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Sorabjee dedicated life towards defence of freedom of expression, human ri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 30 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday condoled the demise of Soli Sorabjee, saying that the former Attorney General dedicated his life towards the defence of the freedom of expression and protection of human rights.
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'Lost an icon of India's legal system': President Kovind, PM Modi condole
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the demise of Former Attorney General (AG), Padma awardee and one of the topmost lawyers in the country, Soli J Sorabjee who passed away at the age of 91 due to COVID-19.
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Former Attorney General, Padma awardee Soli J Sorabjee succumbs to COVID-1
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Former Attorney General (AG), Padma awardee and one of the topmost lawyers in the country, Soli J Sorabjee passed away on Friday at the age of 91, due to COVID-19.
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Sorabjee will always be remembered for contribution to constitutional law:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday condoled the demise of former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee, saying that he would always be remembered for his contribution in the field of constitutional law.
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Sorabjee was exceptional legal mind and great scholar of our constitution:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has condoled the demise of former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee, calling him an exceptional legal mind and a great scholar of the Indian constitution.
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Former AG Soli Sorabjee passes away at 91
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Former Attorney General (AG) and veteran lawyer Soli Sorabjee passed away on Friday. He was 91.
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US senate confirms Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney Gene
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States, making her the first Indian-American to serve in this role.
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AG Venugopal recuses himself from request for contempt proceedings against
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal, on Tuesday, recused himself from granting permission to initiate contempt proceedings against former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju in connection with his alleged contemptuous remarks against the judiciary in
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SC agrees to hear PIL on providing details of candidates on EVMs and not j
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue notice, but asked the petitioner, BJP leader and lawyer, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, to serve a copy to the Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal, on his plea seeking a direction to use the name, age, qualification and
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Sentencing of Toronto van attacker put over until end of May - Spokesperso
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], March 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The sentencing of the perpetrator of the deadly 2018 Toronto van attack has been put over until May 31, an Attorney General Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
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US Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Merrick Garland to be President Joe Biden's attorney general. The US upper chamber voted 70-30 on Garland's nomination to lead the Justice Department, easily topping the 50 votes needed.
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Advocate Vineet Jindal seeks criminal contempt charges against Rahul Gandh
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Advocate Vineet Jindal has written a letter to the Attorney General (AG), KK Venugopal and requested him to give his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly speaking against the Indian jud
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