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The Ministry of Law and Justice (ISO: Vidhi aura Nyāya Maṁtrālaya) in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Justice respectively.
Merged to form Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs with three departments - Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Department of Sugar and Edible Oils and Department of Consumer Affairs. On 15 October 1999, the new ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, having the same three departments.
The Chief Justice of India recommended that the central government constitute a permanent body to avoid unnecessary delays. The first NJPC was constituted on 21 March 1996 on the order of Supreme Court in the landmark judgment All India Judges Association v UOI. The commission was headed by Justice K. J. Shetty (Ex- Supreme Court Judge).
The Constitution of India grants power to the President of India to appoint, as recommended by the outgoing chief justice in consultation with other judges, (as envisaged in Article 124 (2) of the Constitution) [5] the next chief justice, who will serve until they reach the age of 65 or are removed by the constitutional process of impeachment.
Secretary, Department of Space: V Narayanan: 15 January 2022 [23] Chairperson, University Grants Commission: M. Jagadesh Kumar: 4 February 2022 [24] Chairperson, Competition Commission of India: Ravneet Kaur: 23 May 2023 [25] Chairperson, Central Water Commission: Khushvinder Vohra: Chairperson, National Forest Commission: B. N. Kirpal
JoR - Justice S.K. Kaul: 3 Justice Surya Kant: 18 June 2023 (1 year, 242 days) JoR - Justice Ajay Rastogi: 11 November 2024 (96 days) JoR - CJI D.Y. Chandrachud: 4 Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka: 11 November 2024 (96 days) JoR - CJI D.Y. Chandrachud: Not member: 5 Justice Vikram Nath: 1 February 2025 (14 days) JoR - Justice Hrishikesh Roy: Not member
The department acts as a facilitator, in consultation with central ministries/departments, states/UT administrations, organisations and individuals, to improve government functioning through administrative reforms in the spheres of restructuring the government, process improvement, organisation and methods and grievance handling, and by ...
The Supreme Court of India consists of the chief justice and 33 associate justices, all appointed by the president on the advice of the Chief Justice of India. The jury trials were abolished in India in the early 1960s, after the famous case KM Nanavati v. the State of Maharashtra , for reasons of being vulnerable to media and public pressure ...