Sushil Chandra appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner
President appointed Shri Sushil Chandra the senior-most Election Commissioner, as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. Shri Sushil
Ministry of Law and Justice
Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Justice Hima Kohli, Dr Justice S. Muralidhar appointed as Chief Justices of respective HCs
Appointment Orders President is pleased to appoint Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to be the Chief Justice of
Calcutta HC | Justice Joymalya Bagchi of Cal HC appointed as Judge Andhra Pradesh HC
Transfer Orders of Justice Joymalya Bagchi of Calcutta High Court as a Judge Andhra Pradesh President, after consultation with the Chief Justice
Madras High Court | Appointment of 10 Additional Judges of the Court
Appointments President appoints the following as the Additional Judges of the Madras High Court: (1) Govindarajulu Chandrasekharan, (2) A.A. Nakkiran, (3) Veerasamy
Punjab & Haryana HC | 7 Additional Judges appointed as Permanent of P&H HC
President appoints 7 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manjari Nehru Kaul Harsimran Singh Sethi Arun
Justice Rohinton Nariman, Judge Supreme Court of India appointed as Chairman of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
Ministry of Law and Justice Central Authority nominates Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Judge Supreme Court of India as Chairman of the Supreme
CIC | Department of Justice to examine RTI applications and provide a clear, cogent and precise response
Central Information Commission (CIC): Bimal Julka, Chief Information Commissioner, instructed Ministry of Law and Justice.to examine the RTI Application to provide a
Appointments | One Additional Judge of Calcutta and another from Himachal Pradesh HC made Permanent
Appointment of Judges President appoints Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to be a Judge of the Calcutta
President re-appoints Senior Advocate K.K. Venugopal as Attorney General for India
President is pleased to re-appoint Shri K.K. Venugopal, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of one year w.e.f.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 receives President’s assent
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”) received President’s assent on May 28th, 2016. The Code, seeks to consolidate and amend the