Goolam Vahanvati appointed Attorney General

Senior advocate Goolam E Vahanvati was appointed as the new Attorney General on Monday, the country's top law officer. Vahanvati, who was the Solicitor General during the previous United......

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is new attorney general

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi was on Thursday appointed as the new Attorney General and will have a tenure of three years. The law ministry issued a formal notification appointing him as the top......

Mukul Rohatgi to be Attorney General of India

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi will be the new Attorney General of India following change in the government at the Centre. The eminent Supreme Court lawyer told PTI that he has been offered the......

2G:Attorney general, law secy to appear before PAC

Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Law Secretary D R Meena have been called by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to give evidence in its probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The......

Vodafone tax row: Arvind Kejriwal TARGETS Kapil Sibal

Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Admi Party leader, questioned the Union Law minister Kapil Sibal’s decision to clear a proposal that allows Vodafone to ‘settle’ the Rs 11,217 crore tax row......

Retail FDI game may not be over

A spanner may have been thrown in the government works on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. The issue came up in a public interest suit that alleged the government had allowed 51 per......

Govt sets aside Rs 617 crore tax demand on Satyam

The government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it will set aside its order directing scam-hit information technology firm Satyam Computer to pay Rs 617 crore (Rs 6.17 billion) as income......

Don't change ED officer involved in 2G probe: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that Deputy Director of ED Rajeshwar Singh be not taken away from the ongoing probe in 2G cases and directed that he will continue with the investigation......

BCCI approaches Advocate-General on WADA clause

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to Attorney-General Goolam E Vahanvati and former Chief Justice A S Anand to get clarity on the controversial "whereabouts" clause in......

Govt to bring new law on spot-fixing by August: Sibal

Amidst the uproar over IPL spot-fixing, the government asserted that it would make efforts to put in place by July or August the new standalone law to deal with such "unfair practices" but ruled......

Spot-fixing effect: New law to be enacted soon

In the wake of shocking allegations of spot-fixing in IPL, a new standalone law to deal with such "dishonest practices" in all kinds of sports will be enacted soon. Announcing this in New Delhi on......