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A meeting of the Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Law & Justice was held here today under the chairmanship of Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice. The item for discussion was ‘ The Legal Aid Programme’. Besides the..

  The fourth Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) will be held at New Delhi tomorrow. The main purpose of the Conference is to deliberate on certain issues concerning the Tribunal and to improve the working conditions of the i..

  In what could be viewed as a setback to a bid by the Election Commission of India (EC) to crack down on so-called paid news, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed EC proceedings against former Maharashtra chief minister span id="apture_prvw1" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-ri..

  A report published by The Times of India on 1 November which said that the finance ministry had sent its by-now famous memo on the so-called 2G scam at the behest of thePrime Minister’s Office (PMO) could make life difficult for the government in the coming weeks. ..

A draft Citizens Right to Grievance Redress Bill 2011 has been prepared and put up in the public domain for suggestions/inputs from the stakeholders. This was informed by the MoS, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and PMO, Shri Narayanasamy in New ..

  The special CBI court today rejected the bail pleas filed by DMK MP Kanimozhi and other seven accused in the 2G spectrum case. Additional sessions judge OP Saini had on September 24 reserved his verdict on the applications. The others include Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman span clas..

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for pursuing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, 2010 pending in Rajya Sabha in Parliament for its enactment and also to move the offic..

   The joint parliamentary committee meeting on the 2G scam on Monday witnessed a fierce exchange of fire, as opposition members accused the government of concealing facts.  The opposition also sought to know about a word having been rewritten in the internal note of March 25 from /spa..

  Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta pleaded not guilty Wednesday to insider trading after giving himself up to the FBI, as the high-flying executive was caught in a growing Wall Street scandal.   Indian-born Gupta is accused of leaking information to Sri Lankan-born old friend Raj Rajaratnam, a disgraced former hedge fund manager who turned a m..

The Allahabad high court (HC) directed the Uttar Pradesh government to return land acquired in three villages of Greater Noida, near New Delhi, where developers were building housing projects.   Farme..

  The Allahabad High Court on Friday gave the best-possible Diwali gift to one lakh families who had been waiting in despair after investing in homes in the “affordable residential hub” in the eastern suburbs ..

  The Supreme Court on Friday directed Jaypee Sports International Ltd that is organising the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, to deposit 25% of the ticket sale proceeds in a separate bank account. The apex court directio..

  The National Policy on Older Persons, 1999 envisages State support to ensure financial and food security, health care, shelter and other needs of older persons to improve the quality of their lives. span st..

 The Allahabad high court has cancelled land acquistion in three Greater Noida villages -- Abdullahpur, Devla and Saberi. It has further ordered that an additional 64% compensation be provided to the farmers as well as 10% of developed land. On September 30, a full bench of the court had reserved its judgem..

  The Delhi high court will on Wednesday hear the bail pleas of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, arrested for his alleged role in the cash-for-votes scam.  On Tuesday, justice Suresh Kait decided to hear Singh's interim as well as regular bail pleas on Wednesday at 2.15pm after the state /spa..