Agenda No.8 REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF “DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT‚ 1961” The ‘Dowry Prohibition Act‚ 1961’ is being implemented in the country for five decades now‚ but‚ the practice of dowry and dowry related crimes continue to be a matter of concern. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows that the number of cases reported under the Dowry Prohibition Act increased by almost 25% from 4504 in 2006 to 5623 in 2007 although it fell marginally by a little over 1% in 2008. State/UT-wise analysis
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have chosen Act-Utilitarianism to analyze in this paper. My assertion is that Act-Utilitarianism is not a viable solution to the problem of punishment. I believe this because Act-Utilitarianism‚ while attempting to maximize overall utility‚ often leads to situations where the wrong answers are given to moral questions. This results in Act-Utilitarianism finding justification for punishment in bad moral theories‚ thus invalidating any justification given. While I do not believe that Act-Utilitarianism
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the Governor- General under the provisions of section ten of the Indian Councils Act‚ 1861‚ shall be such as to him may seem from time to time expedient‚ but shall not be less than ten nor more than sixteen; and the number of additional members of Council nominated by the Governors of the Presidencies of Fort St. George and Bombay respectively under the provisions of section twenty-nine of the Indian Councils Act 1861‚ shall (besides the advocate general of the Presidency or officer acting in
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and Obstruct Terrorism act of 2001 otherwise known as the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by president George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. This act is part of the foreign and defense policy area. “The foreign and defense policy area includes organizations that focus on relations between the United States and the rest of the world. Organizations that national security initiatives and other defense-related policies‚ as well as individual countries‚ are included.” This act was enacted by the 107th
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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 The Telecommunications Act of 1996 can be termed as a major overhaul of the communications law in the past sixty-two years. The main aim of this Act is to enable any communications firm to enter the market and compete against one another based on fair and just practices ("The Telecommunications Act 1996‚" The Federal Communications Commission). This Act has the potential to radically change the lives of the people in a number of different ways. For instance
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2013 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and its Consequences Native American’s existed in the New World long before the Europeans “discovered” it. But a few decades after they arrived‚ they began to remove Native Americans from their rightful homeland. In the year of 1830‚ Andrew Jackson embarked on a policy of Native American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences
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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that the Parliament passed on June 29th‚ 1767‚ shortly after the Stamp Act was repealed. Charles Townshend sponsored and proposed this act‚ which is why it was named after him. One of these acts taxed or put import duties on various goods such as glass‚ paper‚ tea‚ paint‚ and lead. The other acts gave writs of assistance or search warrants to British soldiers which allowed them to search others’ property. Since the Stamp Act had failed‚ the Parliament needed
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enforced the Sugar Act‚ this act raised the tax on molasses. Colonists started to smuggle in goods from other countries in an attempt to avoid paying high priced taxes‚ but the British Empire felt that they should be the only suppliers of the colonists and enforced their authority. The British Empire forced colonists to “buy a revenue stamp” (OpenStax‚ Chp. 5 pg. 131) for any piece of paper that was a legal document by creating the Stamp Act in 1765. Along with this act the Quartering Act went into place
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THE ACT OF BEING NICE People sometimes forget the simple fact that being nice to others can actually be good for them. My mother and some unique persons whom am going to mention later guided and chided me to being a very nice person. Sometimes it works and sometimes it didn ’t. After all‚ we all get ill-tempered from time to time and take it out on those around us. We can see that being nice to others is good for them‚ but did you realize it ’s in your best interest too? Recognizing the personal
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U.S. government passed the Helms-Burton Act in an attempt to pressurize Cuba into restructuring. Its enactment was controversial‚ provoking immediate and widespread debate around the world as to whether certain provisions of the Act violated international law principles and treaties to which the United States was a party. Opposition to the Act came from most countries outside of the United States. Many nations attempted to counter the Helms-Burton Act by implementing legislation that enabled
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