The members in the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Labour & Employment have urged the Government to go for ensuring such amount of Minimum Wages payable to labourers especially from the unorganised sector so th ..
The Election Commission of India has intimated that Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines evolved by the Commission with consensus of political parties for the smooth conduct of free and fair election in the country. As the Model Code of Co ..
Huge backlog and pendency has been a matter of concern as it delays the disposal of cases. Of the 3 crore cases pending, 74% are less than 5 years old. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid ..
An amount of Rs. 5,000 crore has been allocated on the recommendation of Thirteenth Finance Commission for five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 for various initiatives to improve justice delivery system. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 300 crore has b ..
Appointment of Judges in the higher judiciary is based on the Supreme Court Judgement dated 6th October, 1993 in the case of Supreme Court Advocates on Record and ors. vs. Union of India and ors. and their Advisory Opinion dated 28th October, 1998 ..
The Law Commission of India is reconstituted for a period of 3 years and the present one i.e. 19th Law Commission of India, was constituted for the period from 1st September, 2009 to 31st August, 2012. The Commission functions within the terms of ..
Government of India has recently formulated the National Manufacturing Policy to accelerate growth in the manufacturing sector. The new Policy has been notified by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP). For implementation of t ..
Review and amendments of various labour laws is an ongoing process. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 was amended in 2008 by which for section 8, the following section was substituted: “8(1) Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under th ..
As per information available, there were 9,926 CBI cases pending trial (as on 31.3.2012) in various courts including exclusive courts all over the country. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salma ..
The e-Court Mission Mode project is being implemented as part of the National e-Governance plan. The project envisages computerization of 14,249 district and subordinate courts and upgradation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ..