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KK Venugopal, Tushar Mehta get extended tenures as attorney general, solicitor general

KK Venugopal tenure as attorney general was extended by 12 months, while Tushar Mehta's tenure as solicitor general was extended by three years

1 min read30 Jun 2020
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Delhi riots case: High Court grants bail to Safoora Zargar

The order was passed by a single judge bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher via videoconferencing.The court made it clear that the order is not passed on merits and it shall not be treated as precedent

1 min read23 Jun 2020
News

'Protective umbrella’ in way of truth, says Tushar Mehta

Ex-FM Chidambaram took advantage of protective cover provided by HC, argues Solicitor general Tushar Mehta The Solicitor general alleged that Chidambaram was evasive to the questions put to him and those could only have been answered by him

3 min read22 Aug 2019
Politics

CBI vs CBI: Centre intervened to restore public confidence in the institution, SC told

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that the central govt was empowered to make a reference to the CVC for inquiry against CBI officials

1 min read5 Dec 2018
Politics

CBI vs CBI: Supreme Court takes CVC report against Alok Verma on record

A list of decisions taken by the CBI’s interim chief, Nageswara Rao, was also submitted to the top court

1 min read12 Nov 2018
News

Don’t want India to become the refugee capital: Govt tells Supreme Court

Government tells the Supreme Court that the issue regarding deportation of Rohingyas from Myanmar was better left to be decided diplomatically by the executive

2 min read31 Jan 2018
Politics

SC to see CBI’s documents on Karti Chidambaram’s alleged foreign accounts, properties

The Supreme Court said it would peruse documents provided by the CBI relating to Karti Chidambaram’s alleged foreign bank accounts and properties

4 min read10 Oct 2017
Politics

Delhi HC quashes trial court order; allows CBI to retain seized documents

Justice P.S. Teji said that the main question was whether the documents seized by the CBI were to be retained by them or returned to the Delhi government

1 min read11 Feb 2016
Politics

All extreme views can’t be prohibited on the Web: Centre to SC

Additional solicitor general says not against posting of extreme political views on Internet, but argues that content hurting religious sentiments needs to be blocked

1 min read14 Jan 2015
Politics

We want to protect right to free speech: govt to SC

Supreme Court bench asks petitioners to suggest guidelines to additional solicitor general by 25 December

1 min read18 Dec 2014

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