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  The Central Government has recently created a new Department of Disability Affairs which was earlier a part of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. On the initiative of the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Mukul Wasnik, the proposal..

  General power of attorney has no legal sanctity: SC                                                     ..

Tightening up the process for grant of arms licence, Government on Thursday decided to make mandatory a police verification report on the applicant before the document is issued to him. span id="HtmlPC_NBod..

  National Legal Mission to Reduce Average Pendency Time from 15 Years to 3 Years National Litigation Policy Document Released span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Rom..

The Supreme Court has disapproved retired judges charging exorbitant fees in arbitration cases. A bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Dattu, while dismissing the appeal of the Centre challenging a Delhi High Court order appointing a retired judge of a High Court as sole arbitrator in a dispute between the Railways and a contractor, n..

President Pratibha Patil has had a busy few days with the transfers of High Court Judges. Justice Anil Ramesh Dave, Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has been transferred to the Bombay High Court. Justice Dave has been asked to assume charge on or before February 15. Also, there has been an exchange in the High Cour..

The Union Government and Judiciary are once again on crossroad on the issue of the appointment of Judges of High Court and the Supreme Court. According to sources, Government wants the Judges to be selected from its list of the candidates and Union Law Ministry is understood to have circulated a draft proposal to this effect. At present the SC collegium, headed by the Ch..

NEW DELHI: Judges cannot do with merely dictating a portion of the judgement as such a practice would render the entire judgement invalid, the Supreme Court has said. A judgement has to be pronounced in an open court by the judge to the shorthand writer in the form of a dictation wherever it is permissible as stipulated under Order 20, Rule 1 of the CPC (..

A delegation of Indian Bar Council, led by its chairman Suraj Narayan Prasad Sinha, appreciated the initiatives taken by Gujarat to implement qualitative changes for expediting justice delivery system, especially the evening courts, which had remarkably reduced the number of pending cases before the court. The delegation, comprising office-bearers of various state bar councils and eminent lawy..

The Supreme Court restrained all courts across the country from passing any order inconsistent with the apex court order dated September 29, 2009 banning all constructions of religious places like temples, mosques, churches and Gurudwara etc. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari issued the directions when Solicitor General of India Gopal Subr..

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City-based law firm, Y J Trivedi and Co, has gained international recognition as ''Highly commended law firm of the year in Asia Pacific region'' at the 2009 World leaders international IP awards. The Company, started by High Court lawyer Y J Trivedi in 1970, specialises in intellectual property rights and patent related issues. It..

At first glance the most recent numbers on central finances are reassuring with overall performance broadly in line with the budget estimates, as pointed out in the Mid-Year Review of the Economy. But a closer look at the more detailed ministry-wise spending patterns show some very disconcerting trends. For one there is a sharp disparity in the share of budget alloc..

THE Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has issued instructions to identify sensitive posts in various Ministries/Departments of the Union Government. The Commission has issued instructions to the organizations under its advisory jurisdiction regarding rotation of officials working in sensitive posts. As per the instructions, the organizations were to identify the se..

Over 30,000 tax litigations are pending in the Income Tax Appelate Tribunals across the country, though most of these appeals are filed by the tax department and not the assessees, Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam said in the Lok Sabha today.  ITATs accross the country have 30,303 cases pending till June 30 this year of which more than 77 per ce..