No Penalty In Place of Punishment
A bench of three Supreme Court judges has made a provision that a court cannot impose penalty on the companies in place of punishment. Nor can it charge a company only with fine in case when both, the punishment & penalty are to be inflicted.

The provision was made taking into account that courts always keep trying to wash their hands off the responsibility of accusing the companies of any guilt, on the ground that they can not be put behind the bars.

Governor's Privilege to Pardon Confines
By its newly issued decision, the Supreme Court has prohibited the governor of the state to carry on his privilege to pardon, if the concerned prisoner/ prisoners are not accused by the court/courts of his own state.
However, if he practises the privilege, it will be taken as an unlawful act.

Four More Languages enters as official
The 100th Amend Bill envisaging the inclusion of four more languages named Santhali, Dogri, Bodo, & Maithili in the 8th schedule, has been endorsed unanimously by the Parliament. After this development the total number of the languages in the 8th schedule will lead the 22 from the present number of 18.

Marriage Law (amend) Bill approved
President APJ Abdul Kalam has given his consent on the Marriage Law (amend) Bill- 2003 enabling the victimized married women to resort to district courts for justice & relief. According to the Bill, the women will be able to sue their petitions in district courts.

Drug cosmetic (amend) bill presents in LS
A Drug & Cosmetic (amend) bill envisaging death sentence for the feigned medicines manufactures was presented in the Lok sabha by the Central government.
At present, the Act pronounces at least 5 years imprisonment likely to turn in to imprisonment for life & Rs 10,000 financial penalty for the formulation & sale of the counterfeit medicines.
The proposed bill demands for at least 10 years imprisonment likely to turn into imprisonment for life along with death sentence.

Pension bill approved
A Pension bill hoping pension for former MPs & on the death of working MP to his wife & children has been passed unanimously by the Lok sabha.
As the custom goes on, on the one-year extension in the Lok sabha term, the pension amount gets an increment of Rs 600. However, the request from the former MPs to assume nine months as one year has been accepted.

Double citizenship to Bharatvanshis
In an effort to see India standing in the first row of the developing countries & name the 21st century as 'India's century', the Government of India has opened its gates to Bharatvanshis by providing them double citizenship.
In this connection, the bill giving this privilege to Bharatvanshis living in eight countries has been approved by the Lok sabha after the Rajya sabha's endorsement on the bill.

The child has right to hold property
The Supreme Court has voiced an important decision that any under-age young one can accept a property gifted to him. The court also quoted the Article 127 (property transference act), which pronounces that an immature young one can accept present.