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Law Commission of India

Law Commission of India Retired High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi has been named Chairperson of India's 22nd Law Commission, which was established in 2020. What is the Indian Law Commission? The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body established from time to time by the Government of India. The first independent Indian Law Commission was established in 1955 for a three-year term. The first Law Commission, chaired by Lord Macaulay, was established during the British Raj era in 1834 by the Charter Act of 1833. It serves as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice.…

11 November, 2022 Institutions and Bodies for vulnerable

MINORITY STATUS IN INDIA IS STATE DEPENDENT

MINORITY STATUS IN INDIA IS STATE DEPENDENT ON: SUPREME COURT Every person in India can be a minority in one state or the other, the minority status of religious and linguist communities is state-dependent outlined by the Supreme Court. The court also indicated that a religious or linguistic community that is a minority in a particular state can inherently claim protection and the right to administer and run its own educational institution under Article 29 and Article 30 of the Indian constitution. The Union government informed the Supreme Court (SC) that state governments can now grant minority status to any…

19 July, 2022 Institutions and Bodies for vulnerable

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