A recently passed ordinance in Uttar Pradesh prohibiting forced conversions by marriage, coercion or seduction is regrettable because it puts freedom of choice, dignity and human rights on the back burner, former Supreme Court Justice Madan Lokur said. Delivering a public lecture on Sunday, Lokur said the laws punishing interfaith …
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Attorney General Tushar Mehta informs Bench that a new law may be enacted in the next few days proposing to have a permanent body to deal with stubble burning. On Monday, the Supreme Court decided to “put on hold” its previous order to Dussehra appointing former Supreme Court Justice Justice …
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NEW DELHI: Concerned about the possibility of smoke from stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana drowning the NCR, the Supreme Court on Friday he appointed a one-man committee under the former SC judge Madan Lokur monitor stubble fire and take preventive measures with the help of the chief secretaries of …
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New Delhi: The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG), a collective of former officials who worked with the central government, as well as with different state governments, has formed a committee of six high-level former public officials to create a “contemporary registry of acts of omission and commission ”surrounding the February 2020 …
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