Articles tagged with: Ranjit Kumar
SC lukewarm on Delhi HC ACB judgment, issues notice to Delhi gov't
In a small advantage to the central government, the Supreme Court today described as “tentative” the Delhi high court’s observation that its May 21 order giving Delhi’s Lt. Governor the final say in posting and transfers of bureaucrats was “suspect”, even as it issued notice to the city government o...
SC orders Google, Y!, MS to block sex determination ads for now, as counsel clash over tech & FOI
The Supreme Court Wednesday directed search engines Google, Microsoft and Yahoo not to advertise, or sponsor any advertisement, on India-centric sex determination tests that are in breach of statutory provisions. “As an interim measure, it is directed, the respondents, namely, Google, Yahoo and Micr...
SC bench pushes NaMo to tell when he'll finally get around to cleaning Ganga
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked if the Narendra Modi government intended to complete the task of cleaning the Ganga river in its present term or carry it to the next term and keep the issue alive. The court sought details on the status of various sewage treatment plants (STP) that were being set u...
Senior counsel Ranjit Kumar appointed solicitor general with 6 ASGs
Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar has today been appointed solicitor general of India by the new BJP government’s law ministry, reported the PTI . Senior advocates Maninder Singh, Tushar Mehta, L Nageshwar Rao, PS Patwalia, Neeraj Kishen Kaul and PS Narasimha would each become additional solicitor genera...
Vahanvati, Parasaran tender AG and SG resignation papers
Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations as is customary on change of government, reported the PTI . The AG’s and the SG’s tenures are conventionally co-terminus with the term of the existing government. According to speculation senior ...
Next Attorney General: Mail, DNA call it for Salve, Rohatgi
The Mail Today , said that “sources” have told it that the BJP government’s favourites for the job of attorney general would be senior advocates Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi (of course, the paper had made the same prediction already a month ago , when it also added that Ranjit Kumar was in the run...
Madhava Menon + 2 others appointed by CJI to draft guidlines on 'political' government ads [JUDGMENT]
The founder director of NLSIU Bangalore, NR Madhavan Menon, ex Lok Sabha secretary general TK Vishwanathan and senior counsel Ranjit Kumar have been appointed by the Supreme Court to form a committee regulating government departments advertising with an “obvious political message”. Chief Justice of ...