Conference on government litigation resolves to improve pleadings in courts, settle depts' divergent viewsGovernment officials met to tackle the vast number of cases involving the central government. Key issues like inconsistent legal interpreta...
02 Mar, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Karnataka HC issues notice to state over shortage of 16,000 medical professionalsActing on the PIL, the bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit issued the notices and adjourned the hearing. T...
09 Jan, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
EPFO to rope in young legal experts for litigation management & faster dispute resolutionThe Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will soon rope in 35 young professionals with expertise in legal matters to help the retirement ...
14 Nov, 2022, 02.58 PM IST
Judicial services, litigation policy, judge appointment priority for new Law Minister“The prime minister’s vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat also requires a robust legal system in the country,” he said and assured that the wor...
09 Jul, 2021, 08.12 AM IST
Ensure details about beds in Covid-19 hospitals are uploaded on web portal on real-time basis: Gujarat HCThe Gujarat High Court directed the state to ensure that details pertaining to the availability of beds in hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 ...
07 May, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
Joint & additional secretaries of ministries give 40 suggestions in interaction with PM ModiModi said speed of decision making is important and routine measures like making minutes of the meeting should not take more than 48 hours.
12 Oct, 2017, 11.25 PM IST
Raghav Chadha no longer AAP treasurer, Mishra claims he was 'removed'Deepak Bajpai rubbished Mishra's allegation and claimed that Chadha had "willingly relinquished" the post as he was already handling a numb...
09 Jun, 2017, 09.58 PM IST
Railways, IT, forest, finance, defence top litigants among Central ministriesAccording to data available on Legal Information Management and Briefing System (LIMBS), Railway Ministry has entered data related to 58,73...
11 Sep, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Government comes up with centralised data on pending casesLaw Secretary P K Malhotra has urged other Union Secretaries to appoint a joint secretary-level officer as the project coordinator to imple...
28 Jan, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Law Ministry wants action against officials who fail to file timely replies in courtsLaw Secretary P K Malhotra said it causes inconvenience to the courts, delays proceedings and leads to "unnecessary embarrassment" to the g...
30 Aug, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Sebi to raise headcount; to hire officers from tax departmentsBesides, Sebi would recruit four officers for its Information Systems department, 10 in Legal department and 25 officers in the general str...
12 Apr, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
Thai junta rejects Yingluck Shinawatra's request to travel overseasYingluck has also been impeached by the National Legislative Assembly after the National Anti-Corruption Commission filed a motion against ...
09 Feb, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
Bureaucrats now on PM Narendra Modi's radarA political commentator observed whatever Modi may do, he would never be able to handle New Delhi babus as he did the ones in Gujarat.
16 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Coal ministry to appoint additional JS to cope with increased workloadThe coal ministry will create a new position at the joint secretary level to handle increased workload post coalgate scam. A team of about ...
04 Sep, 2013, 05.47 PM IST
- 2G scam case: Court proceedings interrupted by striking lawyers
Special CBI Judge O P Saini adjourned the matter till tomorrow after the members of the bar association interrupted the proceedings thrice.
12 Jan, 2012, 02.57 PM IST
Govt may recast cabinet panel on KG gas disputeGovt may reconstitute its eGOM on gas allocation as it looks to play a more active role to safeguard its interests should the long-running ...
30 Jun, 2009, 02.17 AM IST
- Ship-breakers desert Alang yard
The hands that used to work on mammoth ocean liners and crude carriers and generated revenues worth Rs 80,000 crore till 2008 in one of the...
23 Apr, 2008, 04.41 AM IST