The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal addressed a Press Conference on the Post-Monsoon Session of Parliament, 2012 (11th Session of Fifteenth Lok Sabha and the 226th Session of the Rajya Sabha fro ..
Supreme Court of India has been consistently urging the State that the poor people who cannot afford to institute or defend a case in a court of law should be given free legal aid at all levels of courts. Giving this information in written reply t ..
The Government has discontinued the scheme of central assistance to States for Fast Track Courts (FTCs) since 1.4.2011. However, several States have continued Fast Track Courts from their own resources. Giving this information in written reply to ..
The Government has a proposal for creation of All India Judicial Service (AIJS). Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that, however, there is no decisio ..
Family Courts As per the reports received by the Government, 212 Family Courts are operational in the country. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that ..
The data on pendency of cases in High Courts and district and subordinate Courts falling under their jurisdiction is maintained by the High Courts. Based on the information available 10,05,527 cases were pending in Allahabad High Court and 57,98,0 ..
The Government has said that it doesn’t propose to set up any Collegium for the appointment of Election Commissioners, Comptroller and Auditor General and to the Constitutional bodies in the country. However, the Government has been receivin ..
The Benches of Gauhati High Court have already been set up and are functioning in the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law &a ..
The Constitution (One Hundred and Fourteenth Amendment ) Bill, 2010 provides to increase the retirement age of Judges of High Courts from 62 to 65 i.e. at par with the retirement age of Judges of the Supreme Court. Giving this information in writt ..
The Provisions of the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill do not in any way Infringe on the Independence of the Judiciary Several national dailies have carried a news item on 16.08.2012 conveying that Judicial Standards and Accountability B ..