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Andhra Pradesh set to strengthen law against land grabbing with new bill
2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh set to strengthen law against land grabbing with new bill

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh government has taken a significant step towards addressing rampant land grabbing by proposing the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing Bill-2024. This bill, if enacted, would repeal the existing 1982 Land Grabbing Act, establishing a more rigorous legal framework to curb land grabbing and provide justice to landowners across both urban and rural areas. Sisodia, Special Chief Secretary, Revenue …

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Maharashtra tables new bill to combat Naxalism in urban areas: Know all about it
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra tables new bill to combat Naxalism in urban areas: Know all about it

India TV News  

The Eknath Shinde government has tabled the ‘Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024' which aims at curbing Naxalism in the urban areas. The new Bill will provide various powers to the government and the police to combat the unlawful activities. Punishments in the new Bill If the Bill is passed, any association with an unlawful organisation will bear an imprisonment …

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Women Reservation: Delimitation Must, No Clarity on States with 1 Seat, How New Bill is Different from 2010
1 year, 3 months ago

Women Reservation: Delimitation Must, No Clarity on States with 1 Seat, How New Bill is Different from 2010

News 18  

It was the September of 1996, when the women reservation bill was first tabled in Parliament. Cut to September 2023, the women reservation bill finally made it to the Lok Sabha, this time as ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’. The 2010 Bill talks about 33% reservation for women in Lok Sabha, state assemblies and Delhi assembly for a period of 15 …

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Ex-poll officials write to PM Modi to reconsider new bill on Election Commission
1 year, 3 months ago

Ex-poll officials write to PM Modi to reconsider new bill on Election Commission

Hindustan Times  

Seven top former poll officials have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the new bill tabled in Parliament on the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners, saying that diminishing of their status will also diminish the Election Commission of India ’s international perception as an independent body. The former poll officials, mostly chief election commissioners, have …

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Russian lawmakers vet new bill against LGBTQ ‘propaganda’
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian lawmakers vet new bill against LGBTQ ‘propaganda’

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian lawmakers gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that imposes tough new restrictions on activities to promote LGBTQ rights in the country. The new bill, which the lower house of Russia’s parliament unanimously approved on the first of three readings, ramps up the restrictions and expands the presentation ban to cover all age groups, not just the …

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Government could be forced to draw up new bill after ‘draconian’ protest laws defeated by Lords
2 years, 11 months ago

Government could be forced to draw up new bill after ‘draconian’ protest laws defeated by Lords

The Independent  

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Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage
4 years, 4 months ago

Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent. The new Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes Bill “would represent a major setback in the fight against sexual violence in Somalia and across the …

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