Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Election Body Chief Writes To Law Minister Over Pending Electoral Reforms
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting for expedited action on the electoral reform proposals pending with the government.
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"Congress Trying Its Best To Save Nirav Modi": Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
The BJP today accused the Congress of trying "its best to save" fugitive businessman Nirav Modi who faces extradition proceedings in a UK court. The ruling party cited the statement of a former high court judge, who is also a Congress member, in the arrested diamond merchant's defence to attack the opposition party.
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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Sinister Campaign On Social Media To Influence Judiciary: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday expressed concern over "sinister campaign" on the social media attempting to influence the judiciary, where some people expect through this tool, the judiciary could be eventually influenced.
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New Benches Of High Court Set Up Only After Nod Of Principal Bench: Law Minister
New benches of any high court are established only on recommendation of the principal bench of the particular high court, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha today.
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Top Court Judges Should Avoid Harsh Words: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Supreme Court judges should avoid "harsh words" and referred to the observations like "constitutional fraud" in the minority judgement in the landmark Aadhaar verdict.
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Cabinet Approves Amendments To Banning Of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill
The Union Cabinet today approved proposals to amend the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018. This will further strengthen the bill in its objective to effectively tackle the menace of illicit deposit-taking activities, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Appointment Nothing Unusual, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Accusing the Congress of doing dynasty politics, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's appointment as General Secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh is no surprise since for the Congress, "the party is a family concern".
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Time To Set Up All-India Judicial Services, Says Law Minister
More than 5,000 positions of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts are lying vacant, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today in the Lok Sabha as he emphasised on the need for setting up all-India judicial services.
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Triple Talaq Bill Will Ensure Gender Equality, Says Law Minister
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday sought to justify the ordinance on triple talaq and said the Bill that would replace it would ensure gender equality and the fundamental right of non-discrimination to married Muslim women.
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BJP President Amit Shah Terms Triple Talaq Ordinance Historic
Terming the ordinance making the practice of triple talaq or instant divorce a punishable offenceas historic,BJP president Amit Shah today said it is also a matter of introspection and guilt for those political parties which forced Muslim women to suffer from it due to their vote bank politics.
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Government Treating Triple Talaq Issue As 'Political Football': Congress
The Congress today accused the Modi government of treating the issue of instant triple talaq or instant divorce "more as a political football than a matter of justice to Muslim women".
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If Crime To Save Muslim Women, Will Commit It 10 Times: Law Minister On "Triple Talaq" Bill
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who piloted the bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence through Lok Sabha on Wednesday, called the passage of the legislation to restore dignity of Muslim women a "historic day". Mr Prasad also countered the charge that politics, and not gender equality, had motivated the NDA government to push throu...
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Left Democratic Front Government In Kerala Very Soft On Terrorism: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today accused the CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala of being "very soft on terrorism and its patrons" and said he has evidence to show that.
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We Weren't In The Loop, Says Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad On Justice Jayant Patel's Transfer
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today insulated the government from the raging controversy over the move to transfer the Karnataka High Court judge Jayant Patel that led him to put in his papers this week. Justice Patel, who had ordered a CBI investigation in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat, told NDTV that he wanted to stay back in...
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Election Body Chief Writes To Law Minister Over Pending Electoral Reforms
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has written to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting for expedited action on the electoral reform proposals pending with the government.
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"Congress Trying Its Best To Save Nirav Modi": Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
The BJP today accused the Congress of trying "its best to save" fugitive businessman Nirav Modi who faces extradition proceedings in a UK court. The ruling party cited the statement of a former high court judge, who is also a Congress member, in the arrested diamond merchant's defence to attack the opposition party.
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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Sinister Campaign On Social Media To Influence Judiciary: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday expressed concern over "sinister campaign" on the social media attempting to influence the judiciary, where some people expect through this tool, the judiciary could be eventually influenced.
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New Benches Of High Court Set Up Only After Nod Of Principal Bench: Law Minister
New benches of any high court are established only on recommendation of the principal bench of the particular high court, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Lok Sabha today.
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Top Court Judges Should Avoid Harsh Words: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Supreme Court judges should avoid "harsh words" and referred to the observations like "constitutional fraud" in the minority judgement in the landmark Aadhaar verdict.
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Cabinet Approves Amendments To Banning Of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill
The Union Cabinet today approved proposals to amend the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2018. This will further strengthen the bill in its objective to effectively tackle the menace of illicit deposit-taking activities, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's Appointment Nothing Unusual, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Accusing the Congress of doing dynasty politics, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's appointment as General Secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh is no surprise since for the Congress, "the party is a family concern".
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Time To Set Up All-India Judicial Services, Says Law Minister
More than 5,000 positions of judicial officers in district and subordinate courts are lying vacant, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today in the Lok Sabha as he emphasised on the need for setting up all-India judicial services.
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Triple Talaq Bill Will Ensure Gender Equality, Says Law Minister
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday sought to justify the ordinance on triple talaq and said the Bill that would replace it would ensure gender equality and the fundamental right of non-discrimination to married Muslim women.
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BJP President Amit Shah Terms Triple Talaq Ordinance Historic
Terming the ordinance making the practice of triple talaq or instant divorce a punishable offenceas historic,BJP president Amit Shah today said it is also a matter of introspection and guilt for those political parties which forced Muslim women to suffer from it due to their vote bank politics.
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Government Treating Triple Talaq Issue As 'Political Football': Congress
The Congress today accused the Modi government of treating the issue of instant triple talaq or instant divorce "more as a political football than a matter of justice to Muslim women".
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If Crime To Save Muslim Women, Will Commit It 10 Times: Law Minister On "Triple Talaq" Bill
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who piloted the bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence through Lok Sabha on Wednesday, called the passage of the legislation to restore dignity of Muslim women a "historic day". Mr Prasad also countered the charge that politics, and not gender equality, had motivated the NDA government to push throu...
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Left Democratic Front Government In Kerala Very Soft On Terrorism: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today accused the CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala of being "very soft on terrorism and its patrons" and said he has evidence to show that.
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We Weren't In The Loop, Says Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad On Justice Jayant Patel's Transfer
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today insulated the government from the raging controversy over the move to transfer the Karnataka High Court judge Jayant Patel that led him to put in his papers this week. Justice Patel, who had ordered a CBI investigation in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat, told NDTV that he wanted to stay back in...
