New Delhi: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) newsletter launch asked whether the journal can initiate a debate on the need for holding simultaneous elections in the country. Prasad said the country can’t afford multiple elections as each separate election entails huge expenditure on[Read More…]
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Lok Sabha passes two bills to remove obsolete enactments
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed two repealing and amending bills that seek to remove enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become obsolete. Replying to the brief debate, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the bills were “a great initiative to make the country reform[Read More…]
Lawyers’ promotion should be based on pro bono legal services: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Pro bono legal services rendered by a lawyer must be taken into consideration before he/she is given a promotion, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Thursday. He also emphasised that the Section 436A of CrPC — which speaks of undertrials’ right to freedom — should “become[Read More…]