The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that Writ Petition (C) No.924 of 2014 was filed by Niranjan Bhatwal in the Supreme Court of India for using the name ‘Bharat’ for all official and unofficial purposes. The said Writ Petition was d ..
The Bar Council of India, a statutory body under the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) has informed that the number of fake lawyers cannot be exactly ascertained by now and the Bar Council of India has introduced an exhaustive mechanism/procedure for ..
Article 75 and article 164 of the Constitution provides that the total number of Ministers, including Prime Minister and the Chief Minister in the Council of Ministers and the Council of Ministers in a State, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the ..
The Hon’ble Supreme court had, Inter-alia, allowed the prayer in a Writ Petition (Civil) No. 521/2002 titled as P. Ramakrishnam Raju Vs Union of India & Others vide judgment dated the 31st March, 2014 directing that “for pensionary be ..
There is a proposal to amend the Benami Act. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 13th May, 2015 to amend the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988. Any transaction within the definition ..
The draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015 is still in consultation stage. The latest version of the draft Bill has been sent to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for their comments/suggestions. The Bill will be sent to the Cabine ..
Instances of prevalence of forced and bonded labour system are noticed now and then even after its abolition by law with effect from 25th October, 1975. The reasons are spelt out exhaustively at Section 2(g) of The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Ac ..
Government had constituted an Expert Committee to review Employees� Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 which inter alia recommended providing minimum pension of Rs. 1000/- per month to the pensioners under EPS, 1995 and enhancing wage ceiling for cover ..
The pendency of cases in Supreme Court has come down from 62,791 matters as on 01.01.2015 to 61,016 matters as on 29.07.2015. The Approved and Working Strength of Judges in Supreme Court is 31 and 28 respectively; and 3 posts of Judges of Supreme Cou ..
This Department had sought for the comments/views of the State Governments/Union-territory Administrations on the 242nd Report of the Law Commission titled “Prevention of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances (in the name of Ho ..
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