Source: livemint.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the CBI from taking any coercive action against NGO Lawyers Collective and its founding members, senior lawyers Anand Grover and Indira Jaising. A bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre granted the interim protection till August 19, the next date of hearing. The CBI had registered
Source: greaterkashmir.com After holding several rounds of discussions with various stakeholders, the Law Ministry is ready to launch a cohesive insurance scheme for lawyers. The scheme includes medical, maternity, accidental and life benefits. Back in February, advocates in the capital and across many states, had held protests criticising the government for denying budgetary allocation for
Source: thekashmirimages.co New Delhi, Jul 14: With the country without a Law Commission since September last year, the Law Ministry has initiated the process of setting up the body which gives advice to the government on complex legal issues. The three-year term of the 21st Law Commission ended on August 31 last year. On at
Source: theprint.in New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government gave a fresh push to the proposed All-India Judicial Service (AIJS) in June this year, writing to the chief secretaries and high courts of states seeking their opinion. But just three months ago, the government had thought there was “no consensus” about the AIJS among high courts.
Source: tribune.com.pk ISLAMABAD: Terming the appointment of Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera as Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) against the rules and regulations, Ministry of Law and Justice has said that there is no need of filing a reference in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) or issuing a show cause notice for his termination. The law ministry quoted an
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Seeking to reduce the number of cases in which it is a party, the government may not approach the Supreme Court against high court orders where the financial implication is less than Rs 50 lakh. The government is “actively considering” to increase by five times the financial threshold of cases to
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The law ministry has cleared the files for appointment of five Supreme Court judges and forwarded them to the Prime Minister’s Office which will shortly take the President’s assent before they are notified, likely to be done within the next week. The SC currently has 23 judges. With the fresh appointments
