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Knee-jerk reaction or substantial change? India implements death penalty for the rape of minors

For the bill to apply, amendments have been made to the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Proced…

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Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2nd

The amendments in the law seek to remove bottlenecks andstreamline the corporate insolvency resolut…

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Ted Cruz says he won't apologize for 'thoughts and prayers' for Colorado shooting victims

Cruz also ripped Democrats, alleging they play 'ridiculous theater' by proposing gun legislation li…

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Critics are warning that the criminal-justice reform bill being hailed as a bipartisan victory doesn't go nearly far enough

The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, an organization representing dozens of Prote…

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Oklahoma lawmakers are racing to close 'a huge loophole for sexual abuse' - but no one knows if the governor will sign the bill

The case concerned a 2014 incident, during which a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were both…

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Here's What The Constitution Says About Posting Naked Pictures Of Your Ex To The Internet

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the right to some pretty unsavory speech, though. In 2010, the hi…

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Results on Louisiana Amendment 7: Voters reject a confusing change to the state's constitution over slavery and indentured servitude

First introduced to state lawmakers as a bill, the text passed unanimously in both the House and th…

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Cabinet clears amendments to insolvency law

New Delhi, Dec 11 () The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved changes to the insolvency law, includi…

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Drag queens fight back against Tennessee law that classifies drag shows as 'adult cabaret' entertainment and makes them a felony

HB0009 criminalizes entertainment by "male or female impersonators" if they perform publicly or cou…

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Proposed amendments to companies law to de-clog criminal justice system: CII

"The proposed amendments certainly further provide ease of living for law-abiding corporates and d…

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Georgia Lawmaker Wants To Make It Illegal To Photoshop People's Heads Onto Porn Stars

When Savannah Now asked Smith if he was concerned about prohibiting parodies, which are protected b…

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South Carolina becomes the latest GOP-led state with a bill to make the death penalty a punishment for abortion

The bill, which is still in the legislature, aims to define a fetus as a living person and equate t…

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Women could get up to 30 years in prison for having a miscarriage under Georgia's harsh new abortion law

Under Georgia's law, it's so far unclear whether fetuses would be given their own separate trials o…

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India amends bankruptcy law to protect winning bidders from paying the price for sins of the previous promoter

The IBC (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019, is likely to be introduced in the current session of the…

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Trump keeps falsely blaming Democrats for his administration's family separation policy - here's what's really going on

The Trump administration wants Congress to limit the period in which unaccompanied children may app…

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Supreme Court strikes down century-old New York law, dramatically expanding Second Amendment rights to carry guns outside the home

The landmark decision is expected to loosen gun restrictions in several states amid an uptick in gu…

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Govt introduces bill to amend companies law; Cong, TMC, BJD

On March 5, the Reserve Bank superseded the board of YesBank in the wake of deepening crisis, mainl…

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An 'unbelievably stupid' New York law about knives could be changed very soon

It is now eligible for a vote in the Republican-controlled New York State Senate, which has pr…

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