Acts & Bills

In a welcome development, the Rajasthan Public Accountability Bill will make state government officials accountable for giving services to citizens and promises fast redressal of their grievances B...

Above: Linking insurance premiums to traffic violations will discipline errant drivers/Photo: @dtptraffic The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has called for linking vehicle ...

Above: The Cauvery water dispute goes back to 1892/Photo: thenewsminute.com Inter-State River Water Disputes Amendment Bill, 2019 is an amendment to the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, ...

The recently concluded monsoon session has been seen as the most productive with the passage of many bills. Continuity of government and Opposition cooperation helped By Vivek K Agnihotri It is ...

The Lok Sabha, on Monday, passed the surrogacy bill introduced by, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Health and Family Welfare minister. According to which only Indian couples who have been legally married for at lea...

The Lok Sabha has passed a Bill to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34 (including the CJI). The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 was moved by Union Law Mi...

The government has decided to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to J&K. The government has also decided to bifurcate the State into two Union territories —Jammu and...

Above: Bus accident victims being taken to a trauma centre in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh/Photo: UNI A Lok Sabha MP has introduced Good Samaritan Bill which was brought up in 2014 too but failed to tak...

A law which gives the power to the government to designate individuals as terrorists was passed by Rajya Sabha on Friday. The Bill amending the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 was passed...

Several opposition parties made a show of opposing the bill and walked out of the house as the Rajya Sabha passed by a simple majority the bill banning the practice of instant triple talaq, thus givin...