A proposal for making registration mandatory for all marriages, including those among Muslims, is under consideration of the Law Commission. The proposal, prepared by Commission member Tahir Mahmood, suggests enactment of a central law making registration mandatory for all marriages in the country.
The broadcast and publication of opinion polls is unlikely to be restricted in the coming months as Election Commission has told the Law Ministry that it will not take such a step using its powers under the Constitution and it wants the government to come out with a law on the issue.
Citing an increase in the rate of suicides in India, Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeswar has suggested the victims' evidence be videographed before a magistrate and should be made admissible for prosecution.
Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar has in a report to the Law Commission stated how Dalits -- even in the state that has a Dalit chief minister -- carry human excreta for disposal even 15 years after a ban was imposed on such inhuman practice through an Act of Parliament in 1993.
The 20th Law Commission has mooted the concept of shared parenting and joint custody rights to a child in case the parents opt for a divorce, both parents have equal access to the child and there should be no restricted visiting periods for a parent who does not have rights. While these sound good on paper, we need a more comprehensive report that would look into the whole issue of children's rights, lawyers tell Rashme Sehgal.
'Votes-for-notes no longer only means cash and goodies for fence-sitting voters,' points out Sunil Sethi.
Bringing corruption into the heinous crime category, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved official amendments to an anti-graft legislation enhancing the penalty under it to a maximum of seven years imprisonment from the present five years.
He said following the Law Commission's recommendation, the Supreme Court in 2002 had also supported increasing the strength of the judiciary. A Parliamentary Department Related Standing Committee on Law then headed by Pranab Mukherjee had also recommended taking the judge to people ratio to 50 from 10.
This issue has come under the focus of Law Commission Chairman Justice A R Lakshmanan, who is believed to be looking at proposals which suggest that those who make suicide attempts should not be treated as criminals.
As of now, political advertisements are barred in electronic media, including TV, radio and social media platforms.
The police have almost no way of tracking the $200 billion plus money flowing online during this World Cup.
The bench referred to the rising vacancies of judges in the high courts and the increasing number of pending cases.
The ARC has recommended that the Government should enact without further delay a bill on Corrupt Public Servants (Forfeiture of Property), which has also been suggested by the Law Commission.
The Chief Election Commissioner said a legal framework was required to implement the idea of holding simultaneous polls.
The government must get rid of the clutter of old, obsolete laws.
Taking a dim view of the quality of coverage of courts and crime by the media, the Commission also recommended legal training for reporters.
If the government plan goes through, the trustees will have no say in temple affairs.
Justice Thakur said access to justice was a fundamental right and governments cannot afford to deny it to the people.
Holding hate speeches of social, political and religious leaders based on religion, caste, region or ethnicity a "menace" to society, the Supreme Court asked law-enforcing agencies to book such persons on Wednesday.
Explaining, the government said that marriage is treated as a sacrament or sacred as per mindset of the Indian society.
Former Delhi high court judge Reva Khetrapal will be Delhi's new Lokayukta, a post which was lying vacant since 2013.
From triple talaq to simultaneous polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday touched upon the various issues n his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio address.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority on Monday proposed major amendments in the Insurance Act,
It is significant that the matter has not been listed before the judges who are number two to five in the seniority.
The modifications will be on the basis of recommendations of the Law Commission in its 154th, 177th and 178th reports.
'The time has come to substitute the present Constitutional set-up with an alternative democratic framework,' argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
A panel report would give a policy direction to tax officers on applicability of MAT on FIIs.
Jagdish Chhokar, founder-member of the Association for Democratic Reforms says there should be a law to regulate the functioning of political parties.
The passing of the GST bill and the failure of India to acquire NSG membership is set to rule the agenda in Parliament.
The service conditions and judges' remuneration are not alluring .
The vision of a 'New India' would talk about constructing a nation where the so-called appeasement of religious minorities would stop, Hinduism would be accorded "due status" and there will be one law for all citizens, including for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, reports Archis Mohan.
The Law Commission is working on the concept of establishing specialised commercial courts in the high courts keeping in view the multi-fold increase in the corporate litigations, Law and Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley said.
For the bribe takers, the bill proposes to increase the punishment to a minimum of three years of imprisonment, which may extend to seven years, besides fine.
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will await the government's stand in its endeavour to examine a plea to legalise passive euthanasia by means of withdrawal of life support system to terminally-ill patients.
'The cases on hand have no genesis in the act of terrorism or waging war against the state,' the court said.
The apex court said that there was a need for a law to prevent persons with serious criminal cases pending against them from entering the legislature and be a part of lawmaking.
Bill's 2011 version has provision to punish both taker and giver.
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