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  Government clears five names for appointment as Supreme Court judges: Know who they are

  India | June 01, 2026 9:04 IST

  Earlier, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a proposal to raise the number of sanctioned judges in the Supreme Court. The approved increase was intended to expand the strength from 33 to 38 judges, including the Chief Justice.

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  Supreme Court to restore 2nd and 4th Saturdays as working days from July 14 | Details here

  India | June 16, 2025 22:57 IST

  According to the new notification, the Supreme Court's offices will now function from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on all working days, excluding designated holidays and partial working days.

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  Law Ministry plans to table 'One Nation, One Election' report before Cabinet under '100-day agenda'

  India | June 14, 2024 17:08 IST

  The high-level committee on ‘One Nation, One Election’, headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind, had submitted its report to President Droupadi Murmu on March 15, and recommended simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha, state Assemblies.

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  Delay in delivery of justice a major hindrance: PM Modi

  India | October 15, 2022 12:17 IST

  Law ministers conference in Gujarat: The conference witnessed discussions revolving around topics like alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as arbitration and mediation for quick and affordable justice; upgrading overall legal infrastructure.

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  Former Finance Secy Rajiv Kumar appointed new Election Commissioner, to replace Ashok Lavasa

  India | August 21, 2020 23:48 IST

  Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner, will replace Ashok Lavasa on August 31, the Law Ministry in a statement said.

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  Election Commission's big push for stricter laws against false disclosure, bribery during polls

  India | December 23, 2018 16:59 IST

  While the Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the EC, the Legislative Department is the nodal unit for issues related to the poll panel.  

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  Matters relating to sexual abuse should be allowed to be reported without any time limit: Maneka Gandhi

  India | October 08, 2018 14:38 IST

  Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said that she has asked the Law Ministry to not keep any age limit to report child sexual abuse, allowing people to complain about what has happened to them even "10-15 years later".

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  Law Ministry proposes to set up special fast track courts across India to try rape cases

  India | July 10, 2018 17:07 IST

  The Department of Justice had informed the Cabinet Secretary on June 14 that the draft is ready and awaiting approval of the Law Minister. 

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  Indu Malhotra set to be Supreme Court judge, Justice KM Joseph's elevation still on hold

  India | April 26, 2018 15:20 IST

  Malhotra will be the first woman judge to be appointed to the top post directly from the bar.

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  Law panel unlikely to submit uniform civil code report to govt this year

  India | August 26, 2017 20:34 IST

  The government has already said that it will take the report to an all-party meet it will convene to decide on the future course of action.

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  Work to reduce govt litigation: Law panel to tell Centre

  India | May 07, 2017 13:59 IST

  The Law Commission met here on Friday to finalise the draft National Litigation Policy which is likely to be submitted to the Law Ministry next week.

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  In a first, Law ministry to launch its own TV channel to discuss issues like triple talaq, uniform civil code: Report

  India | March 16, 2017 8:45 IST

  Ministry of Law and Justice is all set to launch its own TV channel that will focus on discussing constitutional aspects of key issues like triple talaq and the uniform civil code.

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  Law Ministry clears proposal to amend 147-year-old Christian divorce law

  India | September 09, 2016 14:38 IST

  The Union Law Ministry on Friday cleared a proposal to amend a 147-year-old divorce law to halve the separation period for Christian couples seeking to file for divorce by mutual consent.

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  Uniform civil code: Law Commission asked to examine implications

  India | July 01, 2016 17:21 IST

  New Delhi: In a move that is likely to trigger a heated political debate ahead of crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Centre has asked the Law Commission to "examine" the implications of implementing the

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  India’s top courts take 10-15 years to decided on a case, says Law ministry study

  India | June 22, 2016 12:25 IST

  stays on proceedings ordered by India’s top courts – High Courts and the Supreme Court – leads to delays in trial of up to 6.5 years.

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  Govt study points to judicial ‘in’efficiency, says more judges do not mean lower pendency

  India | June 20, 2016 13:24 IST

  "There is no direct relation between judge-population ratio and the pending cases," said the study

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  EC seeks power to cancel polls in case of bribing of voters, to write to Law Ministry: Report

  India | June 06, 2016 10:08 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking legal powers to invalidate polls in case of credible evidence of bribing of voters, the Election Commission is set to write to the Law Ministry proposing an amendment to Section 58A of

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  Budget 2016: Rs 900 crore for Law Ministry for administration of justice

  February 29, 2016 20:59 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to help speed up disposal of pending cases, the Law Ministry has been provided with Rs 900 crore in the Union Budget for 'administration of justice', including setting up of

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  Over 2 crore cases pending in lower courts: Law Ministry

  India | February 09, 2016 14:47 IST

  New Delhi: Over two crore cases are pending in the country's lower courts, out of which over 41 per cent are less than two-year-old while over 10 per cent are pending for over a decade,

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  President returns HRD ministry file recommending sacking of Viswa Bharati VC

  India | September 23, 2015 23:42 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today returned the file of the HRD ministry recommending sacking of Visva Bharati Vice Chancellor Sushanta Duttagupta and asked it to seek a legal opinion before any decision can be