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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumed charge of the Ministry of Law & Justice today. After assuming charge, he interacted with the officials of the Ministry. The Deptt. of Legal Affairs, Legislative Deptt. and the Deptt. of Justice gave detailed PowerPoint presentations ..

The President of India has appointed Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, the President has appointed the following as members of the Council of Ministers:- br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f..

The appellate court in Milan, Italy, in its judgement on Friday, 23 May, 2014, has substantially upheld the claims of Government of India against AgustaWestland International Ltd (AWIL), A W Spa and Deutsche Bank, Italy on the encashment of Bank Guarantees and Performance Bond in the VVIP helicopter case. The court also ordered AWIL and A W Spa to reimburse legal..

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has specified timelines to undertake certain tasks in the Organisation, the successful completion of which would bring about a transformational change in its way of functioning. Stating this to media persons in New Delhi recently, Shri K.K.Jalan, Central PF Commissioner said “of utmost i..

Order of Supreme Court in the matter of Subrata Roy ..

The Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) set up in the Supreme Court in November 2013, headed by Hon'ble Justice Mrs. Ranjana  P. Desai,  with an objective to sensitize the public to gender issues and to address  sexual harassment complaints in the  premises of the Supreme Court, published a circular with order ag..

The Supreme Court of India invites applications for the appointment to the post of Chief Librarian, Supreme Court Library in the Pay Band of Rs.15600-39100/- with Grade Pay of Rs.7600/- plus other allowances as admissible under the rules in the Registry of the Supreme Court of India.   The last date of application is May 10, 2014.   For m..

The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has recently approved the appointment of  Hon’ble Ms. Justice G. Rohini as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Justice G. Rohini will be the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. div style="font-family..

The next Advocates-on-Record (AOR) examination will be held from 3rd-6th June, 2014 in the Supreme Court premises in New Delhi. Advocates who will be completing one year's continous training on or before 30th April, 2014 are eligible to appear for the examination. Application form may be obtained from the office of Secretary on any working day during the office hour..

The Competition Commission of India has further amended the Combination Regulations on 28th March, 2014 to simplify and provide greater clarity on the application of the combination provisions of the Act and the Combination Regulations.  The highlights of the recent amendments in the Combination Regulations are as under:    span class="Apple-..

The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu on suo moto cognizance of media reports that seven workers of a private dyeing unit located in the Erode Industrial Complex of State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu died of asphyxiation and several others were taken ill on 18th March, 2014 after inhaling toxic gas from a waste..

Following is the text of Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s statement on the Telangana Bill and a special package for the successor state of Andhra Pradesh: span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman&quo..

The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, proposes to offer four short-term fellowships to researchers from the field of media / journalism/ Civil Society Organisations associated with RTI / RTI Trainers to conduct field based research on themes relating to RTI...

The Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) set up in the Supreme Court in November 2013, headed by Hon'ble Justice Mrs. Ranjana  P. Desai,  with an objective to sensitize the public to gender issues and to address  sexual harassment complaints in the  premises of the Supreme Court, published a circular of the details of its first meeting held o..

Justice Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Chief Justice of Madras High Court and Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court were elevated as Judges of the Supreme Court of India and were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Chief Justice of India, P. Sathasivam on 17th February, 2014. The SC now has full strength of the sanctioned 31 Judges including the C..