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• Indian lawyers to gain right to practise interstate

  Jun 06 2011 The Central Government of India has decided to notify Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961 giving lawyers the right to practice in any court, tribunal or any quasi... more

• Indian Express: Powerful People in 2011 – CJI tops the list

  Feb 10 2011 Indian Express released a list of 100 powerful people to watch out for in 2011. One would normally expect Sonia Gandhi or Manmohan Singh or Mukesh Ambani to top the... more

• Conversation with Veerappa Moily, India's Minister of Law and Justice

  Feb 07 2011 Veerappa Moily: We have come out with the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, which will directly address and look into any perception of corruption. We have... more

• Indian cabinet reshuffles: Law Minister Veerappa Moily retained

  Jan 25 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scheduled the first reshuffle of the Cabinet of the 19 month old UPA Government in the wake of inducting in new faces and directing... more

• Law Minister Moily backs former Chief of Justice Balakrishnan

  Dec 16 2010 According to NDTV former Chief Justice of India, K.G. Balakrishnan has reacted, a day after his statement about A. Raja was effectively challenged by a sitting... more

• Indian Law Minister Moily wants Bar Council Chairman to quit

  Dec 01 2010 According to media reports Indian Law Minister Veerappa Moily recently asked Gopal Subramanium to resign from his Bar Council of India (BCI) post so that he could... more

• India commits budget to upgrade judiciary

  Nov 23 2010 According to a PIB release, the Minister of Law and Justice Veerappa Moily has stated that the Government has allocated an amount of Rs. 1,470 crore (approximately... more

• Law Society of England & Wales urges India to allow operation of foreign law firms

  Nov 19 2010 Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily, has once again rejected appeals for a loosening of the ban on foreign law firms working within India. At the Global... more

• Indian government plans to create 15,000 additional judges’ posts

  Nov 08 2010 Law Minister, Veerappa Moily’s ambitious plans of reducing the pendency of court cases in India and creating 15,000 additional judges’ posts in India seems to be... more

• Law Ministry plans to turn Law Commission into independent, statutory body

  Oct 18 2010 The Law Ministry has prepared a draft note to be presented to the Union cabinet which aims to make the Law Commission (Commission) an independent, autonomous body. The... more

• Re-upped: Centre to formulate uniform sentencing policy by courts;Justice SU Khan says order to unlock Ayodhya site was given in 'undue haste'

  Oct 12 2010 In the wake of negative reactions being expressed by various members of the public regarding different sentences being handed down for similar cases, the Centre is... more

• Re-upped Round up: August 23: Munnabhai & Circuit get trademarked; Moily launches advocates training scheme

  Aug 24 2010 The Livemint has reported that the two main characters namely Munnabhai (played by Sanjay Dutt) and Circuit (played by Arshad Warsi) of the Bollywood blockbuster movie... more

• India plans to reduce pendency of cases from 15 to 3 years

  Jun 25 2010 Indian Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily announced the ‘National Litigation Policy’ (NLP) to reduce the average time of pending cases in India from 15 years... more

• Bar Council logs in with Rainmaker: Bar Exams, Law School in every state, Oppose Foreign Law Firms

  Jun 03 2010 The Bar Council of India (BCI) has today released its vision statement for the next two years covering 2010-2012. The ceremony, which was convened by Law Minister... more

• UK asks Indian governement to intervene for foreign law firms

  Jan 02 2010 Just a few days after a Bombay High Court order declared any practice by foreign firms in India illegal, Britain's Justice Department has asked the Indian law ministry... more

• Indian Bar Council opposes plans to open market to foreign law firms

  Jun 11 2009 Indian lawyers oppose opening the country’s legal market to foreign law firms. This was made clear by Bar Council President Suraj Narain P. Sinha in a meeting with Law... more