August 10, 2018 / 16:27 IST
Monsoon Session ends after passing 21 laws
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die today, as the Monsoon Session ended after passing 21 laws, including one to amend the SC/ST Act and another relating to the Fugitive Economic Offenders, reports PTI.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the session has been the "more productive and safisfactory" compared to the previous Budget Session and last year's monsoon session.
The session, which began on July 18, also witnessed a discussion on a no confidence motion against the Government brought by Opposition. The motion was defeated later.
The House also greeted the people in advance on the occasion of the Independence Day.
August 10, 2018 / 16:14 IST
Rajya Sabha discusses reservation system in India
In Rajya Sabha, CPI leader D Raja targetted Rakesh Sinha and asserted that the communists strive for a casteless and classless society. "But reservations are affirmative actions needed to uplift the downtrodden," he said. Quoting
August 10, 2018 / 16:12 IST
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot speaking in Rajya Sabha
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot speaking on Private Members' Business (Resolutions)- regarding the need to implement uniform reservation system in the country, in Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die. Today is the last day of monsoon session in Parliament.
August 10, 2018 / 15:51 IST
Monsoon Session of the Lok Sabha which began on July 18 adjourned Sine Die.
August 10, 2018 / 15:45 IST
Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed in Lok Sabha
After Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's speech in the lower house, Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed.
August 10, 2018 / 15:44 IST
Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan speaking on bills and amendments taken up in the current monsoon session as it comes to a close.
August 10, 2018 / 15:36 IST
Rajya Sabha discusses The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018
Calling it a "momentous legislation", Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, asked the House to pass the The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 unanimously. "We want India to become an important hub for domestic and international arbitration. We are taking a giant leap in favour of institutional arbitration. Unless we have a strong element of institution, of judges, regulatory mechanism, arbitration will not take place at its peak," he said.
August 10, 2018 / 15:30 IST
Opposition to the triple talaq Bill
It is not clear what the two big non-NDA parties, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal and the AIADMK, think about the changes. Between them, the two parties have 22 lawmakers in the Rajya Sabha.
When Lok Sabha debated the bill last year, both had opposed the legislation. The BJD's Bhartruhari Mahtab had called the framing of the bill "faulty" and "flawed" and insisted that it would be doing disservice to Muslim women. The AIADMK also wanted the centre to remove the provision of three years jail for husbands.
August 10, 2018 / 15:17 IST
Sonia Gandhi wants triple talaq to be sent to select panel
August 10, 2018 / 15:15 IST
More updates on triple talaq
Triple talaq Bill will be taken up for debate in the Winter Session for Parliament
August 10, 2018 / 14:57 IST
Changes made in the triple talaq Bill
The first change allows only a woman, or a close relative, to file a police case against her husband for instant triple talaq, the Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives immediately by uttering the word "talaq" (divorce) thrice.
The second amendment allows her to drop the case if the husband comes around later and they arrive at a compromise.
A third amendment mandates that the magistrate can decide on releasing the husband on bail only after hearing the wife.
August 10, 2018 / 14:52 IST
Private Members' Resolution taken up in Rajya Sabha
Private Members' (Business) Resolutions is under discussion in the House.
August 10, 2018 / 14:45 IST
Triple talaq Bill deferred
Triple talaq bill which makes instant divorce an offence deferred to next session of Parliament