Pending Acts In Rajya Sabha

The Centre will soon set up fast track courts to clear the pending 1.6 lakh cases of crime against children and further strengthen the POCSO act with stringent penal provisions, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Besides the GST Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to scrap obsolete laws became another casualty of the logjam in the Rajya Sabha with two such bills seeking to repeal over 1000 such Acts failing to get Parliamentary approval in the winter session.

The chief of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal today termed it a "black day" for women after the Supreme Court dismissed her last-minute plea against the release of juvenile convict in December 16 gang-rape case and said the country has been "cheated" as a proposed law which could have allowed stronger punishment to him remains pending in P...

Paving the way for the long pending Insurance Bill to be placed in the Rajya Sabha, the Parliamentary Select Committee has given its recommendations on amendments to the Insurance Act that seek to raise foreign direct investment or FDI cap to 49 per cent.

The Centre will soon set up fast track courts to clear the pending 1.6 lakh cases of crime against children and further strengthen the POCSO act with stringent penal provisions, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Besides the GST Bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious plan to scrap obsolete laws became another casualty of the logjam in the Rajya Sabha with two such bills seeking to repeal over 1000 such Acts failing to get Parliamentary approval in the winter session.

The chief of Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal today termed it a "black day" for women after the Supreme Court dismissed her last-minute plea against the release of juvenile convict in December 16 gang-rape case and said the country has been "cheated" as a proposed law which could have allowed stronger punishment to him remains pending in P...

Paving the way for the long pending Insurance Bill to be placed in the Rajya Sabha, the Parliamentary Select Committee has given its recommendations on amendments to the Insurance Act that seek to raise foreign direct investment or FDI cap to 49 per cent.