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  2. Central Pollution Control Board - Wikipedia

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    Functions of CPCB comes under both national level and as State Boards for the Union Territories. CPCB, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, aims to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality ...

  3. Gray v. Sanders - Wikipedia

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    Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368 (1963), was a Supreme Court of the United States case dealing with equal representation in regard to the American election system and formulated the famous "one person, one vote" standard applied in this case for "counting votes in a Democratic primary election for the nomination of a United States Senator and statewide officers — which was practically ...

  4. Powers of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Section 3 grants Congress the power "to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person at-tainted." Article Four Section 3 gives Congress the power to admit new states into the Union. It also grants Congress the power "to dispose of and make all ...

  5. Indian Independence Act 1947 - Wikipedia

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    An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent dominion states, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions. Citation: 10 & 11 Geo. 6 ...

  6. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Second Amendment states that “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,”. [68] It has been one of the most controversial rights in the Bill of Rights-notable cases consist of United States v. Miller (1934), Printz v.

  7. Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Article One of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article One, Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

  8. Separation of powers under the United States Constitution

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    Maryland, decided in 1819, established two important principles, one of which explains that states cannot make actions to impede on valid constitutional exercises of power by the federal government. The other explains that Congress has the implied powers to implement the express powers written in the Constitution to create a functional national ...

  9. Due Process Clause - Wikipedia

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    When a law or other act of government is challenged as a violation of individual liberty under the due process clause, courts nowadays primarily use two forms of scrutiny, or judicial review, which is used by the Judicial Branch. This inquiry balances the importance of the governmental interest being served and the appropriateness of the ...