constitutional law

  Permission of the Central Government for the prosecution of a Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was conveyed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 29.12.2011 and the approval of the Central Government under section 6A of Delhi Special Police Est..

  Advice of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has been received for inclusion of 56 Castes/communities in the Central list of OBCs for the following States and Union Territories: span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-he..

  In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office...

  With a view to curbing the use of money power in the election process, the Election Commission had rescinded its earlier notification on allegations of large scale involvement of cash as inducement and other malpractices during election process and announced fresh not..

  In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Sunil Gaur, Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court, as a Judge of the Delhi High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge..

  Election Commission of India today honoured its Brand Ambassadors and Partner Agencies for their contribution to voters’ participation in the recent assembly Elections in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. At a function held in Surajkund, Harya..

  Mining operations often involve acquisition of land held by individuals therefore the National Mineral Policy provides for social impact assessment and also adequate provisions for Relief and Rehabilitation. The National Mineral Policy, 2008 (For non-fuel and non- coa..

  There is a Coordination Committee for monitoring the planning and progress of the schemes/programmes being implemented for overall development of Scheduled Tribes. This Coordination Committee is chaired by Secretary, Tribal Affairs. During the Coordination Committee m..

  The Government is conscious of the need to recruit talented and experienced persons including lawyers as Judges. The Constitution was amended in 1977 to provide for an All India Judicial Service (AIJS) under Article 312 of the Constitution. There has been overwhelming..

  All the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court are reported in various Law Reports and are also available on the Supreme Court websites i.e. a href="http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-h..

  Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that the Chief Justice of India had asked the Central Government (vide letter dated 18.2.2011) to take appropriate decision in terms of section 252 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, read with Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Memb..

  The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Rajya Sabha that Government has ratified 4 ILO core conventions, namely, Forced Labour Convention (No.29), Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No.105), Equal Remuneration Convention..

  The Law & Justice Minister has said that the proposals to change the names of ‘Bombay High Court’ as the ‘Mumbai High Court’, the ‘Calcutta High Court’ as the ‘Kolkata High Court’ and the ‘Madras High Court&rsq..

  Jordan has requested Election Commission of India for assistance in election management and electoral reforms. The request was made by Jordanian Prime Minister, H.E. Mr. Awn Khasawneh to the visiting Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr. S.Y. Quraishi at their mee..

Budget Speech by Hon'ble Finance Minister ..