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The Rajya Sabha passed the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 on December 17, 2013 and the Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha today.  p class="MsoNormal" style="marginn: 0in 0in 10pt; font-sizee: 15px; font-familyy: Calibri, sans-serif; line-heightt: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-..

Shri Justice Ajit Prakash Shah has taken over as the new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. The post of the Chairman, 20th Law Commission, had fallen vacant in the first week of last month due to the resignation of Shri Justice D. K. Jain, who had taken over as the President,..

In the High Court of Chhattisgarh, the tenure of Additional Judges Shri Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shri Manindra Mohan Shrivastava has been extended from 10th December 2013 for a period of 2 more years. The President has issued a Notification to this effect in exercise of the powers conf..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Smt. Justice R. Banumathi, Judge of the Madras High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court with effect from the date she assumes charge of her offi..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud , Judge of the High Court of Bombay, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad with effect from ..

The direction in the judgment dated 27th September, 2013 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court is to provide a NOTA option on the EVM and ballot papers so that the electors who do not want to vote for any of the candidates can exercise their option in secrecy. The Supreme Court held that t..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed (i) Shri Arakalagudu Venkataramaiah Chandrashekara, (ii) Smt. Rathnakala, (iii) Shri Budhihal Rudrappa Bhimappa, (iv) Shri Pradeep Dattatraya Waingank..

The President of India has accepted the resignation of Shri Justice D. K. Jain from the post of Chairperson, Law Commission of India, with effect from the afternoon of 5th October 2013. span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Ti..

The Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2013 has received the assent of the President of India. It has now been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-1, dated the 23rd September 2013 as Act No. 29 of 2013.   ..

Shri N.L. Meena, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Law & Justice, has been appointed as the Member Secretary to the Law Commission of India. As per the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Shri Meena has been appointed so from the forenoon of 8th August 2013 against the exis..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for amendment in the Resolution No. 89 dated 21st April, 2004, commonly known as the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informers (PIDPI) Resolution to designate the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of each Ministry/Department of the Government of India as the "Designated Authority" in addition to the Cen..

Smt. Anita Kaul, a 1979 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, here today took charge as the Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law & Justice. She brings with her rich administrative experience as she has worked in various capacities at the Centre and the State l..

  At a ceremony held today (July 19, 2013) at 0930 hrs at Rashtrapati B..

    The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee promulgated the National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 today (July 5, 2013).  ..

  The National Food Security Ordinance is a historic initiative for ensuring food and nutritional security to the people. It gives right to the people to receive adequate quantity of foodgrains at afforda..