Parliamentary immunity: A tale of contradictory SC verdictsSita Soren, the daughter-in-law of JMM founder Shibu Soren, sought refuge in the Jharkhand High Court citing Article 194 (2) of the Constit...
05 Mar, 2024, 11.46 AM IST
Legislators not immune from prosecution for taking bribes for speech, vote in Houses: SCThe Supreme Court of India ruled that MPs and MLAs cannot claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery. The court disagreed with ...
04 Mar, 2024, 11.52 PM IST
Taking bribe to vote, make speech: SC decision on legislators' immunity todayThe Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, will pronounce its verdict on the reconsideration of its 1998 judgment....
04 Mar, 2024, 01.28 PM IST
Bribes for vote case: SC overturns 1998 ruling, MP/MLAs to face criminal prosecutionOn Monday, a seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court overturned a 1998 ruling that granted lawmakers immunity from prosecution ...
04 Mar, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
Keeping pace with pandemic: Parliament panel advises post-Covid update for NDMAAccording to the report, the government has already constituted a committee to review the NDMA. The government, the report said, has alread...
11 Dec, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
Prepared to work with Parliamentary panel on safeguarding citizens' rights online: TwitterDuring the meeting, panel members strongly objected to Twitter India officials' observations that they abide by their policy and categorica...
18 Jun, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
Tejasvi Surya, Parliamentary Committee on IT member, call for review of intermediary guidelines after Twitter bans Trump"This must be wake up call for all who don’t yet understand threat to our democracies by unregulated big tech companies. If they can do thi...
09 Jan, 2021, 08.29 PM IST
IBC to be amended to protect new owners of bankrupt companiesThe Cabinet is likely to approve relevant changes to the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code at the earliest. This will bring muc...
09 Dec, 2019, 07.10 AM IST
Disqualify MLAs holding post of parliamentary secretaries in other states: AAPThe party intends to file a similar complaint in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh and other parts of the country by tomorrow.
30 Jun, 2016, 03.38 AM IST
Prince Charles can legally set off nukes: UK studyA new academic study into the legal rights of Prince Charles has revealed that the heir to the British throne has the authority to set off ...
26 Dec, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar slams Arvind Kejriwal for publicity fundPushkar trained his guns on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over allocation of Rs 526 crores for publicity and termed it as an exercise of "...
02 Jul, 2015, 09.08 PM IST
Government's UIP: Pressure from international organizations to include vaccines for other diseasesIn 2010 the government’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) consisted of vaccines against six diseases: polio, tuberculosis, measles, d...
01 Sep, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
Devyani Khobragade case: India reiterates apology demand; US defiantUS State Department spokesperson Marie Harf made it clear that 39-year-old Khobragade will have to face the "very serious" allegations.
20 Dec, 2013, 12.33 PM IST
House Panel blasts US agency PATH, ICMR for violating clinical trial normsUS based non profit agency PATH violated all laws and regulations laid down for clinical trials in India, House Panel on health said.
31 Aug, 2013, 11.48 AM IST
Parliament's 60th anniversary: Most interesting facts and factoidsToday is the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of India's parliament. ET on Sunday puts together the most interesting facts and factoid...
13 May, 2012, 06.23 AM IST
- Marxists to set up disciplinary panel
CPM, which has acknowledged that its members are not immune to “vices” that afflict their counterparts in mainstream parties, will put in p...
04 Feb, 2010, 03.26 AM IST
- 'Whistle blowers' can face action, say legal experts
The three BJP MPs who alleged the UPA government’s allies tried to bribe them for supporting the trust vote could be prosecuted for breachi...
23 Jul, 2008, 01.30 AM IST