Parliamentary Questions

Parliament Watch: 1,03,057 patents granted in FY 2023-24; 1,937 CIRPs ongoing
Parliament Watch: 2,156 habeas corpus petitions from Jammu & Kashmir since abrogation of Article 370
3,110 PMLA, 12,233 FEMA cases registered in last three years; 43,516 GST evasion cases in last four years
67% of High Court judges are from Bar, 33% from service; High Courts working at 70% capacity: Law Ministry response
Supreme Court has decided 2,183 Constitution bench cases since its inception in 1950: Law Minister in Parliament
Parliament Watch: Centre spent ₹272 crore on litigation in last 5 years; 76% of High Court appointees since 2018 from general category
Parliament Watch: Only 468 of 6,055 Central government panel counsel are women; CBI conviction rate over 67% in last 5 years
Parliament Watch: Lok Sabha passes Competition (Amendment) Bill; 472 convicts awaiting death penalty
Parliament Watch: Crime against women in metropolitan cities; 152.8 police personnel per one lakh people in India
Parliament Watch: Surge in number of Indians renouncing citizenship; no plan to rework existing pronouns in Constitution
Parliament Watch: Government does not subscribe to World Press Freedom Index; 678 in prison merely due to non-payment of fine
Parliament Watch: Central government says no need to amend process to appoint Governor; no stipend for young advocates
Parliament Watch: Number of taxpayers; effects of demonetisation; black money seized by Central agencies
Parliament Watch: 29,154 URLs blocked by MeitY since 2018; low conviction rate in POCSO cases
Parliament Watch: 95% conviction rate in completed PMLA cases; 1,160 pieces of fake news on government busted by PIB
Parliament Watch: Only 15% of Indian lawyers are women; 64 Supreme Court Collegium proposals still pending with Centre
18 Collegium recommendations sent back by Central government; 64 still being processed: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
Parliament Watch: Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill passed; no proposal to reduce age of consent under POCSO Act
Parliament Watch: UIDAI says no cases of Aadhaar misuse; 498 Constitution Bench matters pending before SC
Parliament Watch: No plan to amend anti-defection law; ₹42.79 crore spent on video conferencing facilities in courts
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