Oil Ministry leaks: Jaipal Reddy ensured only three officials handle filesJaipal Reddy cut down on leaks by ensuring that the details of deliberations were known only to three senior civil servants.
23 Feb, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
Holes and gaps in National Tax Tribunal Act: Supreme CourtThe bench, also said there cannot be any comparison with the model adopted in United Kingdom for dealing with the tax matters.
23 Jul, 2014, 07.07 PM IST
Judges should not 'shirk' cases, says Fali S NarimanComing down on Judges who recuse themselves from hearing certain cases, senior SC advocate Fali S Nariman today said Judges should not 'shi...
29 Jun, 2014, 03.35 PM IST
Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Solicitor General S G Parasaran tender resignationsSince the tenure of law officers is co-terminus with that of the government, they tendered their resignations according to convention.
27 May, 2014, 09.05 PM IST
AUSPI seeks rejection of COAI plea on Tata TeleservicesAlleging distortion of facts by COAI, AUSPI asked DoT to reject the rival association's plea to take back spectrum from Tata Teleservices i...
13 Jun, 2013, 09.22 PM IST
Ministry of mines to invite bids for mine leaseThe decision will help the ministry to clear the backlog of applications and help address investor worries over the slow pace of clearances.
07 Feb, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Rohinton F Nariman resigns as Solicitor General of IndiaThere has been speculation Nariman was unhappy over certain directions of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the ministry.
04 Feb, 2013, 02.27 PM IST
SC seeks clarification on legal sanctity behind FDI in retailThe Supreme Court on Friday sought the assistance of top law officers, that of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, in hearing a ...
05 Oct, 2012, 03.21 PM IST
- No stay on Kudankulam plant, Supreme Court agrees to examine its safety
The Supreme Court today refused to stay loading of fuel for nuclear power plant at Kudankulam but agreed to examine the risk associated wit...
13 Sep, 2012, 05.46 PM IST
Supreme Court: Don’t allow Green Tribunal judges to goThe Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the government’s shoddy treatment of the members of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) while r...
14 Jul, 2012, 04.58 AM IST
- Alternative route for Sethu project not economical: Report
The govt today told SC that alternative alignment other than mythological Ram Sethu for Sethusamudram project was not economically and ecol...
02 Jul, 2012, 02.41 PM IST
- Supreme Court seeks Centre, Odisha response on PIL against Naxals' release
The Supreme Court sought response from the Centre and the Odisha government on a petition seeking to restrain the release of jailed Maoists.
19 Apr, 2012, 02.43 PM IST
- Action against Reliance in three-four weeks: G C Chaturvedi, Oil Secretary
Reliance has built facilities to handle 80 million cubic metres per day of gas production, but the fields are producing less than 42 mmcmd.
22 Nov, 2011, 01.56 PM IST
- Centre can use Special Police Officers to combat insurgents: SC
The Supreme Court clarified that they were free to use the services of SPOs in fighting insurgent groups in the country, except in Chattisg...
18 Nov, 2011, 08.24 PM IST
- RIL-led consortium owes government money on KG: SG
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas sought legal opinion last month when the CAG was in the process of finalizing its report,
14 Sep, 2011, 06.41 AM IST
- Rohinton Nariman appointed as new solicitor general
Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman as been appointed as the new solicitor-general.
23 Jul, 2011, 03.07 PM IST
- Rohinton Nariman on govt panel since 2009
Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam may be protesting against the denudation of dignity of law officer's office by political interference b...
11 Jul, 2011, 06.38 AM IST