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Sachin Pilot, Congress Leaders Detained During March Against Ordinance
Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and several party leaders were detained by the police in Jaipur today soon after they took out a march against the state government's criminal laws amendment bill.
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Rajasthan's 'Gag Law' Challenged, BJP Lawmakers Among Critics: 10 Points
Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...
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'2017, Not 1817': Rahul Gandhi's Jab At Vasundhara Raje Over New Gag Law
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP government in Rajasthan led by Vasundhara Raje over a proposed law that bars courts from taking up private complaints against public servants -- ministers, lawmakers and officials -- without its clearance.
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'Need To Protect Reputations': Rajasthan Minister Defends New Gag Law
The new law that shields public servants including lawmakers and ministers from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction was necessary to end frivolous allegations meant to defame officials, a top Rajasthan minister has said, defending the law that the opposition Congress says was designed to "protect the interest of the corrupt...
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In Rajasthan, New Law To Shield Public Servants From Probe
In a controversial move, the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan has barred courts from taking up private complaints against public servants including lawmakers, ministers and officials without the government's concurrence and made it a crime for the media to name the accused till the government decides that the public servant concerned can be ...
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Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Rajasthan Panchayat Poll Ordinance
The Supreme Court has said it will not interfere with the election schedule for local bodies in Rajasthan, asking petitioners who had challenged an ordinance or executive order by the state government, to move the high court instead.
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Sachin Pilot, Congress Leaders Detained During March Against Ordinance
Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and several party leaders were detained by the police in Jaipur today soon after they took out a march against the state government's criminal laws amendment bill.
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Rajasthan's 'Gag Law' Challenged, BJP Lawmakers Among Critics: 10 Points
Rajasthan's widely-criticised order shielding ministers, lawmakers and government officials from investigation into complaints against them was challenged in the High Court today and openly opposed by two lawmakers of the ruling BJP - one even referencing the Emergency of 1975. A petition in the court says the order allows a "large section of the s...
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'2017, Not 1817': Rahul Gandhi's Jab At Vasundhara Raje Over New Gag Law
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP government in Rajasthan led by Vasundhara Raje over a proposed law that bars courts from taking up private complaints against public servants -- ministers, lawmakers and officials -- without its clearance.
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'Need To Protect Reputations': Rajasthan Minister Defends New Gag Law
The new law that shields public servants including lawmakers and ministers from being investigated for on-duty action without prior sanction was necessary to end frivolous allegations meant to defame officials, a top Rajasthan minister has said, defending the law that the opposition Congress says was designed to "protect the interest of the corrupt...
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In Rajasthan, New Law To Shield Public Servants From Probe
In a controversial move, the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan has barred courts from taking up private complaints against public servants including lawmakers, ministers and officials without the government's concurrence and made it a crime for the media to name the accused till the government decides that the public servant concerned can be ...
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Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere With Rajasthan Panchayat Poll Ordinance
The Supreme Court has said it will not interfere with the election schedule for local bodies in Rajasthan, asking petitioners who had challenged an ordinance or executive order by the state government, to move the high court instead.
