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

  National | 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

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  Gang rape aftermath: Centre pushes for fast track courts

  India | January 29, 2013 23:13 IST

  New Delhi,Jan 29: In the wake of last month's gang rape in Delhi, the Law Ministry is pushing for early setting up of fast track courts across the country to try such heinous crimes and

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  Lokpal Bill: Law Ministry against power to file charge sheet without sanction

  National | September 23, 2012 12:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 12: Maintaining that it was against the “principle of protection”, the Law Ministry has opposed a provision in the Lokpal Bill which gives the ombudsman power to file charge sheet against a

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  Government cautious on euthanasia issue, unlikely to make law

  India | June 12, 2012 15:10 IST

  New Delhi, June 12: Treading cautiously on the sensitive issue, the government is unlikely to make a law on euthanasia even a year after the Supreme Court allowed the High Courts to take a call

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  Death Penalty For Economic Offenders Would Be Barbaric, Says Law Ministry

  India | September 23, 2011 21:31 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 23: The Law Ministry today told a government panel on black money that imposing death penalty on economic offenders would be barbaric and take the nation backward.The opinion was communicated to CBDT

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  Law Ministry Had Advised Govt In July To Terminate S-Band Deal

  India | February 09, 2011 15:00 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 9: The Government of India was advised as early as in July 2010 to take a policy decision in the national interest to terminate the agreement between Antrix Corporation Ltd and Devas