Eight months after his five-day fast at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar brought corruption into national focus, social activist Anna Hazare returned to the same venue on Sunday and shared the stage with senior opposition leaders, who backed his key ..
The existing procedure for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts, is based on the Supreme Court Judgment of October 6, 1993 in the case of Supreme Court Advocates on Record & Anr. Vs. Union of India and the Ad ..
The Government has said that the data regarding number of Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in the Courts is not maintained by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, as the matter falls exclusively within the jurisdiction of ..
The Government says that the right to recall and the right to reject are the issues along with other proposals of electoral reforms to be discussed in the meeting with all political parties. Giving this information in written reply to a question i ..
Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, has informed Parliament that the Government of West Bengal had sent a proposal for establishment of a Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri. The Chief Justice of the Calcutta Hi ..
The Government has said that it is seized of the matter of creation of an All India Judicial Service under article 312 of the Constitution which requires a Resolution to be passed by the Rajya Sabha enabling the Parliament to enact necessary laws. ..
The Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University in Lucknow has urged the Medical Council of India that graduation degrees be granted to SC and ST medical students, who have repeatedly failed to clear the final exams. A few of them have been try ..
The parliamentary standing committee examining the Lokpal bill has finalised its report on the bill as the meeting discussed the draft of the bill. Committee chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the draft prepared by the standing committee will l ..
As per the List available on the website of the Supreme Court, 306 advocates have been designated as senior advocates by the Supreme Court as on 01.11.2011. As per the provisions of the Advocates Act, 1961, there shall be two classes of advocat ..
Public Prosecutors are appointed by the concerned State Governments as well by the Central Government under Criminal Procedure Code 1973 and / or under relevant provisions of special statues . Giving this information in written reply to a quest ..