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Government Didn't Consider Repealing Section 377 In 2012: Minister
The government had not considered repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises consensual gay sex, while amending laws after the 2012 gang-rape case in Delhi, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Implementation Of Fundamental Duties
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for implemention of the recommendations of the Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens
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AAP Government Sets Up Panel On 'Unheeded' Complaints Of Women
The Delhi government has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to address "unheeded" complaints of women by the police and tasked it to recommend action in cases of crime against women and amendments to existing laws.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi Dialogue Commission Seeks Feedback on Women's Rights Bill
The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's AAP Government, today released for public consultation the draft Charter of Women's Rights Bill, 2015, which seeks to ensure enforcement of fundamental rights of women and their safety.
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Jailing Juveniles for the BJP's Joy
The need of the hour is not this Bill. It is to focus our attention on the effective implementation of the existing Juvenile Justice legislation, says Shashi Tharoor.
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Full text of PM's letter to Justice JS Verma
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to Justice (Retd) J.S.Verma on the report submitted by the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law. The text of the Prime Minister's letter is as follows:
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Blog: My experience assisting the Justice Verma Commission
I don't think any of us had quite fathomed what we were getting into. Hot blooded, raring to go, willing to be part of a change that we hoped would last, the answer on each of our lips was "Yes", when we were asked if we would help the Verma Committee. And then it hit us. 80,000 emails, the phone ringing off the hook and 14 perplexed lawyers, one h...
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Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee: 10-point cheat-sheet
A three-member commission assigned to review laws for sexual crimes submitted its report to the government on Wednesday. The commission, headed by former Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Verma, has identified "failure of governance" as the root cause for sexual crime. It has criticised the government, the police and even the public for its apath...
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After Justice Verma report, ball now in government's court
The Justice JS Verma committee, which has said that "failure of governance" is the root cause for sexual crime, has put the ball for action in the government's court by meeting a tough 30-day deadline to submit its recommendations on changes in law.
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Government Didn't Consider Repealing Section 377 In 2012: Minister
The government had not considered repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises consensual gay sex, while amending laws after the 2012 gang-rape case in Delhi, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Implementation Of Fundamental Duties
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for implemention of the recommendations of the Justice J S Verma committee to bring into force fundamental duties of citizens
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AAP Government Sets Up Panel On 'Unheeded' Complaints Of Women
The Delhi government has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to address "unheeded" complaints of women by the police and tasked it to recommend action in cases of crime against women and amendments to existing laws.
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Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi Dialogue Commission Seeks Feedback on Women's Rights Bill
The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's AAP Government, today released for public consultation the draft Charter of Women's Rights Bill, 2015, which seeks to ensure enforcement of fundamental rights of women and their safety.
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Jailing Juveniles for the BJP's Joy
The need of the hour is not this Bill. It is to focus our attention on the effective implementation of the existing Juvenile Justice legislation, says Shashi Tharoor.
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Full text of PM's letter to Justice JS Verma
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has written to Justice (Retd) J.S.Verma on the report submitted by the Committee on Amendments to Criminal Law. The text of the Prime Minister's letter is as follows:
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Blog: My experience assisting the Justice Verma Commission
I don't think any of us had quite fathomed what we were getting into. Hot blooded, raring to go, willing to be part of a change that we hoped would last, the answer on each of our lips was "Yes", when we were asked if we would help the Verma Committee. And then it hit us. 80,000 emails, the phone ringing off the hook and 14 perplexed lawyers, one h...
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Recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee: 10-point cheat-sheet
A three-member commission assigned to review laws for sexual crimes submitted its report to the government on Wednesday. The commission, headed by former Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Verma, has identified "failure of governance" as the root cause for sexual crime. It has criticised the government, the police and even the public for its apath...
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After Justice Verma report, ball now in government's court
The Justice JS Verma committee, which has said that "failure of governance" is the root cause for sexual crime, has put the ball for action in the government's court by meeting a tough 30-day deadline to submit its recommendations on changes in law.
