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Strength of judges between AP and Telangana High Court to be of 60:40 ratio 04 April 2015
Hyderabad High Court has been informed by the Union Law Ministry, that the Supreme Court has agreed to divide the current sanctioned strength of 49 judges between AP and Telangana High Courts in the ratio of 60:40. This was informed...
Keywords: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Read MoreFormer Gujarat chief secretary appointed new Election commissioner 08 May 2015
Former Gujarat chief secretary Achal Kumar Jyoti has been appointed as Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacant positions in the commission. Shri Achal Kumar Jyoti is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1975 batch, he...
Keywords: CEC, Law Ministry, CEC, Law Ministry
Read MoreBJP Objects, Congress Supports Ban on Opinion Polls 16 November 2013
Will opinion poll results influence voters? Well, Election Commission thinks so. As the role of EC is to ensure free and fair conduct of polls, EC has written to the Law Secretary that it wants to implement the long proposed...
Keywords: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Opinion Polls ban proposal, Election Commission
Read MorePranab constitutes Committee to look into indirect tax suits 07 March 2012
As on March on September 2010, there were 83,213 litigations involving over Rs 59,000 crore of indirect taxes pending before Supreme Court, High Courts, CESTAT and Commissioner (Appeals). Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has constituted a committee to suggest steps to...
Keywords: trade associations. Standing Committee, Law Ministry, taxpayers, trade associations. Standing Committee
Read MoreJuvenile Justice act amendment, long pending 23 April 2015
The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to try juvenile in the age group of 16-18 under laws for adults for heinous crimes. Confirming the news, Union Minister of Law told media persons, "Juvenile Justice Act at has been approved...
Keywords: Juvenile Justice Board, Union Cabinet, Union Cabinet, Union Cabinet
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