

Friday 21 August '09
Justice D V Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka HC has said that 'it’s a misnomer to think that the judges of the superior courts are not ready to disclose their assets.'Thursday 20 August '09
He is a former ruler of a princely state that became part of India post-Independence. He was the last ADC to Mountbatten....Wednesday
19 August '09Having put in place a law to provide 5 per cent reservation for Gurjjars, Banjaras, Gadias, Lohars and Raikars in educational institutions and posts in the state services....Monday
17 August '09The Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, on Sunday said if Parliament enacted a law making it mandatory for judges of the Supreme Court...Monday
17 August '09The country’s oldest public sector undertaking (PSU) is all set to play a major role in ushering in a new era in the way elections are conducted in the country.Saturday
15 August '09On Sunday, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses a conference of chief ministers and chief justices at Vigyan Bhawan, he is expected...Tuesday
11 August '09Pointing out that it was raised for the purpose of “ensuring security of the borders and to promote a sense of security among the people living in border areas.....Tuesday
11 August '09Unable to find a way out of the stalemate over controversial amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the Union Ministry of Home Affairs....Monday
10 August '09England has the Laws of Halsbury while the USA has the annual Restatement of Laws. Now, very soon, India will also have something similar.....Sunday
9 August '09Forced by the Opposition to shelve the judges’ assets Bill, Union Minster for Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily has ruled out fresh deliberations...Saturday
8 August '09The Law Commission of India has asked the Union Law and Justice Ministry to ensure that “uncle-judges” syndrome is eliminated by not posting....Friday
7 August '09The Supreme Court collegium is likely to recommend the transfer of Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav, who was indicted...Thursday
6 August '09Buta Singh, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, is no stranger to controversy.Monday
3 August '09The Union Law Ministry is all set to introduce the Judges (Declaration of Assets & Liabilities) Bill, 2009, in the Lok Sabha on Monday....Wednesday
29 July '09The Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday again passed the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, the only amendment being the inclusion of terroristTuesday
28 July '09Three Union ministers are set to hold the much-awaited meeting on Tuesday to try and thrash out differences within the government....Tuesday
28 July '09Failure to set up even a single village court largely due to opposition from UP and West Bengal....Saturday
25 July '09Giving “in-principle” approval to the proposed Bill making it mandatory for judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts....Wednesday
22 July '09Union Law Secretary has told the Govt that it’s difficult to find any lacunae in Delhi HC judgment which struck down provisions in Section 377 of IPC.Monday
20 July '09President Pratibha Patil is set to discuss with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the 26 mercy petitions that are pending with her.Saturday
18 July '09Apart from sections of the Indian Penal Code, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Rita Bahaguna Joshi has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. A very strict law, the Act aims at preventing atrocities on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes....Wednesday
8 July '09Less than four days after Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan told The Indian Express that members of the judiciary would have no objection in disclosing...Wednesday
8 July '09He overstepped his deadline to submit the report on the demolition of the Babri structure by 16 years, but Justice (retd) Manmohan Singh Liberhan says that it took that amount of time to “clear all doubts”. “I have done my job with honesty. It is for you to decide if I have done my job properly,” he told The Indian Express.Monday
6 July '09Advocate Gaurav Banerjee, whose father Milon Banerjee was the Attorney General in the last government...Sunday
5 July '09Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said that no minister had called up Madras High Court judge R Reghupathy.