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  Under Article 348(2), the Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the use of the Hindi language or any other language used for any official purpose of the State, in the proceedings of the High Court having its principal seat in t..

Legal Aid   The Government has said that the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 does not make any distinction between trial and appeal for providing free legal aid to an accused or a person in custody. Every person who has to file or defend a case is eligible to get free legal aid provided he is: ..

  Dr. Sutanu Behuria has taken over as the new Secretary in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. He has replaced Dr. Surajit Mitra, who superannuated yesterday. span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New..

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has invited views and suggestions from the public in general, associations, institutions, experts and NGO working in the field of standardization regarding Bureau of Indian Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2012.  ..

The Sahara group has assured its depositors and investors that their money is safe and there will not be any delay in payment commitment from its side.    Sahara was reacting to the Supreme Court judgement which directed two of i..

  Industry body Assocham has asked the government to investigate the coal block allocation issue under the supervision of a sitting or a retired judge. span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman..

  A time-limit has been fixed for the fast-track courts to punish the persons found guilty of sexual harassment of minor girls and boys. Section 11 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 covers sexual harassment upon a child below 18 years of age a..

  The Government of Gujarat has written on 13.5.2011 to the Government of India in Ministry of Home Affairs, requesting to obtain consent of the President of India to allow the use of Gujarati language in addition to the English language for the purpose of any judgment,..

  Representations from various sections of the society including NGOs and Health institutions have been received urging strict enforcement of the provisions made under “Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulatio..

  The Bar Council of India (BCI) has informed that the Human Resource Development Minister vide his letters dated 06.07.2012 and 30.07.2012 has assured that the powers of the BCI in relation to education institutions leading to grant of degree for the practice of law sh..

  The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that the approved strength of the judges of High Courts is 895. Against this, 625 Judges are in position as on 22.8.2012, leaving 270 vacancies to be filled up. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the R..

  The Ministry of Women and Child Development has prepared the draft National Policy on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), draft National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Education (ECE) and draft Quality Standards in ECCE with a view to lay focus on a c..

  National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is taking steps to establish legal aid clinics in all villages or clusters of villages depending upon their geographical area. NALSA has framed the National Legal Services Authority (Legal Aid Clinics) Schemes, 2010. In the NA..

  The Government has said that all efforts are being made to sensitise police on juvenile justice issues. Expressing this intent of the Government in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that the National..

  During the years several steps have been taken for empowerment of women and one such step was to provide reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies. The Government put a step forward and introduced a Bill, namely, the Constitution (One Hundred Eight..