Jung met Law ministry today to seek views on Jan Lokpal to be tabled in the assembly.This comes in the wake of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he would

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  Read why Delhi Lt Governor referred Jan Lokpal bill to Law Ministry

  India | February 10, 2014 15:13 IST

  New Delhi: The Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung has forwarded the entire Jan Lokpal Bill issue to the Ministry of Law and Justice for a final opinion on the constitutional position.A press release issued

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  Ishrat Jahan case: Ex-IPS officer Vanzara moves court for bail

  India | February 05, 2014 7:05 IST

  Ahmedabad: D G Vanzara, an accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case, today applied for regular bail before a special CBI court here.Special CBI judge Gita Gopi posted the hearing on Vanzara's application on

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  CBI boss writes to law ministry seeking clarity on role in choosing head of prosecution

  India | January 27, 2014 20:46 IST

  New Delhi: CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha has written to Law Ministry seeking an explicit mention in the rules under the DSPE Act that the investigative agency's director will be part of the appointment process for

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  Home Ministry starts consultations with Law Ministry on Ganguly

  India | December 17, 2013 18:48 IST

  New Delhi: The Home Ministry today started consultations with the Law Ministry on the issue of demands for removal of former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, facing sexual harassment allegations, from the chairmanship of

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  Kapil Sibal to get additional charge of Law, C P Joshi gets Railways

  Politics | May 11, 2013 18:28 IST

  New Delhi, May 11: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal will get additional charge of Law Ministry and Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi the Railway portfolio in the wake of resignations of incumbents Ashwani Kumar