Union Minister Kiren Rijiju raked up the issue of "Nehru's five blunders" on the former Prime Minister's birth anniversary and alleged that "Friend First, India Second" defined India's first PM's initial Kashmir policy in 1947 leading to "tragic consequences".
Rijiju alleged that due to the mistakes of the then Prime Minister Nehru, Kashmir has "unnecessarily become an issue" and said that it is "important to take out the fault" and set a "correct narrative".
Shillong (Meghalaya), Oct 23 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced that the Central government has decided to remove all obsolete and archaic laws of the Indian judiciary from the statute box stating that they have no relevance in today's time.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 18 (ANI): Emphasizing the need for reforms in judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has said the procedure of the Collegium system is very opaque and there exists "internal politics" in the Judiciary.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): In the exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President appointed Justice DY Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India with effect from November 9, 2022, tweeted Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has written a letter to the law ministry to cap the cash donations to political parties.
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar wrote a letter to the law ministry proposing to cap cash donations to political parties on Monday.
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Former Union Minister of Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar, while supporting Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's statement on the collegium system, has emphasized the need to review and reconsider the present collegium system.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday slammed former union minister Kapil Sibal over his controversial comment on the Supreme Court and the judiciary.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that he had received a letter from the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana nominating his next possible successor for the post.
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): As many as 92,288 legal literacy/awareness programmes were attended by 55,58,053 people in the Fiscal year 2022-23 (upto June 2022), Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju informed in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that "no judiciary in the world is as independent as India's."