Category: National

Women Welfare Policy

DELHI, APRIL 1: The Government has decided to implement ‘Mission Shakti’, an integrated women empowerment programme as umbrella scheme for the safety, security and empowerment of women during the 15th Finance Commission period. Mission Shakti seeks to realise the Government’s vision for ‘women-led development’ by addressing issues affecting […]

Digital Infrastructural Capacity

DELHI, APRIL 1:It has been the endeavour of the Department of Legal Affairs to strengthen its digital infrastructure capacity both in terms of the hardware and the use of e-tools.  In this regard, every officer/official is provided with complete set of computer systems. Further, to promote ease of […]

Women Representation on Benches

DELHI, APRIL 1: Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124, 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India, which do not provide reservation for any caste or class of persons. In the present system of appointment of Judges to the […]

Corruption In Judiciary

DELHI, APRIL 1: Accountability in higher judiciary is maintained through “in-house mechanism”. The Supreme Court of India, in its full Court meeting on 7thMay, 1997, adopted two Resolutions namely (i) ‘The Restatement of Values of Judicial Life” which lays down certain judicial standards and principles to be observed […]

Virtual Courts

DELHI, APRIL 1:The decision to follow the virtual mode of court hearing is a matter which falls strictly under the purview of the judiciary and the Central Government has no role to play in this matter. Since Covid lockdown started, the District Courts heard 1,23,19,917 cases while the […]

Supreme Court Judges

DELHI, APRIL 1: The sanctioned judge strength of the Supreme Court is 34 (including Chief Justice of India). As on 25.03.2021, 32 Judges are in position, leaving 02 vacancies to be filled. The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956, as originally enacted, provided for the maximum number […]

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to interact with students, teachers and parents during the 5th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha on 1st April, 2022

Curtain Raiser DELHI, MARCH 31: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will be interacting with the students, teachers and parents from all over the world during the 5th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha on 1st April, 2022. As part of the programme, Prime Minister will interact with school […]

CBDT extends last date for filing of Form No.10AB for seeking registration or approval under Section 10(23C), 12A or 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act)

DELHI, MARCH 31: On consideration of difficulties in electronic filing of Form No.10AB as stipulated in Rule 2C or 11AA or 17A of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), extends the last date for electronic filing of Form No.10AB. The application for registration […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, MARCH 31: 184.06 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 14,307 Active cases stand at 0.03% Recovery Rate currently at 98.76% 1,594 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,24,89,004 1,225 new cases […]

5th BIMSTEC Summit

DELHI, MARCH 30: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today participated in the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit hosted in virtual mode by Sri Lanka, the current chair of BIMSTEC. rior to the 5th BIMSTEC Summit, preparatory meetings at the Senior […]

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