Students in Moldova to be back soon: Govt tells SCAttorney General KK Venugopal informed a Chief Justice of India NV Ramana-led bench that the students, including those from Kashmir, had re...
05 Mar, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
Tell Govt to Help Students to Cross Over to Moldova: CJI to AGThe CJI empathised with the students but was hesitant to wade into the issue. The government is already doing what it can, the CJI said.
04 Mar, 2022, 12.32 AM IST
Farmers' protests must end: Centre in Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court had, on January 2, 2021, stayed the three farm laws, but the protesting farmers had refused to accept anything short of a...
05 Oct, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Attorney General KK Venugopal term extended by one yearVenugopal was appointed as AG on July 1, 2017. He took over as the 15th Attorney General of India after former AG Mukul Rohatgi resigned.
28 Jun, 2021, 12.26 PM IST
SC asks govt to act on collegium recommendations within 3 monthsThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to act on long-pending collegium recommendations within three months as the delay in app...
15 Apr, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
AG stresses on gender sensitisation, tells SC about need to educate judgesWhen Venugopal said there should be gender sensitisation, the bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, observed...
02 Nov, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
GST compensation fund, cess can stay beyond 5 years if steep fall in revenue continues: Attorney GeneralThe country’s top law officer, however, said any decision to extend the cess beyond the five-year period would require endorsement by a thr...
31 Aug, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
Directive to pay 100% dues to staff in lockdown ‘unrealistic’: SCThe government should balance the rights of both employees and employers in dealing with such issues, a top court bench led by Justice Asho...
05 Jun, 2020, 12.16 AM IST
Wrote to SC in personal capacity: Attorney General KK VenugopalThe top court’s in-house panel, comprising three sitting judges, has given a clean chit to the CJI.
10 May, 2019, 11.18 PM IST
Lokpal appointment process progressing, Centre tells SCThe CJI, however, did not agree, but asked the central government to come back to it with information within 10 days.
08 Mar, 2019, 09.46 AM IST
Rafale Case: Who said what in the five-hour long Supreme Court hearingIn almost five long hour session, the apex court heard arguments from petitioners and the govt on the Rafale case.
14 Nov, 2018, 09.26 PM IST
CJI bench to centre: What about Cauvery scheme?A three-judge bench led by CJI Dipak Misra asked AG KK Venugopal to tell the court on Monday progress made in framing the scheme, while ord...
04 May, 2018, 07.46 AM IST
Supreme Court & AG Exchange heated words on SC/ST Act reviewThe observations by a bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit came after the Centre, represented by Attorney General K K Venugopal, sought...
04 May, 2018, 07.29 AM IST
Make impossible possible, complete NRC by May 31: Supreme CourtThe verdict comes in the wake of a plea that said work related to the publication of the final NRC would not be completed by May 31; next h...
21 Feb, 2018, 07.18 AM IST
KK Venugopal to meet CJI today, hopes for positive outcomeThe meeting comes in wake of the allegations made by four Supreme Court judges against the CJI at a first of its kind press conference held...
13 Jan, 2018, 01.24 PM IST
AG opposes Jaypee plan in Supreme CourtAppearing for the parent company, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said that if this was plan were to be disallowed both companies would go into...
26 Oct, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Government objects to use of ‘Orwellian’ for Aadhaar, says it’s must for plugging leaksAttorney General took “strong exception” to the use of terminology such as concentration camp and totalitarian state in court to describe t...
08 Jul, 2017, 12.20 AM IST