The Opposition, which had been demanding that the bill be referred to a 'joint select committee', staged a walkout when its demand was rejected by the government.
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan had reportedly taken steps to implement the order, they have now decided to put its execution in abeyance.
'It's still very early. I have just been handed over the matter and therefore I haven't formed any views on it as yet,' Justice B N Srikrishna tells Pavan Lall.
Nearly three months after he had to resign as union law minister in a blaze of controversy, Ashwani Kumar has been appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his special envoy to visit Japan in the rank of a Cabinet minister.
Rajnath Singh warned the Centre that his party would launch a nationwide movement if it did not immediately withdraw its affidavit that there was no historical evidence to prove Lord Ram's existence.
Manish Kumar Sinha has also alleged that the complainant in the case, businessman Sana Sathish Babu, had told him that Union minister Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhari had been paid bribes to the tune of several crores of rupees for alleged help in matters related to CBI.
The United Kingdom-based Indian lawyers are up in arms against a reported move by the Indian government to allow foreign law firms to practice in the country without insisting on a reciprocal arrangement in Britain.
The Sangh-backed party president, who in January had dropped Jaitley as BJP spokesman, also replaced media convenor Siddharth Nath Singh.
A law minister in the AB Vajpayee government, Krisnnamurthy was a member of the Rajya Sabha at the time of his demise
An internal note obtained by activists from the Prime Minister's Office and dated February 2 this year says that the Ministry of Law believes that 'irrespective of the manner in which Union Carbide has merged or has been acquired by Dow, if there is any legal liability it would have to be borne by Dow Chemicals.' The note also puts a question mark on the prospects for future investments by US-based Dow in India.
Instead, the government will file a supplementary affidavit on the case on Friday, Law Minister H R Bharadwaj said.
The appropriate bench will fix the schedule with regard to the hearing of appeals in the case. "We will fix the date of hearing of Ayodhya dispute case before the appropriate bench in January," the CJI said.
Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said though the court does receive a large number of complaints, only a handful of them are worth paying attention. He was addressing a press conference at the end of a meeting of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
'The EC is a sacred institution.' 'In the last few years, more than once, we have found the EC bending over backwards to accommodate the government.'
It is easy to criticise but difficult to transform an institution, says CJI Misra
Jaitley accuses Bharadwaj of interfering in criminal proceedings against Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors case. \n
He also lashed out at the Congress over a joint statement issued by India and Pakistan in Sharm el-Sheikh in July 2009.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, said that the appointment of judges would go ahead irrespective of whether new Memorandum of Procedure was in place or not.
The bill was passed with 165 voting in favour and 7 against it.
Law Minister H R Bhardwaj told delegates that the Centre also plans to introduce a bill in Parliament to set up mobile rural courts known as 'Gram Nyayalayas' to make justice available at doorsteps to people in villages.
After the Congress and the Janata Dal-United discontent now appeared to be brewing within the Bharatiya Janata Party against state President B S Yeddyurappa over the appointment of party office bearers.
Anu Peshawaria is in India to lobby for laws and awareness to counter the problem.
A united Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Thursday pitched for referring the triple talaq bill to a 'joint select committee' of Parliament, claiming its provisions were unconstitutional.
The government said on Tuesday that a speedy dispute resolution mechanism is a prerequisite for attracting foreign direct investment and asked consultants to make realistic project evaluation for timely completion of projects.
Rashtriya Janata Dal members pressed for an immediate debate leading to abrupt adjournment of the Lok Sabha shortly before the lunch recess.
A message from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's office stressed that the scourge of terrorism "is the negation of all that law and civilised existence stands for."
A central government communique has asked the CBI to limit its probe to the bribery aspect of the Tehelka case
The world's first 'online murder' via a hacked internet-connected device could happen by the end of 2014, warn experts.
Since Justice G T Nanavati submitted report to Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Sikh community and opposition parties have been demanding that it be made public.
The government on Friday assured to expedite the land allocation process for constructing 40 five-star hotels in Delhi to meet the influx of tourists during the 2010 Commonwealth games.
The Telangana Bill will not come up in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the House secretariat on Monday seeking clarifications from the Union law ministry over whether or not it is a money bill.
Rajya Sabha also rejected an opposition sponsored motions to send the bill to a select committee of the House and for making triple talaq a civil offence with 100 votes against it as compared to 84 in favour.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has threatened to invoke provisions of POTA against the Union minister for his speech allegedly supporting the LTTE.
Once the courts are computerised, an e-governance committee, to be set up in the Supreme Court will control it.
The report touches on variety of issues including consent, rights of children, data protection authority and right to recall data.
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