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Amit Shah To Move Arms Amendment Bill For Passage In Rajya Sabha

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a Bill which seeks to increase punishment for illegally making or selling prohibited arms and ammunition after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah.

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'Sacked' From Babri Case: Advocate Rajeev Dhawan Who Represented Muslim Parties

On November 9, the apex court had awarded the disputed land to deity Ram Lalla and asked the Centre and the state government to give the Sunni Waqf Board a five-acre plot in Ayodhya to build a mosque.

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Personal Data Protection Bill To Be Tabled In Parliament

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 has received the approval of the Cabinet, and will be tabled in this winter session of the Parliament.

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Personal Data Protection Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha, Prasad Proposes Sending It To Joint Select Committee

Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying that the government will bring a proposal to send it to joint select committee of the two Houses.

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Parliament Clears CAB, 125 MPs Vote For Bill In RS

As many as 125 members of the Upper House voted in favour of the Bill while 105 MPs voted against the Bill.

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A Parent’s Nightmare: Cross-Border Child Abduction

The Indian Constitution addresses cross-border child abduction cases as custody cases, implementing certain procedures to help parents whose children have been abducted to India.

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Lok Sabha Passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019

The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

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No Need Of Larger Courtroom To Hear Pleas Challenging Article 370 Abrogation: SC

Manohar Lal Sharma, who is one of the petitioners in the case, requested the Constitution bench that this hearing should be conducted in a larger courtroom and live telecast be allowed to allow people to witness its proceedings.

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Shweta Shroff Chopra, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas And Co. Comments On Draft Competition Commission Of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2023

The Competition Amendment Act introduced numerous far-reaching changes to competition law in India. One such change is the introduction of the leniency plus regime, which allows an existing leniency applicant to disclose the existence of another cartel and benefit from this disclosure in both cases. Similar benefits are extended in most mature competition law jurisdictions to enable the detection of secret cartels. Though these provisions are yet to be implemented in India, these draft regulations provide much needed clarity on how the CCI is looking to implement this important change. We look forward to seeing how the new regime will develop.

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Ritika Bansal, Lawyer, Nishith Desai Associates Comments On Women's Reservation Bill 2023

"The cabinet's approval of the Women's Reservation Bill is a commendable legal development. Going forward, it will be necessary to frame implementing regulations that ensure the Bill serves its intended purpose: to substantially enhance representation for women from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds in the Parliament."

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