Appointment of Attorney General The President is pleased to appoint Shri Goolam E.Vahanvati, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of three years with effect from 8th June 2009 (Foornoon). ..
THE ministry of law and justice is open to judicial reforms and opening up Indian legal services to foreign law firms, minister for law and justice Dr Veerappa Moily said on the sidelines of an event held in New Delhi recently. “We will bring a ..
Patna High Court ordered incarcerated MP Kameshwar Baitha, elected from Palamu (Reserved) Lok Sabha, constituency in Jharkhand, to be sent to Parliament for taking oath.While hearing a petition of Mr Baitha, Justice Mridula Mishra directed the Inspec ..
Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said there was no immediate plan to introduce reservation for backward classes in the higher judiciary.The subordinate judiciary already has reservation for these classes, but there was no proposal under the Governme ..
The Supreme Court refused to stay land acquisition process for Mumbai SEZ owned by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, involving 8,000 hectares of land worth about Rs 6,000 crore.A vacation bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and Aftab Ala ..
The government is likely to present Budget for 2009-10 on July 3 and would try to pass it by July 31, so that another vote-on-account is not required. The railway budget is likely to be presented on July 1 followed by Economic Survey the next day and ..
The Madhya Pradesh Government today issued orders for extension of the term of law officers of the State Advocate General Office functioning in the High Court for a period of one month.State Advocate General Ravi Nandan Singh, informed that the propo ..
Nobody will explicitly acknowledge, but the US Supreme Court has become a kind of extra legislative body. Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings won’t happen for over a month, but it’s ..
President Pratibha Patil on Thursday outlined the priorities of the new government for the next 100 days: - Early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill providing for one-third reservation to women in state legislatures and in parliament.- Constitut ..
Judiciary has to find solution on judges' assets' issue: Moily New Delhi, PTI: Thursday, June 04, 2009, 12:00 [IST] Judiciary has to come out with a solution on the iss ..