{"id":33357,"date":"2007-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/introduction-of-prohibition-on-use-of-caste-or-religious-title-bill-on-30-november-2007"},"modified":"2015-04-13T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T14:20:09","slug":"introduction-of-prohibition-on-use-of-caste-or-religious-title-bill-on-30-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/introduction-of-prohibition-on-use-of-caste-or-religious-title-bill-on-30-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"Introduction Of Prohibition On Use Of Caste Or Religious Title Bill, &#8230; on 30 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Lok Sabha Debates<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Introduction Of Prohibition On Use Of Caste Or Religious Title Bill, &#8230; on 30 November, 2007<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>                                          &gt; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=Title\">Title<\/a>:  Introduction of Prohibition on use of Caste or Religious Title Bill, 2007.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20L.%20RAJAGOPAL%20\">SHRI L. RAJAGOPAL <\/a>(<a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=VIJAYAWADA\">VIJAYAWADA<\/a>): Sir, I beg to move for leave to introduce a Bill to prohibit the use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion as prefix or suffix with names by the citizens and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=MR.%20DEPUTY-SPEAKER%3A%20The%20question%20is\">MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: The question is<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat leave be granted to introduce a Bill to prohibit the use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion as prefix or suffix with names by the citizens and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>The motion was adopted.\n<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=SHRI%20L.%20RAJAGOPAL%C2%A0%20\">SHRI L. RAJAGOPAL\u00a0 <\/a>: I introduce the Bill.\n<\/p>\n<p>       \u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"marker_ref\" href=\"\/search\/?formInput=MR.%20DEPUTY-SPEAKER\">MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER<\/a>: Item nos. 29 &amp; 30, Shri Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh \u2013 not present.[s44]\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p> 15.39\u00bd hrs.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lok Sabha Debates Introduction Of Prohibition On Use Of Caste Or Religious Title Bill, &#8230; on 30 November, 2007 &gt; Title: Introduction of Prohibition on use of Caste or Religious Title Bill, 2007. \u00a0 SHRI L. 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