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Chandrachud: The CJI who spoke his mind, bared his heartRetiring Chief Justice of India, Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, known for his landmark judgments and judicial reforms, leaves behind a le...- How Jan Vishwas Bill will bury statutes that are not only archaic, but lead to harassmentThe Jan Vishwas Bill is just a start. There are several other central Acts which have irrational imprisonment provisions. Eventually, they ...
- SC asks Centre, four states to respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging"Although notice has been issued on February 10, 2021, a reply has been filed by the respondent - state of Bihar - only and other responden...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre, others on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising beggingThe plea, filed through advocate H K Chaturvedi, has referred to the August 2018 verdict of the Delhi High Court which had decriminalised b...
- Railways to decriminalise begging and smoking in trains; penalties to be imposed“This doesn’t mean that railways will allow or encourage begging at stations and in trains. Decriminalisation doesn’t mean it will be legal...
- Government makes two major changes in Transgender Bill; may introduce in Parliament next weekNow, a person would be identified as transgender through self-identification and a certificate would be issued by the district magistrate.
- Begging during festivals: India’s inability to address poverty and homelessnessSeveral people from across poorer regions migrate to urban areas around Ramzan hoping to get a share of zakat.
- Cases of 'targeted' violence; CBI, National Herald issues kept Delhi HC busyAt the fag end of the year, the ghost of 1984 anti-Sikh riots returned to haunt the Congress with the conviction and life sentencing of its...
- Begging not an offence in Delhi as criminalising it violates fundamental right: High CourtThe court further said criminalising begging was a wrong approach to deal with the underlying causes of the problem and it ignored the real...
- How can begging be an offence if govt unable to provide food, jobs: HCA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Jusice C Hari Shankar also observed that a person begs only out of "sheer necessity" and no...
- Begging should not be a crime if done due to poverty: GovtThe central govt, in an affidavit, said that at present, 20 states and 2 Union territories have either enacted their own anti-beggary legis...
- Transgender Bill falls short of estranged community's expectationsThe bill came in the wake of a 2014 Supreme Court judgment, which said those apart from the binary gender should be treated as the third ge...
- Government to bring bill to decriminalise beggaryObjective of the Bill is to provide protection, care, support, training and other services to persons in destitution and for establishing a...
- No bar on bowl: Centre moves to decriminalise beggingBill makes a distinction between beggary and syndicated or organised beggary, and says forcing any child or destitute into begging is a cri...
- Draft bill seeks to decriminalise beggaryThe government has drafted a bill that seeks to decriminalise beggary and offer a life of dignity to the beggars, homeless.
- Sec 377: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor sees 'intolerance' in BJP over rejection of BillTharoor saw "intolerance" among a section of the ruling BJP after his move to introduce a Bill for decriminalising homosexuality was reject...
- Poke Me: The problem is match-fixing, not betting; make betting in sports legalThe problem is match-fixing, not betting. Make betting in sports legal
- Criminal justice system victimises poor and vulnerable: CJI H L Dattu"Not only does the criminal justice system largely victimise the poor and vulnerable sections of society, laws themselves criminalise pover...
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