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By Akshit Chawla The new law has been criticised by legal experts and parliamentarians for being “very vague” and ‘bolstering’ the government’s interception powers. President of India Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the new Post Office Bill, 2023 on 24 December 2023. This Act, they say, can be used for surveillance of citizens since it allows the central government to empower officers to intercept, open or detain any item sent via India Post in the interest of public safety or national security. The new Act aims to regulate the functioning of post offices under the government’s Department of...
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By Ritika Jain The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 even as Opposition MPs remain suspended. The BJP, which is the ruling party at the Centre, ploughed ahead with bills even as at least 143 opposition MPs have been suspended from both houses for the remainder of the Winter Session. Owing to the thin presence of the Opposition, the Rajya Sabha MPs debated the bill for a mere hour, while the Lok Sabha MPs debated the bill for just over an hour on Wednesday before passing it on December 20. At least 97 Opposition MPs have been suspended from the lower house. The Te...
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By Ritika Jain The Lok Sabha today passed the three crucial criminal reform law bills replacing colonial-era laws like the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure which formed the foundation of Indian criminal jurisprudence for more than a century. More importantly, the three new bills – the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita (replaces the Indian Penal Code), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita (replaces the Code of Criminal Procedure), and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Sanhita (replaces the Indian Evidence Act) was passed virtually unopposed amid ...
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By Kaisar Andrabi India's historical monuments are a reminder of the past and the country's cultural splendour. And while the iconic Taj Mahal, the Red Fort, the Qutub Minar, and Fatehpur Sikri are on every traveller's list, there are countless historical monuments that languish in obscurity with even locals being unaware of their existence. A recent report submitted by the ministry of culture says that 50 monuments identified by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have become untraceable. On December 8, at the winter parliamentary session, a report submitted before the Parliamentary Stan...
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By Sana Fazili Amid uproar over Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remark on President Droupadi Murmu, a war of words broke out between Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Irani trained guns at the Congress and accused the party president of 'sanctioning the humiliation' of President Murmu. The house was adjourned after the commotion over Chowdhury's remark about the President on a Television interview. Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have rejected the allegations made by Irani after the House proceedings were resumed an...
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