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Ranjit Kumar has resigned as Solicitor General on Friday. Cites personal reason for his decision. (Photo: PTI)

Ranjit Kumar resigns as Solicitor General, cites 'personal reasons' as...

Ranjit Kumar was appointed solicitor general in 2014, soon after the BJP-led NDA government came to power.

20 Oct 2017 3:01 PM IST

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

SC collegium to take call on appointing 40 new judges to 9 courts

The collegium had recently said that the judiciary and not the IB, is a better judge of who should be part of the...

12 Nov 2017 1:31 PM IST

The notice comes just days after Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the social media giant Facebook of stringent action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft. (Photo: PTI/File)

Don't seek legal opinion from AG, bypassing us: Law Ministry to other...

In a strongly-worded letter, Law Secretary Suresh Chandra said that ministries should avoid 'impropriety' by approaching...

22 April 2018 2:29 PM IST

Justice Indira Banerjee started out as a lawyer on July 5, 1985 and practised in the Calcutta High Court. (Photo: File)

Three women judges in Supreme Court for first time

Newly-appointed Justice Banerjee will have a tenure of a little over four years in the apex court.

5 Aug 2018 6:01 AM IST

Reliance Industries or RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani at an AGM in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Govt to appeal against panel rejecting its USD 1.5 bn claim against...

It felt the award is a fit case for a challenge in the High Court.

16 Sept 2018 11:23 AM IST

Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar. (Photo: AP)

Govt wants CJI to remove logjam in appointments

There are eight vacancies in the apex court, of which five are to be filled within few days.

5 Feb 2017 2:10 AM IST

Ram Vilas Paswan (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Dual pricing on packaged products under govt lens

Sources said that proposal on universal pricing for all packaged products is currently being evaluated by the law...

28 April 2017 6:08 AM IST

The existing provision says the no-detention or no-fail policy is applicable till the completion of elementary education (Class 8).

No detention' may soon be till Class 5, not 8

The existing provision says the no-detention or no-fail policy is applicable till the completion of elementary education...

26 Dec 2016 2:56 AM IST