constitutional law

  The term of office of Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, ends on 24th July, 2012. An election to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of the outgoing President shall need to be completed before the expiration of her term. The..

  The following Bills, after having received the assent of the President on 7th June, 2012, have been published as corresponding Acts in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-1, dated the 8th June, 2012: span style="f..

  A vacancy has occurred from 40 – Dasuya Assembly Constituency in the State of Punjab, which needs to be filled up. After taking into consideration various factors like, festivals, electoral rolls etc., the Commission has decided to hold bye-election to fill this..

  The President has appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner, Shri V.S. Sampath as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. Shri Sampath will assume the charge of the post of Chief Election Commissioner with effect from 1..

  The Budget Session, 2012 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, 12th March, 2012 has been adjourned sine die on Tuesday, the 22nd May, 2012. span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman",..

  Recently, while deciding an RTI Appeal by the Information Commissioner, Department of Justice was directed to provide the applicant copies of forwarding letters by which complaints received by it (Department) were sent to the Supreme Court and High Courts. Giving this..

  In exercise of powers conferred under proviso to Article 309 read with Articles 233 and 234 of the Constitution, the State Governments frame rules and regulations in consultation with the respective High Courts in respect of the members of the State Judicial Service. ..

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  Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, has said that it is for the State Governments to notify the Gram Nyayalayas in consultation with the respective High Courts as the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 has come into force w.e.f. 2.10.2009. As per the informati..

  Pawan Kumar Bansal says Government very keen on Passing of the Lokpal Bill   The Union Min..

  As per the ‘in-house mechanism’ of the higher judiciary, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is competent to receive complaints against the conduct of the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justices of the High Courts. Similarly, the Chief Justices of ..

  Grant of stay orders in civil and criminal cases is part of judicial proceedings and Courts have been vested with inherent powers in this regard under the relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. So also, heari..

  Against the sanctioned strength of 31 Judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India, 26 Judges have been in position as on 15.5.2012. There are 5 vacancies to the filled. In the High Courts, against the sanctioned strength of 895 Judges, 632 were i..

  With regard to the setting up of various Benches of the Supreme Court of India the Government has said that the Law Commission, in its 229th Report, has recommended that: span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family:..

  The Government has said that it is not correct to say that the influence of money power in parliamentary and assembly elections is on the rise. Further, the Government and the Election Commission are seriously concerned about the role of money power in elections. Givi..