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Rajya Sabha Passes Press And Registration Of Periodicals Bill, Prohibits Person Convicted For Offence Against State Security From Publishing
The Rajya Sabha passed the Press And Registration Of Periodicals Bill, 2023 today. It seeks to repeal the existing Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867.According to the Statement of Object and Reason, the 1867 Act was a pre-independence archaic law that is not in sync with the current media landscape. Hence, “it was considered necessary to repeal and reenact the Act to be...
Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Amend Advocates Act, Seeks To Punish 'Touts'
The Rajya Sabha passed the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 today, which was introduced on August 1. It amends the Advocates Act, 1961.The major changes which the Bill seeks to bring is, making the act of ‘Tout’ punishable and repealing certain provisions of Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 which have become obsolete.According to the statement of object and reasons of the Bill, “All...
Delhi Court Allows De-Sealing Of Uphaar Cinema, Says No Purpose Would Be Served To Keep Property Sealed
A Delhi Court yesterday allowed the de-sealing of Uphaar cinema which was closed after a fire tragedy in 1996 during screening of Bollywood movie Border that resulted in death of 59 people trapped inside, while 103 were seriously injured in the resulting stampede.Principal District & Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg of Patiala House Court observed that the trial in the case has reached finality...
'Possibility Of Fresh Violence' : Manipur High Court Orders To Maintain Status Quo Ante On Land Where Mass Burial Of Kuki-Zo Victims Was Proposed
The Manipur High Court, after an urgent hearing held at 5 AM on Thursday, ordered to maintain status quo ante with respect to a land where the mass burial of the bodies of the members of the Kuki-Zo community, who got killed in the recent ethnic clashes, was proposed to be carried out.The Court observed that the interim order was necessary taking into account "the potentiality of aggravating...
Parliament Passes Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill To Decriminalise Minor Offences In Various Statutes
Rajya Sabha passes the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 on Wednesday, it was already approved by Lok Sabha last week. It aims to amend 42 laws administered by 19 ministries.According to the Bill, It intends to decriminalise and rationalise minor offences to further “enhance trust- based governance for ease of living and doing business.”The Acts which are proposed to be...
Parliament Passes Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023
Days after it was cleared by Lok Sabha, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023 passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.According to the text of the Bill, “One of the major reforms proposed in the Bill is to introduce an exploration licence for deep-seated and critical minerals.”The exploration licence granted through auction will allow the licencee from...
Parliament Passes Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to amend the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. The Bill was approved by Lok Sabha on July 25.The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies, “with objects not confined to one state and serving the interests...
Parliament Passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023
Rajya Sabha passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023 on Tuesday, it was already cleared by Lok Sabha on July 25. The Bill seeks to amend the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 .The Law was enacted in 2002 with the aim to conserve biodiversity, promote the sustainable utilization of its elements, and ensure just and fair distribution of the advantages arising from the use of...
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Upholds Preventive Detention Of Man Accused In Srinagar DySP Lynching Case
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday upheld the preventive detention of a man who is also the main accused in the DySP lynching case that occurred in Srinagar's Nowhatta area in 2017.The incident dates back to the intervening night of 22nd and 23rd June 2017 when a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) of the security wing of J&K Police was lynched to death by a mob outside...
Kangana Ranaut’s Statements Improvised, Complaint Hit By Limitation: Javed Akhtar Approaches Sessions Court Against Summons
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has approached Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai to set aside the Magistrate’s order issuing summons and process against him on a private complaint filed by actor Kangana Ranaut regarding her dispute with actor Hrithik Roshan. Akhtar claims Kangana filed a false and fabricated complaint, after all her delay tactics in the defamation complaint he filed against her,...
Jaipur-Mumbai Train Firing: Accused RPF Constable Remanded To Police Custody Till August 7
Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable -Chetan Singh (33) - accused of shooting his senior and three others on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express early Monday was remanded to police custody till August 7, 2023.The order was passed by Magistrate Shivdutt Malikarjun Patil at Metropolitan Magistrates Court, Borivali.The media was not allowed to witness the...
CCI Dismisses Complaint Against M3M India Private Limited, Concludes No Misuse Of Dominant Position
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) presided by Ravneet Kaur (Chairperson), Sangeeta Verma (Member), and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Member) closed a complaint against M3M India Private Limited (Developer) and held that there was no prima facie evidence of a contravention of Section 4 and Section 3(4) of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) against the Developer. The Informant filed...