Salman Khurshid

Government went into a huddle following a far-reaching Supreme Court judgement in the Vodafone case having revenue implications of about Rs 11,000 crore.Immediately after pronouncement of the SC ruling, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Law Minister Salman Khurshid held consultations on the issue. Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth too called on the Finance Minister. Full Article

The States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Tripura have already taken necessary legislative measures providing for compulsory registration of marriages. Other States except the State of Nagaland are in the process of achieving this end. Full Article

The government today deferred a decision on the new Companies Bill and said it would be taken up next month after sorting out issues concerning delegation of powers to the market regulator Sebi. “Finance Minister has been told by Sebi that few fine tuning matters have to be taken care of before it is actually [...] Full Article

Under attack from Team Anna and the Opposition for Income Tax office slapping a notice on activist Arvind Kejriwal to pay dues, government on Friday said it has no intention of being ‘revengeful’ and described the development as a ‘routine affair’. ‘It is unfair that allegations are made against government departments about their routine duties. Full Article

Disposal of cases in the courts is within the domain of the judiciary. However, Government has requested all the High Courts to launch a Mission Mode Programme for reduction of pendency in courts from 01.07.2011 to 31.12.2011. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the High Courts have also been requested to give priority to disposal of long pending cases pertaining to senior cit.. Full Article

57100 cases pending in SC; 42 lakh in HCs- Law Minister. As per latest available information, 57,179 cases were pending in the Supreme Court of India as on 30.6.11. The number of cases pending in the High Courts were 42,17,903 as on 30.9.2010. Giving his information in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice informed the House that in order to facilitate expeditious disposal of cases in courts, Government has taken a n.. Full Article

Shri Salman Khursheed assumed charge of office as Minister of Law & Justice today. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that his priority would be to continue with the important work and reforms being done by his predecessor. Full Article

Mukesh Ambani has got company of at least 29 fellow corporate executives, including four from his own group Reliance Industries , in terms of annual salaries running into crores of rupees for the latest fiscal. These include JSW Energy's Sajjan Jindal, Hindustan Construction's Ajit Gulabchand, Raymond's Gautam Hari Singhania, ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar, Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma, as also Infosys' S Gopalakrishnan and S D Shibulal. Full Article