Lausanne (Switzerland): In a reprieve to the suspended Indian Olympic Association, the IOC has decided to extend the deadline for adopting an amended constitution, the draft of which is currently bei

Days after the Supreme Court questioned the government over allowing FDI in retail, law minister Ashwani Kumar has said the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislature should respect limits of their jurisdiction and work in harmony with each other.

An Egyptian panel boycotted by Christians and liberals adopted a draft constitution Friday with an Islamist bent that activists say restricts freedom of speech and religion and limits women's rights.

Mahatma Gandhi cannot be accorded the 'Father of the Nation' title by government as the Constitution does not permit any titles except educational and military ones, the Home Ministry has said.

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Tunisia's new constitution will not be adopted until April 2013, six months later than planned, the head of the drafting committee said on Monday, threatening to compound political uncertainties.

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Nepal's warring political parties said on Sunday they had failed to narrow their differences sufficiently to agree on a new constitution for the Himalayan republic before a midnight deadline, plunging

Personal liberty is the 'most precious and prized right' guaranteed by the Indian constitution and it can't be taken away without following the due procedure of law, says the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court has said that police atrocities are violative of the constitutional mandate of protection of life and liberty and not resisting them amounts to erosion of the rule of law.

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Emphasising that voting should be made mandatory, former Election Commissioner G.V.G Krishnamurthy has said that those who do not use this constitutional right should be punished.

"Those who do not

A general strike called by ethnic minority groups demanding improved rights under Nepal’s new constitution brought the capital Kathmandu and several other cities to a halt on Wednesday.