Article 200 governs powers of Governor regarding bills passed by the state legislature, allowing them to either assent to the bill, withhold assent, return the bill for reconsideration or reserve the bill for the consideration of President.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Tamil Nadu, said contended that without a general direction, States would be compelled to repeatedly approach the Court, adding to the problem.
The top court has fixed a time schedule for hearing the Presidential Reference and proposed to start the hearing from August 19.
Living with flatmates is a cost-effective way of paying for rent and home expenses, but it can also lead to mess if money is not handled clearly.
The bills were pending with the Governor for as long as two years and his action "subverted" the functioning of the state legislature, rendering its very existence "ineffective and otiose", Kerala govt had earlier said.
The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 are some of the key bills that were passed by Parliament.
Six new bills, including the one to amend the disaster management law, will be presented during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition), Act, 1993 was repealed, with the enactment of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013.
The bill was introduced by Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi when the House assembled at 2.00 pm after an adjournment over the Manipur situation.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma chaired the cabinet meeting which also approved an amendment of the contingency fund bill 2023, an ordinance of which was approved by the cabinet earlier this year.
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Initially, the Braille bills will be delivered at the doorsteps of 500 visually challenged consumers of the BRPL and BYPL discoms and the number will be scaled up in coming days
The Digital Data Protection Bill, Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill and bills to amend the Banking Act and the insolvency law have been pushed to next year now.
The National Dental Commission Bill, which seeks to set up a National Dental Commission and to repeal the Dentists Act, 1948, is also in the tentative session agenda of the government.
The government said on July 17 that as many as 32 bills have been indicated by various departments for presentation in two houses of which 14 are ready.
Amendments to the Banking Companies Act will look at reducing the mandatory requirement of 51 percent government holding in PSBs
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According to quality of service norms, the complaint level should not be more than 0.1 per cent per 100 bills issued in one quarter.
The government and the Reserve Bank of India have since taken a slew of measures to ease the pain. They are detailed below in chronological order.
A united Opposition in Rajya Sabha today scuttled the government's move to take up two key legislations, saying the move would compromise on debates on the Railway and General Budgets.
The 20-day session, adjourned sine die, was considerably much productive as compared to the last Monsoon session which was a virtual washout due to the ruckus caused by the opposition.
The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, 2015 and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015 were passed by the Rajya Sabha without debate. They were cleared by the Lok Sabha last week.
"There are around 16 bills which are pending. 12 of them have been passed in the Lok Sabha and they are all important bills concerning the welfare of the people," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said.
The Rajya Sabha approved 24 amendments relating to 16 issues. It also passed the Companies Act Amendment Bill. The Lok Sabha, where the ruling NDA has brute majority, passed the GST Constitutional Amendment Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill. However, both these Bills have been sent to panels or committees in the Rajya Sabha,
According to sources, the party issued the whip to ensure passage of all the crucial bills, seeking to replace the related ordinances promulgated by the Government recently.