Department Of Legal Affairs

The government has now made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their "material" interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. Launching these guidelines at a press conference, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the guidelines have been iss...

Prominent Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as General Counsel in the veterans affairs department, the latest from the community to be named for a key position in the administration.

The Department of Legal Affairs in the Union Law Ministry invited applications from law students for a month-long internship programme.

SEBI said it will not entertain any application for virtual internship in its legal department after relaxation of Coronavirus related restrictions

The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Law Ministry to vet the format of an advertisement it wants candidates to issue to publicise cases lodged against them, a functionary said today.

Married sons are now eligible for compassionate appointments, the centre has said. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued new instructions in consultation with the Department of Legal Affairs in this regard.

Indicating need for wider consultation before taking a call on a uniform civil code, the government has asked the Law Commission to examine the issue.

All court orders that favour employees and quash government policies will be challenged, as per draft guidelines finalised by the Centre.

With three crore cases pending in courts, the government may consider changes in legal procedure to make it mandatory for a litigant to issue a notice to the opposite party before initiating formal proceedings to enable them explore the possibility of a pre-litigation settlement.

Seeking to speed up disposal of cases, government is weighing the option of introducing the system of 'pre-trial hearings' on the lines of the UK and the US under which the main dispute is identified before the beginning of the trial helping the courts decide the matter fast.

Seeking to provide legal backing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', the government is drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, urinating and throwing garbage in public places.

The South African government said that it has not compiled a proposal regarding the legal trade of rhino horns.

The government has now made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose their "material" interest in endorsing products and services and violations can attract strict legal action, including ban on endorsements. Launching these guidelines at a press conference, Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said the guidelines have been iss...

Prominent Indian-American legal expert Anjali Chaturvedi has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as General Counsel in the veterans affairs department, the latest from the community to be named for a key position in the administration.

The Department of Legal Affairs in the Union Law Ministry invited applications from law students for a month-long internship programme.

SEBI said it will not entertain any application for virtual internship in its legal department after relaxation of Coronavirus related restrictions

The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Law Ministry to vet the format of an advertisement it wants candidates to issue to publicise cases lodged against them, a functionary said today.

Married sons are now eligible for compassionate appointments, the centre has said. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued new instructions in consultation with the Department of Legal Affairs in this regard.

Indicating need for wider consultation before taking a call on a uniform civil code, the government has asked the Law Commission to examine the issue.

All court orders that favour employees and quash government policies will be challenged, as per draft guidelines finalised by the Centre.

With three crore cases pending in courts, the government may consider changes in legal procedure to make it mandatory for a litigant to issue a notice to the opposite party before initiating formal proceedings to enable them explore the possibility of a pre-litigation settlement.

Seeking to speed up disposal of cases, government is weighing the option of introducing the system of 'pre-trial hearings' on the lines of the UK and the US under which the main dispute is identified before the beginning of the trial helping the courts decide the matter fast.

Seeking to provide legal backing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', the government is drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, urinating and throwing garbage in public places.

The South African government said that it has not compiled a proposal regarding the legal trade of rhino horns.