India; United States: Arrest of Diplomat Affecting Bilateral Ties
(Dec. 19, 2013) On December 17, 2013, it was reported that the Indian government had lodged a formal complaint with Nancy Powell, the U.S. ambassador to India, following the arrest in New York of an...
View ArticleIndia: New Anti-Corruption Law
(Jan. 8, 2014) On January 1, 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee of India signed into law landmark legislation aimed at combating corruption by creating an anti-graft ombudsman with broad powers to...
View ArticleBangladesh; India: Court Awards Control of Maritime Region
(July 15, 2014) On July 7, 2014, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which is located in The Hague, issued its decision on the maritime dispute between Bangladesh and India. (Bay of Bengal Maritime...
View ArticleIndia: Possible Amendment of IT Law to Address Cybercrimes Against Women
(Aug. 21, 2014) It was reported on August 15, 2014, that the Indian government has taken preliminary steps to introduce amendments to India’s information technology law that would specifically treat...
View ArticleIndia: High Court of Himachal Pradesh Bans All Religious Forms of Animal...
(Oct. 6, 2014) On September 1, 2014, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh issued an order banning animal sacrifices for religious purposes and in places of religious worship. The ban was issued in...
View ArticleIndia: No Import of Cosmetics Tested on Animals
(Oct. 17, 2014) Under new rules that will enter into effect in India in November 2014, “[n]o cosmetic that has been tested on animals … shall be imported into the country.” (Madhur Singh, India Bans...
View ArticleIndia: Proposal to Decriminalize Attempted Suicide
(Dec. 29, 2014) On December 10, 2014, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs announced in a press release its decision to decriminalize attempted suicide by repealing section 309 of India’s Penal Code. (The...
View ArticleIndia: Cabinet Has Approved Amendments to Child Labor Law
(May 20, 2015) On April 14, 2015, India’s Union Cabinet approved amendments to the child labor law among which is the inclusion of an exception that would allow minors, which the law defines as...
View ArticleBangladesh; India: Decades-Long Border Dispute Resolved Through...
(Aug. 11, 2015) Bangladesh and India have resolved a decades-old border issue through a land swap agreement that started with a physical exchange of enclaves on July 31, 2015, to continue in phases...
View ArticleBangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal: Motor Vehicles Agreement
(Sept. 21, 2015) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN) signed a Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic on June 15, 2015 in Thimpu, Bhutan....
View ArticleIndia: Draft Legislation Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology Published
(Nov. 2, 2015) On September 30, 2015, India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, through its Department of Health Research, published for public and stakeholder comments draft legislation...
View ArticleIndia: Maharashtra Passes Legislation Against Social Boycott
(Apr. 28, 2016) On April 13, 2016, the state legislature of Maharashtra passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016. (Betwa...
View ArticleIndia: Decision Not to Sign Hague Treaty on Child Abduction
(Jan. 23, 2017) In a decision made by the Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister, Maneka Gandhi, and agreed to by the Ministry of External Affairs, the government of India has decided not to ratify...
View ArticleIndia: Law Bans Discrimination Against AIDS Patients
(Apr. 27, 2017) On April 24, 2017, Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, approved new legislation that bans discrimination against people who are HIV-positive or who have AIDS. (Jonathan Niznansky,...
View ArticleJapan/India: Diet Approves Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
(June 14, 2017) The upper house (House of Councillors) of the Diet (Japan’s parliament) approved the Japan-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement on June 7, 2017. (Information on Bills: Japan-India...
View ArticleIndia: Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Use of Biometric Identification for...
(July 21, 2017) India’s Supreme Court, on June 9, 2017, upheld the constitutional validity of section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which made the Act’s biometric-based identification project,...
View ArticleIndia: Punjab Passes Amendments to Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal...
(Sept. 10, 2018) On August 28, 2018, the Punjab Legislative Assembly (Punjab Vidhan Sabha) passed the Indian Penal Code (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2018 and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab...
View ArticleIndia: Tripura State Hopes to Follow Assam in Establishing National Register...
(Nov. 5, 2018) The working president of the Congress Party in the Indian state of Tripura, Pradyot Debbarman, filed a petition before India’s Supreme Court on October 24, 2018, requesting that a...
View ArticleIndia: Government Begins Discussions on Overhauling Colonial-Era Penal Code
(Dec. 9, 2019) On October 20, 2019, the Indian central government began discussions on overhauling the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was adopted during the British colonial era. According to a senior...
View ArticleInternational: International Finance Corporation Faces Renewed Lawsuits...
(Feb. 27, 2020) Following last year’s landmark win in their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the plaintiffs in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) are still searching for remedy—and legal...
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