SC notice to Centre on plea against Delhi HC order on population controlThe appeal filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has challenged the September 3 high court order, which said it was for Par...
10 Jan, 2020, 07.55 PM IST
Population control in India: Plea in Supreme Court against Delhi HC orderThe plea in the high court had claimed that the population of India had "marched ahead" of China, as about 20 per cent of Indians did not h...
19 Nov, 2019, 05.45 PM IST
K K Venugopal assumes charge as Attorney GeneralVenugopal, 86, was appointed the top law officer after Rohatgi stepped down ending his three-year term on June 11. Venugopal is the recipie...
03 Jul, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
K K Venugopal front-runner for Attorney General's postHe also represented the Madhya Pradesh Government during the hearing of National Judicial Appointments Commission Act.
27 Jun, 2017, 08.36 PM IST
View: NJAC addresses flaws of old systems, Supreme Court should not have set it asideThe collegium system came into being from a Supreme Court judgment of 1993 and another of 1998. The system has not worked very satisfactori...
23 Oct, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
Indian Oil Corp bags 'leading oil & gas corporate' awardState-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) today walked away with top honours at the annual Petrofed Awards, bagging the Leading Oil & Gas Corporate...
15 Jul, 2015, 05.41 PM IST
Collegium system good but implementation faulty: Supreme CourtFor the first time, the Supreme Court on Tuesday conceded that the collegium system of judges appointing judges has not worked well.
17 Jun, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
NJAC Act violates 'basic structure' of Constitution, SC toldSCAORA, Bar Association of India (BAI) and few others are challenging validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 2014.
28 Apr, 2015, 07.53 PM IST
Collegium illegal, NJAC will work better: GovernmentThe court should not examine the validity of a law before it is notified, he said. Rohatgi assured the court that the NJAC would work bette...
19 Mar, 2015, 05.07 AM IST
NJAC to give executive the final say on judicial appointments: Fali S NarimanNariman was appearing for the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCORA) before a three-judge bench.
18 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Markandey Katju unlike others in his illustrious family: HR BhardwajThe judge in question died few years ago, and decision over him was mostly taken in early phase of first UPA govt that came to power in 200...
23 Jul, 2014, 11.18 AM IST
IOC, ONGC, GAIL sweep PetroFed oil & gas awardsIndian Oil Corp (IOC) was adjudged the Leading Oil & Gas Corporate of the Year and the Oil & Gas Marketing - Company of the Year.
30 Jun, 2013, 11.28 AM IST
MNREGA funds: Rights activist alleges misappropriationNoted rights activist Avadhash Kaushal threatened to complain to the Planning Commission against bureaucrats in Uttarakhand.
20 Apr, 2013, 02.26 PM IST
- Not against multi-member CAG, but want adequate powers: Vinod Rai
Rai said that the suggestion of multi-member CAG was made by the Justice Venkatachaliah committee that went into the issue of re-writing th...
15 Mar, 2013, 07.43 PM IST
Certainty of punishment deters crime: Justice VenkatachaliahJustice Venkatachaliah recalled that during his tenure as the Chairperson of NHRC, he had examined 60,000 complaints of abuse by the author...
06 Jan, 2013, 03.27 PM IST
- Parliamentary standing committee invites M N Venkatachaliah & J S Verma’s for their views to sought lokpal bill
PSC examining the Lokpal Bill has invited Venkatachaliah and Verma to present their views on the shape and jurisdiction of lokpal.
07 Oct, 2011, 06.13 AM IST
- Lokpal Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha tomorrow
Lokpal Bill, which aims to set up an anti-corruption watchdog in the country, will be introduced in the Lok Sabha tomorrow.
29 Sep, 2011, 10.05 AM IST