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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to overturn Presidential election
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): US Supreme Court on Friday (local time) rejected a bid by Texas' attorney general to block the ballot of voters in battleground states that favoured President-elect Joe Biden.
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Biden to name California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), confirmed a person familiar with the decision to The Hill on Sunday.
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Provide gender sensitisation training to judges, to avoid stereotyping wom
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Attorney General KK Venugopal on Wednesday suggested to the Supreme Court that judges who are from the old school and have a patriarchal approach need to be sensitised to deal with cases of sexual violence.
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US attorney general says justice department hasn't seen widespread electio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): US Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has not seen evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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AG Venugopal refuses consent for initiating criminal contempt case against
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal on Saturday has declined consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet against Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde's visit to Madhya Pr
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Attorney General grants consent for contempt proceedings against Kunal Kam
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Attorney General of India KK Venugopal on Friday granted consent to lawyer Anuj Singh to initiate proceedings for criminal contempt against comedian Kunal Kamra for his objectionable tweet against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde.
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Attorney General grants consent for contempt proceeding against Kunal Kamr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Attorney General KK Venugopal has granted his consent for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against stand up comedian Kunal Kamra for his alleged "derogatory" tweets against a Supreme Court judge.
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Top election crimes prosecutor in US resigns in protest after Attorney Gen
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Washington DC [US], November 10 (ANI): Richard Pilger, the director of the US Department of Justice's Election Crimes Branch, has resigned after Attorney General William Barr sent out a memo to federal prosecutors giving them a nod to probe allegations of fraud in the 2020 US presidential po
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AG Venugopal refuses to review decision to not file contempt petition agai
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New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal has refused to review his earlier decision and said, he was of the opinion not to give his consent to file a contempt petition before the Supreme Court against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, for wri
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Judge rejects Trump bid to halt mail-in ballot counting in Nevada County
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], November 3 (ANI): A US judge has rejected a bid by President Donald Trump and the Republican Party to temporarily halt the counting of mail-in ballots in Nevada's Clark County due to transparency concerns at the polls, according to Nevada's Attorney General Aaron Ford.
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SC seeks views to improve gender sensitivity in judges towards victims of
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New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked Attorney General KK Venugopal and others to recommend ways to improve gender sensitivity towards victims while laying down bail conditions for sex crime offenders.
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US Justice Dept files antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging abuse of
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Justice Department on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for alleged abuse of search dominance by the Internet giant, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on Tuesday.
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