-Business Standard Even amended version passed by Lok Sabha could be diluted Reconciled to the fact that it will have no option but to cave in to the diktat of the opposition on the 2015 Land Acquisition Resettlement and Rehabilitation (LARR) Bill in the Rajya Sabha where it is in a minority, the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is preparing to virtually abandon its own bill. This could cause even more...
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Call from cream of legal fraternity: Stall law that seeks to try juveniles as adults -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express One of the criticisms of the proposed amendment is that it could, in one stroke, legalise the illegal detention of thousands of underage children by policemen across the country. As a potentially chaotic Rajya Sabha attempts to take up the contentious Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015 — passed by the Lok Sabha and listed for the Rajya Sabha Wednesday — a number of legal...
More »PM relents, may agree to amend Land Bill -Puja Mehra & Smita Gupta
-The Hindu To help break the impasse on the Bill, the Cabinet decided on adding a provision to enable the States to frame and pass their own laws. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, deliberated on Tuesday a proposal to amend the Land Bill to give flexibility to the States to frame their own laws for land acquisition, a demand various Chief Ministers aired at the July 15 meeting...
More »Regional parties asks more health and population questions
-PTI Regional political parties like DMK, NCP, Shiv Sena were more active in asking health and population related questions in both the Houses of Parliament as compared to two national parties - the Congress and BJP in last two years, a recent analysis has found. The report was released by Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD) which conducted a comparative analysis of Parliament questions on health and population for...
More »Fence-sitter Six in land bill spotlight -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Six of the 30 MPs on the joint parliamentary committee examining the land acquisition bill appear undecided, with the BJP hoping to woo them and gain a majority on the panel. The score is now tied 12-12, which means the government needs the support of at least four of the six remaining members, who have so far kept their cards close to their chest. These half-dozen are from the...
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