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Before 1971, abortion was criminalized under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [8] describing it as intentionally "causing miscarriage". [9] Except in cases where abortion was carried out to save the life of the woman, it was a punishable offense and criminalized women/providers, with whoever voluntarily caused a woman with child to miscarry [10] facing three years in prison and/or a ...
19 May 2023 The Central Government responded by bringing an Ordinance on the issue which overturned the Supreme Court decision. The Government claimed that Delhi Government led by Arvind Kejriwal was hiding files and harassing officers related to vigilance matters. [5] 3 August 2023 The Lok Sabha passed the bill by voice vote as BJP had a clear ...
In August 2016, following the Rajender Prashad v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi decision of the Delhi High Court, the Delhi government-appointed Indian Revenue Service officer Tarun Seem, and a former engineer-in-chief of the PWD Sarvagaya Srivastava—non-IAS secretaries in charge of health and PWD respectively—were replaced by Jung with IAS ...
Abortion rights proponents, meanwhile, applauded the provision as critical at time when abortion rights have been curtailed in many states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to ...
Supreme Court issues decisions on abortion, OxyContin settlement, environmental protection and SEC fraud: A look at today's rulings Kate Murphy June 27, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The nation’s highest court will weigh in on a challenge to the FDA’s approval of the drug
The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951; it was inaugurated by Home Minister K. N. Katju.The Assembly had 48 members, and a Council of Ministers in an advisory role to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi, though it also had powers to make laws.
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 (or the GNCTD Amendment Act) [1] was enacted by the Government of India on 28 March 2021. [2] It amends the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 to give primacy to the centrally appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and make the elected Government of Delhi subsidiary.