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In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 19th July 2013. ..

The Central Government has appointed (i) Dr. Bijai Narain Mani, eminent law author, and (ii) Dr. Gurjeet Singh, Director General of the National Law School & Judicial Academy, Assam, as part-time Members of the 20th Law Commission of India with effect from the forenoon of the 24th M..

  The issue of electoral reforms in its entirety, which inter alia includes the funding of elections, has been referred to the Law Commission of India for its recommendations. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Dr. As..

  The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a part of the on-going e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project. NJDG will work as a monitoring tool to identify, manage & reduce pendency of cases. Giving this information in written reply to a question in th..

  The appointment of Judges to High Courts and Supreme Court is based on a Memorandum of Procedure for Appointment of Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts prepared in 1998 pursuant to the Supreme Court Judgement of October 6, 1993 read with their Advisor..

  In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Jayant Nath, (ii) Shri Najmussahar Waziri @ Najmi Waziri, (iii) Shri Sanjeev Sachdeva, (iv) Shri Vibhu Bakhru, (v) Shri Valluri..

  There are three casual vacancies in the State Legislative Council of Bihar occurred due to the death of sitting members elected by the members of Legislativ..

  In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Judge of the High Court of Bombay, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh with effect f..

  In exercise of the powers conferred by section 95 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, the President has appointed Shri Ali Mohd. Magrey and Shri Dhiraj Singh Thakur to be judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in that order of seniority, with e..

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  Finance Bill 2013 ..

  Budget Speech by Hon'ble Finance Minister ..

  The Union Cabinet has approved the proposals submitted by the Department of Personnel & Training for moving official amendments to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. span sty..

  The following Bills, after having received the assent of the President on 3rd January 2013, have been published as corresponding Acts in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-1, dated the 4th January, 2013: p class="MsoNormal"..

  Justice D. K. Jain, Judge, Supreme Court of India, will be the Chairman of the Twentieth Law Commission of India. According to the Notification issued here today, the appointment of Justice Jain will be effective from any day after 24th January 2013 on his retirement f..