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India Prime Minister reiterates call for secular civil code

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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi reaffirmed on Sunday his call for a “secular civil code,” underscoring the strong support his administration demonstrated for the introduction of the code since the commencement of his term.

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India IT ministry releases draft rules under controversial data legislation

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India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday released draft rules in furtherance of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, sparking significant debate regarding the rules’ implications on data privacy rights.

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India dispatches: ‘Today, hearing that a Muslim man was lynched or beaten up has become routine.’

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India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma, a final year law student at Amity Law School, says that recurrent beatings of Muslims without government countermeasures may be normalizing Islamophobia in India. At the very outset, the Preamble of the Indian Constitution declares India to be a Secular Democratic Republic.

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India Supreme Court seeks government reply on challenge to law barring conversion of places of worship

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The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a notice seeking a response from the central government on public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Any decision in the present case will impact similar suits and will have a far-reaching impact.

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India government removes National Testing Agency head amid medical entrance test scandal

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The NEET UG exam has been under heightened scrutiny since NTA declared the result on June 14 and was accused of corruption and unfair practices. NTA is responsible in conducting the premier national level examinations for higher secondary educations for fields like engineering, medicine and management. million participants.

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On LawNext Podcast: Carl Malamud on His Three-Plus Decades of Working to Free the Law

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Supreme Court victory defeating the state of Georgia’s claim of copyright in its official legislative code, to his 2022 federal court win allowing him to publish private-industry technical standards that are incorporated by reference into thousands of federal, state and local laws, Malamud has devoted his career to freeing the law. .

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Ashwin Murthy joins the Sabin Center as Negative Emissions Fellow

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Ashwin graduated from Columbia Law School in 2024 with an LL.M. in India, as an arbitration and dispute resolution lawyer. Ashwin graduated from NALSAR University of Law, India with a B.A. in 2020, and is qualified to practice law in India.