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SC questions appointment process of EC Arun Goel, AG for Centre asks court to hold its mouth
The bench said 1985-batch IAS officer Goel got voluntary retirement from service in a single day, his file was cleared by the Law Ministry in a single day
Over 4.09 crore cases pending in district courts, 59 lakh in high courts, about 70K in Supreme Court: Law Ministry
Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha that disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of the judiciary and that the government has no role in disposal
Kerala HC directs EC to hold polls for three Rajya Sabha seats before tenure of current Assembly ends
The state Assembly and the ruling CPM had challenged the EC's decision to keep in abeyance proceedings for the proposed election to three vacancies from the state in the Rajya Sabha
Union Budget 2021: Law Ministry allocated Rs 1,005 crore to buy EVMs, Rs 7.20 crore for publishing voter ID cards
The Union law ministry has also been allocated Rs 100 crore to meet the Election Commission's "carry forward liability" for expenditure on the 2019 Lok Sabha election
Don't presume what SC will say on Article 370 restoration, Omar Abdullah tells Ravi Shankar Prasad
Even as the SC is hearing multiple pleas on the matter, Prasad, the Union law minister, on Saturday said the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 "will not be restored"
Centre exploring possibility of single voter list for LS, Assembly, local body polls to avoid discrepancies
An official said this development is not linked to simultaneous polls, as the latter refers to holding Lok Sabha and Assembly polls together in the Indian context
40 electoral reforms pending, EC tells law ministry; asks for false affidavits to be made electoral offence, linking of Aadhaar with voters list
A statement by the Election Commission said CEC Sunil Arora reminded the law ministry brass that there are more than 40 different proposals of electoral reforms which are 'pending since long'
Law ministry appoints Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court; post was vacant since last November
Justice Vikram Nath, who is currently a judge in the Allahabad High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, the Law Ministry said on Sunday
Days after CJI Ranjan Gogoi wrote to Narendra Modi, Cabinet increases strength of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved increasing the number of judges in the Supreme Court from the present 30 to 33, excluding the chief justice.
INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea requests Delhi court for lawyer so she can turn approver
Indrani Mukerjea appeared through video conference from Byculla jail where she is lodged in Sheena Bora murder case
Law ministry grants CBI sanction to prosecute P Chidambaram in INX media money laundering case
On 25 January, the investigative agency told the Delhi High Court that it wanted to carry out custodial interrogation of P Chidambaram in the case, in which the court had reserved its judgment.
Budget 2019: Law Ministry gets additional Rs 666.66 crore for conducting Lok Sabha polls
The Law Ministry has been allocated an additional sum of over Rs 666 crore for conducting Lok Sabha elections due this summer.
Nearly 4,500 cases pending per high court judge, shows law ministry data; pendency caused by delay in judicial appointments
Each high court judge is saddled with nearly 4,500 pending cases, according to the law ministry. At the same time, each judge of the subordinate judiciary has nearly 1,300 cases pending, the same data shows.
Election Commission to ask Law Ministry to make false declarations grounds to disqualify candidate, push for more electoral reforms
The Election Commission (EC) will make a fresh push for electoral reforms with the government, including making filing of false declaration a ground for disqualification and putting a cap on expenditure by candidates in legislative council polls, in the coming days.
Citizens without a PAN card could soon be allowed to withdraw their Aadhaar number: Report
The move will give all citizens the option to opt out of the Aadhaar system letting them withdraw their Aadhaar number.
DoT awaiting in-flight connectivity norms clearance by the Law Ministry
Telecom Commission on 1 May had approved in-flight connectivity, facilitating both voice and data calls.
Rules of in-flight mobile connectivity to be notified soon; awaiting law ministry's nod: Telecom minister Manoj Sinha
Telecom Ministry is currently awaiting the views of Law Ministry on in-flight connectivity rules and is hopeful of notifying the norms soon thereafter, Manoj Sinha said.
Bail plea of journalist Upendra Rai in money laundering case rejected; Delhi court says allegations serious
Upendra Rai was arrested on 8 June by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at the Tihar Jail here, moments after he secured bail in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.
Happy #MeToo movement has reached India, but shouldn't be used to 'target people who've offended us', says Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi said a lot of steps have been taken to empower women to speak up, and she is happy that the #MeToo campaign has begun in the country.
Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next Chief Justice of India; swearing-in ceremony on 3 October
Highly placed sources had confirmed on 1 September that Justice Misra had decided to go by convention and recommend the name of Justice Gogoi, who is next in seniority to him, to succeed him.