Parliament Monsoon Session 2022 Live Updates: There is no proposal to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges. Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju told Parliament on Thursday. “The Constitution (114th Amendment) Bill was introduced in 2010 to raise the retirement age of High Court judges to 65. However, it was not taken up for consideration in the Parliament and lapsed with the dissolution of 15 . Lok SabhaRijiju said in a written reply Rajya Sabha,
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha Discussion on the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022 postponed on Thursday, when the Government requested the Chairman to take up the Bill on some other day due to the absence of opposition members in the House. The bill was listed for consideration and passing on Thursday. As the House resumed at 2.15 pm after the lunch break, BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahtab, who was the Speaker, named Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, whose ministry operated it. has done. bill.
The Rajya Sabha also deferred the passing of a bill that seeks to ban the funding of Weapons of Mass Destruction By 25 July so that opposition members can participate in the discussion on the draft law. Bhubaneswar Kalita, who was the Speaker, accepted the request of Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan to pass the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery System (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022.