Court, Judiciary & Legal System SC shows dissatisfaction over Centre’s response on Lokpal matter July 24, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre’s response on appointment of search committee members for a Lokpal. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and Navin Sinha asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit giving relevant details of the search committee. During the hearing, Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal featured Justice Navin Sinha Justice R. Banumathi Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lokpal
Top Law News Centre tells Supreme Court: Process to appoint eminent jurist to select Lokpal underway April 17, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the process to fill up the vacancy of an eminent jurist in the selection committee for appointing Lokpal was going on. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi that recommendation for induction of an eminent jurist in the panel has been […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Justice Ranjan Gogoi Lokpal Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court agrees to interpret LoP provision for Lokpal August 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to decide by September 9 on the status of Leader of Opposition (to represent the Lokpal Selection committee) and made it clear that the Lokpal legislation could not be put into cold storage. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha and Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton […] Read more » Leader of Opposition Lokpal Lokpal selection process news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Search procedure for Lokpal a sham: Legal luminaries March 18, 2014 / March 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decision of eminent jurist Fali Nariman and Justice (retd) K.T. Thomas to call the government’s bluff by staying away from the search committee to prepare a shortlist for selecting the Lokpal has been hailed by legal luminaries. “As a member of the search committee they feel their presence is nominal and will not result […] Read more » Attorney General Soli Sorabjee Lokpal news retd Justice K.T. Thomas Search procedure for Lokpal a sham todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Nariman declines to be part of Lokpal search panel February 28, 2014 / February 28, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent jurist Fali Nariman has refused to be part of the process to select the names for various posts of Lokpal, saying he fears that the multi- layered procedure could overlook the most competent, independent and courageous persons. In a letter to V Narayanasamy, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, Nariman said he […] Read more » eminent jurist Fali Nariman Lokayuktas Act 2013 Lokpal Nariman declines to be part of Lokpal search panel news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Seize property of the corrupt, says Bhushan February 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court advocate and AAP leader Prashant Bhushan favours seizing money earned dishonestly by corrupt officials and confiscation of their property. He also wants a rigorous process to select Lokpal members and to ensure the financial independence of investigative agencies to combat corruption. Bhushan was addressing a training programme for IAS officers and other senior […] Read more » AAP leader Prashant Bhushan Jan Lokpal bill Jindal Institute of Leadership Development Jindal School of Government and Public Policy Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Prior sanction needed for action against officials? SC reserves verdict February 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday reserved verdict on the validity of a legal provision that mandates the CBI to seek the government’s prior sanction before proceeding against an officer of the rank of joint secretary or above on charges of corruption. However, the six-bench constitution bench said that if it had to invalidate section 6A of […] Read more » 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act Central Vigilance Commission counsel Prashant Bhushan CVC Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dipak Misra Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice R.M. Lodha Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Government process to fill up Lokpal posts illegal: Jaitley January 21, 2014 / January 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday asked the government to withdraw the process it has initiated to fill up the posts of the chairman of Lokpal and its members, saying it was illegal. Writing in his blog, Jaitley said the Department of Personnel and Training, which has invited applications for the posts, had no authority to […] Read more » BJP leader Arun Jaitley department of personnel and training Government process to fill up Lokpal posts illegal Lokayukta Act Lokpal news todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Bring PM under Lokpal, says BJP July 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday supported bringing the prime minister under the purview of Lokpal, expressing dissatisfaction on the draft anti-corruption bill not mentioning the issue. ‘The BJP does not appreciate the complete omission of prime minister from the draft Lokpal bill, the prime minister should come under Lokpal,’ party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad […] Read more » anti-corruption bill Bring PM under Lokpal Lokpal party general secretary Ravi Shankar Prasad
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal should not probe PM: Baba Ramdev May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The prime minister should be excluded from the purview of the proposed Lokpal, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said on Tuesday. “It is a very complicated question whether the prime minister and the chief justice of India should be brought under Lokpal bill or not. The person who decides the fate of 121 crore people in […] Read more » Baba Ramdev Lokpal PM
Top Law News Lokpal should be independent, agree panel members May 8, 2011 / May 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lokpal should be independent, agree panel members Keen to finish drafting of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill by June-end, the government and civil society representatives Saturday identified areas of agreement on the proposed legislation and said the new authority should be independent and have a transparent process of appointment. The agreement on broad principles of legislation came almost a month after Gandhian Anna […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Independent kapil sibal Lokpal panel members
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal panelists reject resignation demand; PM says bill in July April 22, 2011 / April 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As corruption allegations swirled around Lokpal Bill drafting panel members Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, social activists rejected demands for their resignation and urged them not to quit even as another member, justice N. Santosh Hegde said he would consider leaving the committee. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he hoped to bring the […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal demand Lokpal Manmohan Singh panelists reject resignation RTI activist Shanti Bhushan
