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Lok Sabha passed “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill – 2019” on 08-01-2019. The Bill has been formulated recognizing the

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Lok Sabha passed a bill seeking to replace Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance by placing a significant provision of death penalty to the

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The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 by a voice vote, that seeks to punish bribe

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The Government on May 3 published an Ordinance in the Gazette of India which made major changes to the Commercial Court structure

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Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018 has come into force as the President of India has given his assent to the Union Cabinet’s

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The Government gives highest priority to the interest of small savers, especially savings for the benefit of girl child, the senior citizens

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The Lok Sabha in a historic move passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 making triple talaq unconstitutional. The

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The Schedule to the Goods and Service Tax (GST) (Compensation to States) Act 2017, specifies the maximum rate at which Goods and

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Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Institute of Information Technology Public Private Partnership (IIIT-PPP) Bill 2017 on July 27, 2017. The bill has already been passed

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NITSER (National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research) Amendment Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on 26th July, 2017.  The Bill was passed in

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The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2017, introduced during the Winter Session of Parliament came up for discussion in

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The President of India has promulgated two ordinances, namely, the Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Ordinance, 2017

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President Pranab Mukherjee promulgated the Ordinance legalising traditional buffalo race Kambala, bull runs and bullock cart races as traditional sports and exempted them

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It is widely felt that the spectre of high-value economic offenders absconding from India to defy the legal process seriously undermines the

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The promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 inserting two new Sections (viz. 35AA and 35AB) after Section 35A of the

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Enacting the new Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, Parliament has decriminalised the attempt to commit suicide. A person attempting to commit suicide shall

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following four GST related bills: The Central Goods

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Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation introduced the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Lok Sabha

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The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 10-3-2017. The Bill aims to

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Lok Sabha has passed the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 on 9th March, 2017, which inter alia includes increasing the maternity benefits

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