India Legal News

 India Legal News: The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that experience shows that the best guarantee for safeguarding the public interest is to have strong and independent-minded editors. Today, they are an endangered species.

 India Legal News: The statement released by the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions brought important legislations to check corruption and to put in place measures for ensuring time-bound services for citizens. Further measures were initiated to make bureaucracy accountable and effective.

 STATEMENT BY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER IN LOK SABHA ON COURT HEARING IN TOMSK (RUSSIA) ON BHAGWAD GITA

 India Legal News: the President has appointed Shri Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shri Manindra Mohan Shrivastava as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of two years with effect from 10th December 2011. The appointment was made in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India.

 India Legal News: Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Dharinidhar Jha today were appointed as judges of Allahabad High Court.  Justice Ajai Lamba was previously with the Punjab and Haryana High Court whereas Justice Dharindhar Jha was a Patna High court Judge. With these 2 additions the number of judges in Allahabad High Court has reached 79.

 India Legal News:  In written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice said that 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. The case recorded was Supreme Court Advocates on Record & Anr. Vs. Union of India and the Advisory Opinion dated October 28, 1998.

 India Legal News:  The Law ministry has taken a note 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 higher judiciary. The matter of entertaining or curbing PILs is within the domain of the Courts in which they are filed.

 India Legal News: A Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri (North Bengal) is possible in near future. The Ministry of Law & Justice informed that the Government of West Bengal had sent a proposal for establishment of a Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri.

 India Legal News: 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 in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the matter involves deep study and careful consideration in consultation with the political parties before a decision could be arrived at. 

 India Legal News: 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. This information was given by the Minister of Law & Justice Shri Salman Khurshid in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.