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".
The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice DY Chandrachud on Wednesday has become the 50th head of the Judiciary of the country. He will have a tenure till November 10, 2024.
The Central Government on Monday appointed Justice Rituraj Awasthi, Retired High Court Chief Justice of Karnataka as Chairperson of the Law Commission of India alongwith five members for the commission.
He urged the law minister to insert provisions similar to Article 16 (4A) and (4B) and said that "Otherwise attaining complete social justice would remain a distant dream."
The Chief Minister was speaking at the national seminar on environment and sustainable Development and the role of judiciary organised by the Gauhati High Court in collaboration with the Assam government at Kaziranga.
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.
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday came out in support of his current counterpart Kiren Rijiju and said that the time has come for a debate on judicial appointments through the collegium system.
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], October 11 (ANI): The central government on Tuesday announced the names of new Chief Justices for the High Courts in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 10 (ANI): Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief on Monday said that she was "deeply saddened" by the passing of Samajwadi party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.