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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.

• Former Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati Dies

  Former Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati has died. He was 65 years old.

• Mukul Rohatgi Appointed Attorney General of India, to Hold Post for Three Years

  The government today officially appointed senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India, the top law officer of the country. Mr Rohatgi will take charge next week and will hold the post for three years.

• 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.

• Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran Resign

  The country's two top law officers Attorney General (AG) Goolam Essaji Vahanvati and Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations following the change in the government at the Centre.

• Supreme Court commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's killers to life

  The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison and left it to the Tamil Nadu government to decide whether to release them by granting them remission.

• Ishrat Jahan case: CBI told it needs Centre's sanction to prosecute Intelligence Bureau officers

  The Attorney General of India GE Vahanvati has told the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI that the agency needs the sanction of the government before it prosecutes serving and retired Intelligence Bureau officers charged in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case.

• 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.

• South Mumbai waiter uses customer's PIN to steal Rs 50,000

  Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made it mandatory for customers to punch in their personal identification numbers (PIN) each time their debit cards are swiped at shops and eateries.

• Coal scam: Centre to cancel 41 coal block allocations, asks companies to respond

  The government today told the Supreme Court that it will cancel 41 coal block allocations made between 1993 and 2009 but yet to take off. The Supreme Court is hearing the case linked to violations in the grant of coal mining licences without bidding, at a huge cost to the government.

• 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.

• Coal scam: 'Yes, something had gone wrong,' government admits in Supreme Court

  The Centre today accepted for the first time that "something has gone wrong" in the allocation of coal blocks, at a hearing in the Supreme Court on "Coal-Gate."

• 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.

• Centre's approval not required in court-monitored probe against civil servants: Supreme Court to CBI

  The Supreme Court today held that no approval from the Centre is required by CBI to prosecute senior bureaucrats in court-monitored corruption cases, strengthening the arms of the agency to go ahead against the officials without taking prior sanction from government.

• We hardly socialize, said Supreme Court judges. Find out why.

  The Supreme Court took exception to counsel Prashant Bhushan's comment that it was hesitant in taking action against Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati, but later on Wednesday accepted his apology that he did not intend to lower the esteem of the court or hurt judges.