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Donald Trump Backs Decriminalisation Of Marijuana To Save Taxpayer Dollars
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested his support for the decriminalization of marijuana, saying taxpayer dollars should not be wasted arresting people carrying "personal amounts."
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Cannabis To Be Re-Listed As A Narcotic By End Of 2024, Says Thai PM
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Wednesday that cannabis would be re-listed as a narcotic by end of 2024, in a stunning U-turn for the country two years after it became the first in the region to decriminalise its recreational use.
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Petition Against Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex No Longer Valid: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the curative pleas against the 2013 judgement, which had re-criminalised consensual gay sex in private, have become "infructuous" keeping in mind the subsequent 2018 verdict decriminalising the act.
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Bill To Amend Water Act To Decriminalise Minor Offences Clears Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to decriminalise minor offences related to water pollution, enable the Centre to prescribe service conditions of chairpersons of State Pollution Control Boards, and exempt certain categories of ind
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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
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Death For Lynching, Suicide Decriminalised: Highlights Of New Criminal Laws
The Indian Penal Code will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as the government seeks to do away with the colonial-era criminal laws.
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Mexico Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion Across Country
Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion across the conservative Latin American country, moving in contrast to the United States where federally guaranteed abortion rights were overturned last year.
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Centre's Reply Sought On Decriminalising Consensual Sex Between 16-18 Age
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction to decriminalise the law on statutory rape often invoked against 16- to 18-year-old adolescents for indulging in consensual sex.
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Parliament Passes Jan Vishwas Bill To Promote Ease Of Business
Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill which seeks to promote ease of business by decriminalising minor offences through amendments in 183 provisions of 42 Acts.
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Parliament Passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which entails provisions for sharing benefits of biodiversity commerce with locals and also decriminalises biodiversity offences.
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Lok Sabha Passes Jan Vishwas Bill To Promote Ease Of Business
Lok Sabha today passed The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 that seeks to promote ease of business by decriminalising minor offences by amending 183 provisions in 42 acts.
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Jan Vishwas Bill To Reduce 35,000 Compliances, Decriminalise 3,400 Offences
While the Congress today ended the suspense over the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, the government too is preparing hard for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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Thailand Prime Minister Candidate Casts Vote In Marijuana-Print Shirt
Thailand's health minister and cannabis advocate Anutin Charnvirakul turned heads during Sunday's election as he arrived to cast his vote at a polling station wearing a dark shirt with bright green marijuana leaves.
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Armed Forces Can Act Against Their Officers For Adultery: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts, as it clarified the landmark 2018 judgement that decriminalised adultery.
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Donald Trump Backs Decriminalisation Of Marijuana To Save Taxpayer Dollars
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested his support for the decriminalization of marijuana, saying taxpayer dollars should not be wasted arresting people carrying "personal amounts."
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Cannabis To Be Re-Listed As A Narcotic By End Of 2024, Says Thai PM
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Wednesday that cannabis would be re-listed as a narcotic by end of 2024, in a stunning U-turn for the country two years after it became the first in the region to decriminalise its recreational use.
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Petition Against Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex No Longer Valid: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the curative pleas against the 2013 judgement, which had re-criminalised consensual gay sex in private, have become "infructuous" keeping in mind the subsequent 2018 verdict decriminalising the act.
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Bill To Amend Water Act To Decriminalise Minor Offences Clears Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to decriminalise minor offences related to water pollution, enable the Centre to prescribe service conditions of chairpersons of State Pollution Control Boards, and exempt certain categories of ind
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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
-
Death For Lynching, Suicide Decriminalised: Highlights Of New Criminal Laws
The Indian Penal Code will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as the government seeks to do away with the colonial-era criminal laws.
-
Mexico Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion Across Country
Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion across the conservative Latin American country, moving in contrast to the United States where federally guaranteed abortion rights were overturned last year.
-
Centre's Reply Sought On Decriminalising Consensual Sex Between 16-18 Age
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction to decriminalise the law on statutory rape often invoked against 16- to 18-year-old adolescents for indulging in consensual sex.
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Parliament Passes Jan Vishwas Bill To Promote Ease Of Business
Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill which seeks to promote ease of business by decriminalising minor offences through amendments in 183 provisions of 42 Acts.
-
Parliament Passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which entails provisions for sharing benefits of biodiversity commerce with locals and also decriminalises biodiversity offences.
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Lok Sabha Passes Jan Vishwas Bill To Promote Ease Of Business
Lok Sabha today passed The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023 that seeks to promote ease of business by decriminalising minor offences by amending 183 provisions in 42 acts.
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Jan Vishwas Bill To Reduce 35,000 Compliances, Decriminalise 3,400 Offences
While the Congress today ended the suspense over the Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi, the government too is preparing hard for the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.
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Thailand Prime Minister Candidate Casts Vote In Marijuana-Print Shirt
Thailand's health minister and cannabis advocate Anutin Charnvirakul turned heads during Sunday's election as he arrived to cast his vote at a polling station wearing a dark shirt with bright green marijuana leaves.
-
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Armed Forces Can Act Against Their Officers For Adultery: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts, as it clarified the landmark 2018 judgement that decriminalised adultery.
