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Pending cases may touch 50 million mark in two months: Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the number of pending cases across various courts could touch the five crore mark in a couple of months. Expressing concern over the issue of pendency, he said while such cases are likely to come down in the Supreme Court and high courts, the "real challenge" is in the lower courts. Addressing an event at the Delhi High Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, the minister said the number of pending cases is inching towards the five crore mark and flagged the issue of inadequate infrastructure in lower courts. Till a few months back, the pending cases were estimated at 4.83 crores. "I try to analyse about the bottleneck when we take the numbers. It is inching towards the five crore pendency. It is a matter of great concern," he said. Rijiju said he has to reply on the pendency issue in Parliament and elsewhere. "It is really difficult for me to answer ... it is about to reach five crore. At the present rate, maybe

'Should not have happened', SC on Law Minister's remarks on collegium

The Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's recent comment on the collegium system of appointing judges, saying it should not have happened

Rijiju disapproves of protests by lawyers over collegium recommendations

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday disapproved of protests by certain lawyer bodies against the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium to transfer some high court judges. Addressing an event here to felicitate newly appointed Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, he said if strikes become a recurring phenomenon for every decision taken by the collegium, "then where will it lead to". Bar bodies of Gujarat, Telangana and Madras high courts have protested the decision of the collegium to transfer some judges. "Yesterday, I heard some of the lawyers want to meet the chief justice of India for transfer case. Now the issue may be, if you look from isolation, it may be one of the issues. But if this becomes a recurring instance for every decision taken by the collegium, on which it is being supported by the government, then where will it lead to. Then the whole dimension will change," Rijiju said.

CLAT 2024 Exam Schedule: Test in December 2023; registrations to begin soon

The registration process for CLAT 2023 is still underway. CLAT 2023 is scheduled to be conducted on December 18, 2022

New issue pricing onus may put independent directors in a spot: Experts

Experts feel Sebi diktat may deter those with non-financial background from joining boards

Mehta urges SCO members to work on eliminating transnational economic crime

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday urged the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to work together to eliminate the threat of transnational economic crimes by enhancing mutual trust, understanding, cooperation and communication, the Union Law Ministry said. Mehta and additional secretary (legal affairs) in the law ministry Anju Rathi Rana led the Indian delegation at the 20th meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO member states on Friday in Astana, Kazakhstan. In a statement, the law ministry said the 20th meeting of Prosecutors General was also attended by Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Asylov B N, Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China Zhang Jun, Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic Zulushev K T, Additional Attorney-General of Pakistan Rashdeen Nawaz Kasuri, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Krasnov I V, Prosecutor General of Tajikistan Rakhmon Yu A, Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Yuldashev N T and SCO Secretary ..

Judiciary, legislature, executive need to work in tandem: Kiren Rijiju

Judiciary, legislature and executive face unique challenges but they will have to work together to solve the problems of a vast country like India, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said

CJI N V Ramana recommends Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor

Justice Ramana, who is set to demit office on August 26 on superannuation, on Wednesday received a communication from the Minister of Law and Justice to nominate his successor

Chief Justice Ramana requested by Law Minister to nominate successor

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, who is set to demit office on August 26 on superannuation, on Wednesday received a communication from the Law and Justice Minister to nominate his successor.

No decision on UCC for now, some writ petitions are pending in SC: Rijiju

Law Minister says matter on setting up regional branches of Supreme Court is currently sub-judice

Not in favour that lawyers who speak English get more cases, fees: Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said regional and local languages should be promoted in proceedings at lower and high courts, while arguments and judgments in the Supreme Court can happen in English

Law minister Rijiju expresses concern over rise in pending cases in courts

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the speed at which the number of pending cases is rising in various courts of the country is a matter of concern.

No fresh proposal received to increase number of SC judges: Govt tells LS

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1986 augmented the strength of the Supreme Court judges from 17 to 25, excluding the CJI

Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns from Cong ahead of Punjab polls

'Congress is not the party that it was. We don't have a transformative and inspiring leadership to lead the party,' says Kumar

CEC, ECs interacted with PM's Office after Law Ministry note: Report

Meeting allegedly raises questions of propriety and was held despite creating a flutter in the commission about the ministry's note.

Reeta Vasishta appointed new legislative secretary in Law Ministry

Senior Indian Legal Service officer Reeta Vasishta has been appointed as the new legislative secretary in the Law Ministry. Vasishta was so far an additional secretary in the Legislative Department of the ministry and she assumed her new responsibility on Monday. The post of legislative secretary was lying vacant since early May following the death of G Narayan Raju due to COVID-19. Following Raju's demise, Law Secretary Anup Mendiratta was holding the additional charge of the legislative department. Considered the top draftsperson of the government, the legislative secretary is responsible for drafting and clearing key legislative proposals before they are introduced in Parliament. "Hearty congratulations to Dr Reeta Vasishta on being appointed as Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law & Justice, Govt of India. My best wishes to her, and looking forward to work together as a team," Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted.

From 1,095 days to 306: Quicker disposal of commercial disputes

The number of days it takes in trial and judgment of commercial disputes has come down significantly in Delhi and Mumbai

Justice Malimath appointed acting chief justice of Himachal Pradesh HC

Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath was on Monday appointed as the acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the Law Ministry said

All HC websites now have captchas, accessible to disabled people: Govt

All websites of the high courts now have captchas that are accessible to people with disabilities, the law ministry said on Sunday.

Not okay with profit-making firms lecturing us on democracy: IT minister

The law minister also touched upon Twitter's decision to flag the tweets of some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as 'manipulated media'.