Goolam E Vahanvati

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  GK Pillai Knew Of Changes In Ishrat Jahan Affidavit, Says Inquiry Panel

  The one-man enquiry committee, which probed the issue of missing files in the controversial Ishrat Jahan encounter case, has claimed that former Home Secretary GK Pillai was in the know of the changes made in the second affidavit relating to the case which was to be filed before Gujarat High Court.

• Mukul Rohatgi Appointed New Attorney General of India

  Senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed the new Attorney General of India, the top law officer of the country. Mr Rohatgi had served as Additional Solicitor General in the last NDA regime.

• Resolve dispute in Italian marines case in one week: Supreme Court to Centre

  The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to resolve within a week all disputes arising out of the issue of invoking anti-piracy law against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012.

• Scrap coal block allocations if they failed to start operations: Attorney General tells Government

  Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati has added to the worries of the government by asking it to cancel the coal blocks granted to private players after if they had failed to start operations after obtaining mining licences.

• Fit case for action against Justice Ganguly, says Attorney General: sources

  Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati has given the go-ahead for a presidential reference for the removal of Justice AK Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, from his position as Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, say sources.

• Supreme Court stays Gauhati High Court's order that held CBI 'unconstitutional'

  In a major relief for the government, the Supreme Court today stayed the Gauhati High Court's unprecedented order declaring the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI as "unconstitutional" which didn't have the power to investigate crimes. The top court has fixed December 6 as the next date for hearing in the matter.

• Centre to move Supreme Court on Monday against Gauhati High Court order on CBI

  The Centre will move the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a stay on an unprecedented high court order which says that the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI is "unconstitutional" and does not have powers to investigate crimes.

• Government to move Supreme Court tomorrow on Gauhati High Court order on CBI

  The government will move the Supreme Court tomorrow seeking a stay on the Gauhati High Court order terming CBI as unconstitutional.

• Goods and service tax one step closer to final approval

  The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill is nearing final approval after the Attorney General of India, Goolam E Vahanvati, answered the constitutional queries raised by former finance minister Yashwant Sinha in his capacity as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.

• Goolam E Vahanvati appointed Attorney General

  Vahanvati, 60, succeeds Milon K Banerji who vacated the office in keeping with convention.