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Updated on Sep 04, 2024 07:36 AM IST

Law Commission should draft crucial bills, not panel with 'part-time' members: Chidambaram

Published on Jul 07, 2024 07:12 PM IST

P Chidambaram repeats ‘part-time’ jab after Dhankhar's ‘defamation’ attack

Congress leader P Chidambaram. (ANI)

Published on Jul 07, 2024 02:09 PM IST

Law panel proposes strict rules for NRIs marrying Indian citizens

Such a legislation, the panel said, should be made applicable not only to the NRIs but also to those individuals who come within the definition of ‘Overseas Citizens of India’ (OCIs) as laid down in the Citizenship Act, 1955. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 08:12 AM IST

Law panel recommends compulsory registration of NRI, OCI marriages in India

In November, the ministry of external affairs requested the Law Commission to review and enhance regulations for marriages involving NRIs and Indian citizens, addressing issues like partner abandonment, particularly of brides. (HT File)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 04:35 AM IST

Need tougher punishment under Epidemic Act: Law Commission

The colonial-era law concerns infectious disease outbreaks but is seen by experts as having been outdated. In the days after the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 13, 2024 08:52 AM IST

Law panel recommends to retain criminal defamation as offence

The report has come close on the heels of the Parliament approving the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, which aims to replace the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and was passed in the recently concluded winter session (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Feb 03, 2024 05:12 AM IST

Criminal defamation, vandalism of public property: What Law Commission recomme

Law Commission has recommended that criminal defamation should be retained within the scheme of criminal laws in India.

Published on Feb 02, 2024 06:08 PM IST

Law panel looks into syncing of local body polls with state, Lok Sabha

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In India, most local body polls are scattershot, and held at various times based on local timelines largely decided by state governments. (Uma Shankar Mishra)

Updated on Jan 05, 2024 04:34 PM IST

One nation, one election: Law Commission may share plan with Kovind-led panel next week

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Updated on Oct 21, 2023 05:56 AM IST

Law commission backs phased e-FIR roll-out

The 22nd law commission submitted its report -- Amendment in Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for Enabling Online Registration of FIR – to the Union law ministry earlier this week. The report was made public on Friday. (File photo)

Updated on Sep 30, 2023 07:28 AM IST

Constitution will need some amendments for one nation, one poll: Law panel chief

India had simultaneous elections for state assemblies and the Lok Sabha until changes in electoral schedules in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (HT Archive)

Updated on Sep 30, 2023 05:33 AM IST

Law Commission advises against changing age of consent under POCSO Act: Report

Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chairperson of the Law Commission of India.

Published on Sep 29, 2023 04:56 PM IST

Law panel submits reportson age of consent, e-FIRs

“We have finalised the report on the Pocso act and another with respect to online FIRs and we have sent the reports to the ministry of law and justice,” said Awasthi, also the former chief justice of the Karnataka high court. (File)

Updated on Sep 28, 2023 08:36 AM IST

A vote for One Nation, One Election agenda

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Since 2014, the Indian voters have by and large favoured stable governments at the Centre and the states (FOR REPRESENTATION)

Published on Sep 12, 2023 10:18 PM IST

Law Commission ends extended deadline for submitting suggestions on UCC

Some religious communities have opposed the idea of a Uniform Civil Code, citing concerns about “lack of transparency” and viewing it as a potential “threat to diversity”. (HT Archive) (File)

Published on Jul 29, 2023 04:29 PM IST

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says Centre creating unnecessary controversy over UCC

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

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Published on Jul 27, 2023 08:05 AM IST

Mathematical equality can’t be the goal of UCC

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But first, does UCC mean all religious laws will be set aside and a separate legal code be applicable to all? (Shutterstock)

Published on Jul 25, 2023 10:11 PM IST

UCC not in interest of nation: SAD to law commission

Party president Sukhbir Singh Badal said that SAD is the oldest political party in the country which upholds multi-religious, multi-cultural and multi-lingual traditions, with India as a federal entity.

Updated on Jul 15, 2023 01:16 AM IST

Daily brief: Law Commission extends deadline for public responses on UCC

Any interested individual, institution or organisation may furnish comments on the UCC till July 28 on the commission's website. (Representational image)

Published on Jul 14, 2023 08:57 PM IST

Law Commission receives ‘overwhelming’ comments on UCC, allows 2 more weeks

At the time the Constitution was being framed, there was a 150-year-long history of communities being governed by their personal laws. Realising that the overhaul of such structures was impossible in one go, the framers of the Constitution left UCC as an aspirational goal (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 14, 2023 08:49 PM IST

UCC Debate | Our diverse lives need justice, not uniformity

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If uniformity is to exist, it must be a uniformity of protection of individuals’ rights within the multiple family systems – both those that are recognised by the law, and those that aren’t as yet.

Published on Jul 14, 2023 03:40 PM IST

Uniform Civil Code: Shiromani Akali Dal sub-committee holds consultative session

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal (File photo)

Updated on Jul 11, 2023 01:30 AM IST

UCC is a constitutional obligation. Fulfil it now.

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Not effecting UCC in all likelihood was a deliberate British ploy to keep the religious tinderbox of discord simmering, which served their divide and rule agenda.

Published on Jul 09, 2023 10:04 PM IST

To be just, UCC needs openness and honesty

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Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel recently criticised UCC, saying that uniform code will destroy tribal culture. (Representative Image/File Photo)

Published on Jul 07, 2023 09:55 PM IST

Cong to decide on UCC after Law Commission’s report, says Warring

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday said the Congress will decide its stand on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after the Law Commission gives its report on July 15.

Updated on Jul 06, 2023 12:59 AM IST

More parties, groups speak out against any UCC move

Union government’s recent push for a uniform civil code faces opposition from several quarters on Wednesday. (ANI)

Updated on Jul 06, 2023 12:48 AM IST

Defections require a political response

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The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.