Criminal Law News Criminal law amendment referred to Group of Ministers March 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill has been referred by the Union Cabinet which provides for life imprisonment for the rape convicts before the Group of Ministers (GoM) for arriving at clarity before final approval by the Cabinet. With this decision, the existing Ordinance on the matter will come up before the Cabinet once the GoM comprising […] Read more » approval by the Cabinet Communications Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill Criminal law amendment Finance Group of Ministers Group of Ministers (GoM) Law Ministers of Home Union Cabinet Women and Child Development
Top Law News SC seeks govts’ stands on transgenders’ rights October 2, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court om Monday sought the stands of the Centre and various state governments on a plea for declaring transgenders as citizens with a third category of gender and demanding equal protection and rights for them. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also issued notices to four Union ministries – the […] Read more » counsel Indira Sawhney gender and demanding equal protection Health and Family Welfare justices Dipak Misra justices KS Radhakrishnan Lok Adalats for amicable resolution of disputes National Legal Services Authority reservation for transgenders in educational institutions right to contest elections RIGHT TO MARRY right to vote SC seeks govts' stands on transgenders' rights Senior advocate L Nageshwar Rao Social Justice and Empowerment transgenders are deprived of social and cultural participation transgenders are treated as legal non-entity in violation Urban and Rural Development Women and Child Development