Chhatisgarh High Court Additional Judges Appointed In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Nawal Kishore Agarwal, Shri Pritinkar Diwaker and Shri Ran ..
Social Justice Minister Expresses Concern over Low Conviction Rate for Cases of Atrocities against SC/STs The Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Mukul Wasnik has expressed concern over low conviction rate for cases of atrocit ..
Resolution Nofifying Constitution of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) Issued The Resolution notifying the constitution of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) was issued today by the Government of India. ..
Law, not equity must prevail: SC The Supreme Court has ruled that law should prevail over equity and that judges should not legislate as it would be violative of the basic democratic principles. A bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan S ..
Additional Judges of Bombay High Court Appointed In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Tanaji Vishwas Nalawade, (2) Shri Madatali Noormohammed ..
Voting Rights to NRIs The Representation of People Act, 1951 has already been amended vide the Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 2010 (36 of 2010) so as to enable the citizens of India, who are away from their ordinary place of residence ..
Law on manual scavenging ban half-hearted effort: NHRC It is a matter of "national shame" that manual scavenging has not completely stopped in the country, NHRC chairperson K G Balakrishnan said and described the 1993 Act for its prohi ..
Working Days in Courts The working days in the High Courts are regulated by the rules framed by the respective Courts. According to available information, all High Courts in the country normally have 210 working days in a year. The number of wor ..
Age of Marriage The Law Commission of India in its 205th Report had made recommendation for a uniform age of marriage of 18 years for both boys and girls. However, the Government is of the view that the difference in the age of marriage (21 year ..
Govt to complete budgetary exercise by 24th March: Bansal The govt proposes to complete the exercise for passage of general budget for 2011-12 in Parliament by 24th March, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said. Finance Minist ..