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Left and Right rally around Anna, want CBI free of govt

   12 December 2011 at 10:56

Eight months after his five-day fast at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar brought corruption into national focus, social activist Anna Hazare returned to the same venue on Sunday and shared the stage with senior opposition leaders, who backed his key ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   476 Views


Process for making amendments in Appointment of Judges in Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010 has been initiated

   08 December 2011 at 19:16

The existing procedure for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts, is based on the Supreme Court Judgment of October 6, 1993 in the case of Supreme Court Advocates on Record & Anr. Vs. Union of India and the Ad ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1111 Views


Public Interest Litigations

   08 December 2011 at 19:16

The Government has said that the data regarding number of Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in the Courts is not maintained by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, as the matter falls exclusively within the jurisdiction of ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   910 Views


Changes in Electoral Laws

   08 December 2011 at 10:35

The Government says that the right to recall and the right to reject are the issues along with other proposals of electoral reforms to be discussed in the meeting with all political parties. Giving this information in written reply to a question i ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  3 comments |   614 Views


Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court

   08 December 2011 at 10:35

Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, has informed Parliament that the Government of West Bengal had sent a proposal for establishment of a Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri. The Chief Justice of the Calcutta Hi ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   1179 Views


All India Judicial Service

   08 December 2011 at 10:35

The Government has said that it is seized of the matter of creation of an All India Judicial Service under article 312 of the Constitution which requires a Resolution to be passed by the Rajya Sabha enabling the Parliament to enact necessary laws. ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   1760 Views


Give degrees to failed SC-STs: Med varsity

   06 December 2011 at 11:11

The Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University in Lucknow has urged the Medical Council of India that graduation degrees be granted to SC and ST medical students, who have repeatedly failed to clear the final exams. A few of them have been try ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  8 comments |   1122 Views


Last meeting of Parl standing committee on Lokpal bill ends

   01 December 2011 at 08:18

The parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal bill has finalised its report on the bill as the meeting discussed the draft of the bill. Committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the draft prepared by the standing committee will l ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  3 comments |   977 Views


306 advocates have been designated as senior advocates by the Supreme Court

   28 November 2011 at 17:31

As per the List available on the website of the Supreme Court, 306 advocates have been designated as senior advocates by the Supreme Court as on 01.11.2011. As per the provisions of the Advocates Act, 1961, there shall be two classes of advocat ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   2964 Views


Appointment of Public Prosecutors and Government Lawyers

   28 November 2011 at 17:30

Public Prosecutors are appointed by the concerned State Governments as well by the Central Government under Criminal Procedure Code 1973 and / or under relevant provisions of special statues . Giving this information in written reply to a quest ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1087 Views