Attorney General

Supreme Court asks Attorney General to assist in religious conversions case

A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar slammed the Tamil Nadu government for their opposition to a new plea asking for an investigation by NIA

Trump, his company and three of his children ordered to face NY fraud suit

The Trumps' motion to dismiss the civil fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James was denied Friday by state court Justice Arthur Engoron

Will stick to timelines, clear collegium recommendations: Govt tells SC

The AG reassured the bench and said he is personally looking into the 104 recommendations from High Court collegiums pending with the Centre

There was no proposal to reintroduce a modified NJAC, says Centre

The Centre further said that out of the 34 judge strength of the Supreme Court, 27 judges are working in the, which puts the vacancy to 7

Advise Centre to exercise restraint on comments: SC tells attorney general

In his maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha on December 7 and at a public event last week, vice president Jagdeep Dhankar criticised the Supreme Court's judgement overturning the NJAC

Give management of Amrapali to Uttar Pradesh: AG tells Supreme Court

Attorney General R Venkataramani, the court receiver for the Amrapali group projects, told the Supreme Court on Friday he is facing resistance from Noida and Greater Noida authorities in generating funds for the stalled projects and, if the situation remains so, the management of the company should be handed over to the Uttar Pradesh government. Home buyers, through their counsel, submitted the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) has completed construction of around 3,000 flats left incomplete by the Amrapali group but no electricity and water connections have been provided by the Noida and Greater Noida authorities. "I, as a court receiver and the Attorney General, am taking all efforts to generate more funds for completion of the stalled projects but Noida and Greater Noida have taken a stand that unused FAR (floor area ratio) should not be sold," Venkataramani told a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi. Floor Area Ratio is the ratio of a building's tot

Credit Suisse to pay $495 mn to settle case linked to 2008 financial crisis

The Swiss bank said in a statement on Monday that it's "fully provisioned" for the payment, which will resolve claims tied to more than $10 billion in such securities

New York Attorney General moves court to block Trump from moving assets

New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a state court to block the Trump Organization from moving its assets from Manhattan to an entity in Delaware and continuing "it's decade long fraud"

Centre tells SC it wants more compensation for Bhopal gas leak victims

Attorney General says tragedy continues for victims, will pursue its 12-year-old curative petition for them

DMRC would fall into a debt trap if it raises loans to pay DAMEPL: AG

The court has now given the Delhi Metro two weeks to work out the modalities for payment of the arbitration award to DAMEPL. The case will now be heard on October 31.

Newsmaker: Constitutional law is new Attorney General Venkataramani's forte

With his appointment as AG, the many constitutional law matters that are pending before the Supreme Court will receive specialised attention

Mukul Rohatgi declines Centre's offer to be next Attorney General

The Centre had offered the post of AG to Rohatgi earlier this month to succeed K K Venugopal, 91, whose term will end on September 30

Trump, adult children sued by New York attorney general for fraud

New York's attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, DC. Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat's three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Trump Organisation. Trump's three eldest children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants, along with two longtime company executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney. The lawsuit seeks to strike at the core of what made Trump famous, taking a blacklight to the image of wealth and opulence he's embraced throughout his career first as a real estate developer, then as a reality TV host on The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, and later as president. James, a Democrat, was to announce details of the lawsuit at a news conference on Wednesday. The case showed up on a court ..

In defence of the realm, again: Meet Mukul Rohatgi, the next AG for India

Mukul Rohatgi has fought some controversial cases. principal among these is the Aadhaar case that was challenged on grounds that its technology was a threat to privacy

Advocate Mukul Rohatgi to serve as India's Attorney General for second time

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is set to become the Attorney General for India again; he will begin his second stint as the top law officer of the country from October 1

Attorney General Venugopal raises three questions on EWS reservation

A Constitution bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and JB Pardiwala said this on Thursday

Goan-origin Suella Fernandes Braverman to be next UK Home Secretary

She was Chairman of Cambridge Conservatives whilst studing at the University there. She was a post-graduate student at the Paris Sorbonne and speaks fluent French and Spanish

Attorney General K K Venugopal to stay in post for three more months

Senior advocate K.K. Venugopal has agreed to continue as the Attorney General (AG) for three more months following a request from the Central government, sources said on Wednesday.

Senior advocate K K Venugopal likely to get fresh term as A-G: Report

Senior advocate K K Venugopal may get a fresh term as Attorney General for India, sources in the govt said on Tuesday

SC initiates suo moto case on forming guidelines in death penalty matters

The bench indicated that it would lay down guidelines to be followed by courts across the country in connection with cases involving death sentences