Search Results for Tag : minister

Blast from the Past

Saving democracy from itself(07.11.1975)

This Supreme Court decision, arising out of an Allahabad High Court ruling that likely abetted a declaration of emergency, may have saved the nation’s.....

Tags : Indira Gandhi, prime minister, election, malpractice

International Cases

The exercise of public power by the executive and other public functionaries is subject to principle of legality(09.06.2021)

Maxrae Estates is the owner of the farm located within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Maxrae applied to the Department of Agriculture,.....

Tags : Extension, Warehouse, Ministerial discretion

Judgments

Getting acquainted with yet more happy faces in government ads(18.03.2016)

The Supreme Court nullified to a great extent its order from 2015 against the publishing of photographs of higher-ups in the three pillars of governme.....

Tags : Government, advertising, photographs, ministers

Order to disclose PM’s university degree stayed(01.07.2016)

Gujarat High Court allowed an interim stay of a CIC decision directing Gujarat University to disclose details of Prime Minister Modi’s university degr.....

Tags : university, degree, disclosure, prime minister, narendra modi

Justice not only done but also seen to be done: Kerala HC(09.11.2015)

Kerala High Court held that the Director of Vigilance can give ‘timely directions’ while conducting investigation, but not after. Observations and fin.....

Tags : Vigilance, minister, improper investigation

Notifications & Circulars

Government sets up Inter-Ministerial Committee to strengthen the Capital Goods Sector(11.11.2020)

The government has set up a 22-member inter-ministerial committee in strengthening the Capital Goods(CG) Sector through interventions that help the CG.....

Tags : Inter-Ministerial Committee, Strengthening of, Capital Goods

Court denies bail to former Delhi Law Minister(22.09.2015)

Noting the litany of serious charges leveled against Somnath Bharti, former Law Minister for the State of Delhi, the Court dismissed his petition “tha.....

Tags : Law minister, bail, cruel, wife

Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman holds pre-budget consultation with Finance Ministers of States/Union Territories (with Legislature) for Budget 2021-22(18.01.2021)

The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman held the pre-budget consultations with the Finance Ministers of States and .....

Tags : Pre-budget, Consultation, Finance Ministers

Draft Equal Opportunity Commission Bill Re-Circulated for Inter-Ministerial Consultations(16.03.2017)

Based on the Expert Group Report and examination by the Government, the draft Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) Bill has been re-circulated for inter.....

Tags : Bill, Re-circulation, Ministerial Consultations

Government to set up National Tribal Advisory Council(29.10.2015)

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will set up a National Tribal Advisory Council to monitor and implement tribal welfare schemes. The Council is proposed.....

Tags : Tribal, council, prime minister, schemes

News

Union Railways Minister Presents Railway Budget in Parliament(25.02.2016)

Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented his second Railway Budget in Parliament.

Tags : Union Railways Minister , Railway Budget

CIC Asks Lt Governor and Others to Clarify Powers,Jurisdiction and Procedures to Handle Graft(04.03.2016)

Central Information Commission (CIC), while noting current ambiguity which discourage people from taking on corruption,has held that Delhi's Lt Govern.....

Tags : CIC , Delhi's Lt Governor,Chief Minister , Union Home Minister

P&H High Court Notices CM, Speaker Over Induction of Three Ministers(01.02.2017)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to Haryana Chief Minister and Speaker of State Assembly on a plea against induction of ministers more .....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court , Ministers, Induction

Union Budget 2017-18: Key Updates(01.02.2017)

#No cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh. #MSMEs with 50 crore turnover will get a 5% reduction in corporate income tax. #Cash donations to political p.....