Bills

Kerala Governor gives assent to five pending bills

Governor Khan said that the assent was given a few days ago and the details were revealed today as the elections in the state had concluded yesterday.

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Kerala Governor gives assent to five pending bills

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Parliament passes bill to curb exam malpractices

The bill was passed through a voice vote in the Rajya Sabha, after amendments proposed by some opposition members were rejected. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on February 6.

09 February 2024, 15:05 IST

Parliament passes bill to curb exam malpractices

09 February 2024, 15:05 IST

Parliament passes bills to amend SC, ST lists in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

The first bill seeks to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes in Andhra Pradesh while the second one seeks to modify the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Odisha.

08 February 2024, 14:21 IST

Parliament passes bills to amend SC, ST lists in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha

08 February 2024, 14:21 IST

Lok Sabha passes two Bills to modify lists of SCs, STs in Jammu and Kashmir

The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2024, adds Valmiki community as a synonym of Chura, Balmiki, Bhangi, and Mehtar communities in the list of Scheduled Castes in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

06 February 2024, 16:58 IST

Lok Sabha passes two Bills to modify lists of SCs, STs in Jammu and Kashmir

06 February 2024, 16:58 IST

Karnataka Governor yet to clear six out of 19 Bills

This includes a bill that proposes to protect lawyers from violence and Karnataka Civil Courts (amendment) bill.

01 February 2024, 22:22 IST

Karnataka Governor yet to clear six out of 19 Bills

01 February 2024, 22:22 IST

Lok Sabha passes 18 bills in this session of Parliament

The Lok Sabha passed 18 bills in the Winter session of Parliament, including three to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Evidence Act. These are the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, respectively.

21 December 2023, 14:48 IST

Lok Sabha passes 18 bills in this session of Parliament

21 December 2023, 14:48 IST

J&K bills passed by LS; Amit Shah hits out at Opposition over Nehru's 'historical mistakes'

The Opposition staged a walkout as Shah was speaking. In response to Shah’s comments, Congress’s leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that it is shocking that the ministers of the ruling dispensation still continue to criticise Nehru.

06 December 2023, 11:37 IST

J&K bills passed by LS; Amit Shah hits out at Opposition over Nehru's 'historical mistakes'

06 December 2023, 11:37 IST

If govt wants swift action on ordinances, bills they need to explain the urgency: Kerala Guv

He also asked the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to ensure that the Marxist party's members and supporters avoid calling Pakistan Occupied Kashmir as 'Azad Kashmir' and not 'stoke the fires of separatism and regionalism.'

06 December 2023, 11:22 IST

If govt wants swift action on ordinances, bills they need to explain the urgency: Kerala Guv

06 December 2023, 11:22 IST

TMC moves resolution seeking consensus building on Bills to replace criminal-penal laws

Moving the resolution, West Bengal minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said that from a study of the bills, it appears that many provisions in these are much more draconian and anti-people than the original provisions in the old codes and acts which are meant to be supplanted.

05 December 2023, 17:15 IST

TMC moves resolution seeking consensus building on Bills to replace criminal-penal laws

05 December 2023, 17:15 IST

Gender-neutral provision to criminalise adultery among recommendations by panel on new criminal laws

In its report on the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita, 2023, the committee recommended the reintroduction of Section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises non-consensual carnal intercourse and acts of bestiality. While consensual homosexual activity was decriminalised, non-consensual activities were retained in the statutes.

10 November 2023, 14:54 IST

Gender-neutral provision to criminalise adultery among recommendations by panel on new criminal laws

10 November 2023, 14:54 IST