Media & Entertainment News Government open to debate on Lokpal: PM August 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday the government was open to a debate on the Lokpal Bill but this alone cannot solve the problem of corruption and there is a need to revamp existing government procedures. Addressing a gathering at the Indian Institute of Management-Kolkata, Manmohan Singh said that Lokpal Bill had the power to […] Read more » Government open to debate on Lokpal Manmohan Singh PM
Top Law News Don’t neglect people with HIV, PM tells ministries July 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said ministries should make various schemes more accessible to people with HIV/AIDS, from employment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme to more access to women and children to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). Addressing the national convention of zila parishad chairpersons and mayors on HIV and AIDS, the […] Read more » HIV ICDS Integrated Child Development Services neglect PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News New law to bring dignity to disabled: PM June 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the government was planning to bring a new law that will ensure dignity and equality to the disabled people. India has an estimated 60 million disabled. He also said the government was taking various initiatives that will empower the disabled.”Various initiatives are being taken to address concerns of persons […] Read more » DIGNITY disabled New law PM
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 Falling child sex ratio is national shame: PM April 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calling for a “crusade” to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a “national shame”. Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women “have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. They have […] Read more » child sex ratio female foeticide infanticide national shame PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Top Law News PM initiated mechanism for talks on Lokpal bill: Soni April 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had initiated a mechanism to consider suggestions from civil society activists on the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said Wednesday. Replying to queries about social activist Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast for a stronger and more comprehensive Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption, Soni said the prime minister had […] Read more » Ambika Soni initiated Lokpal Bill mechanism PM
Criminal Law News Thomas quits after apex court rap, government defends PM March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Thomas quits after apex court rap, government defends PM Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas resigned Thursday after the Supreme Court held his appointment illegal, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said, adding there was no illegality by the prime minister. “We are not in any position to say anything now as we have to go through the order. He has tendered his resignation and […] Read more » apex court Centre for Public Interest Litigation Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia defends Government Home Minister P. Chidambaram. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Manmohan Singh PM quits rap Thomas
Top Law News Raja was impolite to PM: Supreme Court December 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court verdict directing court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed the impolite language that sacked communictions minister A. Raja had used in a communication to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Raja, in his November 2, 2007 communication, had rejected Manmohan Singh’s suggestion to auction 2G spectrum to new […] Read more » PM Supreme Court
Top Law News Attorney general to appear for PM in Raja case November 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Attorney General G. Vahanvati will appear in the Supreme Court Tuesday for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to respond to the apex court’s question on why he did not give sanction to launch criminal proceedings against the now disgraced and former minister A. Raja, informed sources said Friday. Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium will appear in the […] Read more » Attorney general PM Raja case
Top Law News Supreme Court frowns on PM’s silence over Raja November 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday took exception to the 15-month “silence” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on former MP Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking sanction to initiate proceedings against then telecom minister A. Raja over the 2G spectrum row. The prime minister could have said that the material on record was insufficient and declined the sanction, said […] Read more » frowns PM Raja Supreme Court
Top Law News CAG should enhance skills to serve future needs: PM November 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) needs to enhance its skills to reorient itself to deliver results, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday and added that reports from the institution are taken very seriously by the government, parliament and the people. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the 150-year celebrations of the CAG, the […] Read more » CAG PM skills
Top Law News PM appeals for peace after Ayodhya verdict September 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Tuesday urged the people to maintain peace and harmony after the Allahabad High Court delivers its verdict Thursday in the 61-year-old Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya. “Whatever be the nature of judgment, I think everyone should make every effort to maintain peace, harmony and tranquility in the country,” Manmohan Singh told reporters […] Read more » appeals Ayodhya verdict peace PM