RTE (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed

On 3 January 2019, the Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Parliament ...

Bill to amend Arunachal’s ST list approved

The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of a bill to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. The bill proposes th...

Justice Asif appointed as new CJ of Pakistan

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was appointed as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan. He is the senior most judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court....

Cabinet approves amendments to POCSO Act & submission of BUR to UNFCCC & the Medicine Bill, 2018

On 28 December 2018, the Union Cabinet approved amendments to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. ...

Justice Praveen to be the Acting CJ of AP HC

President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar as the new Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He is t...

Triple Talaq bill passed in Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018 on 27 December 2018. The Bill makes all declaratio...

Centre tightens rules for selling online

The government of India said that e-commerce companies would be barred from selling products sourced from firms in which they have the s...

Telangana & AP to get separate High Courts

President Ramnath Kovind issued orders constituting a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh with effect from January 1, 2019. The Hi...

Law & Justice , Bills & Acts (17-22 Dec 2018)

The Lok Sabha passed the ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill’, 2016, to empower the transgender community. Lok Sabha passe...