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Rs 20,000 a month for junior advocates: Centre places Bar Council of India’s stipend plan in Lok Sabha, top lawyers hail move

February 26, 2026 4:48 pm

Junior advocates stipend: In a notice issued on February 6, the Press Information Bureau outlined recommendations on the stipend plan for junior advocates in urban and rural areas.

Lok Sabha okays bill: List of 71 laws proposed to be repealed

December 17, 2025 12:32 pm

Lok Sabha Passes Repealing and Amending Bill 2025: Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Parliament made these changes to reverse the effects of colonisation.

Before rolling out Green Credits, Environment Ministry sidestepped Law queries

March 31, 2025 8:27 am

Under the programme, individuals, communities and private industries that engage in environment-positive actions get tradable ‘green credits’. Such actions could include increasing forest cover, water management, and sustainable agriculture.

Law Ministry asks govt depts to comply with judicial orders as 1.45 lakh contempt cases flood top courts

January 31, 2025 9:25 pm

With the government being the biggest litigant, a large number of pending contempt petitions concern the Union and state ministries and departments.

Provision to interpret law for SC is a small slit, can’t be a floodgate: Dhankhar

November 27, 2023 7:23 am

The VP Jagdeep Dhankar said any incursion in the exclusive domain of Parliament will be a “Constitutional aberration”.

Delhi Confidential: Special Gesture

November 11, 2023 1:50 am

Amid hectic travelling to poll-bound Telangana, where Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been given charge of some Assembly constituencies by the BJP, the leader has taken out time to make the festival season special for the employees working for him.

Kiren Rijiju replaced as law minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal to take over

May 18, 2023 1:38 pm

Arjun Ram Meghwal has been assigned independent charge as minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios, a press communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Legal to hold Rajya Sabha election after new House takes oath: Election Commission to Kerala HC

April 10, 2021 2:55 am

It added that the Rajya Sabha election schedule would be notified before the expiry of the term of the state’s Upper House members from these seats on April 21.

Law Ministry junks MoE proposal on IIMs

February 11, 2021 10:01 am

The MoE proposed the said order under Section 38 of the IIM Act, which allows the government to remove teething difficulties in implementing the new law within three years of its enactment.

Covid effect: Age limit reduced for voters to opt for postal ballot in LS, assembly polls

June 26, 2020 8:43 pm

While amending the Conduct of Election Rules on June 19, the Law Ministry has allowed those aged 65 years and above to opt for postal ballot. The ministry has allowed "COVID 19 suspect or affected persons" to use the postal ballot facility.

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