Noida (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (ANI): Delhi High Court judge Mr. Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra on Tuesday released the Hindi version of a book titled "Legal Language, Legal Vocabulary and Legal Writing" authored by Amity Law School Professor Dr. Kavita Surbhi at the Amity Campus here.

Lucknow, May 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta Justice N.K. Mehrotra has indicted over 199 persons, including two former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ministers, for allegedly siphoning off Rs. 1,410 crore of public money for the construction of parks and memorials when former chief minister Mayawati was in power.

Johannesburg, May 20 (ANI): South Africa's Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has claimed that the well-connected and wealthy Gupta family misused their diplomatic contacts to land their plane illegally at the country's strategic and sensitive Waterkloof Air Force Base last month.

Johannesburg, May 20 (ANI): South Africa's Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has said the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and police in South Africa will be the deciding authority on whether to prosecute or not to prosecute the well-connected Gupta family for allowing their plane to land at the strategic and sensitive Waterkloof Air Force base for the wedding of Vega Gupta and Indian-born Aakash Jahajgarhia at Sun City.

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Consequent to the spot-fixing scandal in the cash rich Indian Premier League (IPL), Union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal has suggested introduction of a legislation to curb the menace of betting and other illegal activities in the country's sports arenas.

Lahore, May 17 (ANI): The Lahore High Court has initiated judicial inquiry into the killing of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh by his fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail and has appointed Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi as the inquiry judge.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): The US Government gave witness protection to known and suspected terrorists and the country's Marshals Service even lost track of two of those people, according to a report.

Amritsar, May 15 (ANI): In an effort to decrease the increasing hate crime against Sikhs in the United State of America, the American Sikh Congressional Caucus (ASCC) requested congressmen to sign its first act "hate crime statistics against Sikhs".

Lahore, May 15 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has decided to move Supreme Court and Election Commission of Pakistan in order "to seek justice" after it identified "significant rigging instances" in as many as 20 constituencies in the Punjab province.

Gurgaon, May 14 (ANI): Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has announced that a previously disclosed investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of data integrity and manufacturing processes at certain Ranbaxy facilities in India has been concluded.

Washington, May 13(ANI): Former American Football player O.J Simpson, who was acquitted in a case of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, will stand in a court room again.

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday took additional charge of the law and justice ministry.

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Congress Party spokesman and general secretary Janardan Dwivedi on Sunday said in a statement that the removal of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar from the Union Cabinet was a "joint decision" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, while dismissing reports that the action was at the insistence Gandhi only.

Surat, May 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its relentless campaign not to welcome the firm steps taken by the government to crack down on corruption by demanding the resignations of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and former law and justice minister Ashwani Kumar.

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): A day after Ashwani Kumar, former union law and justice minister, claimed that he was above board on the role that he had played while going through the Central Bureau of Investigations's (CBI's) draft report on the coal block allocation probe before being asked to resign by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal also defended his decision to quit from the Union cabinet.

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Top leaders of the Congress Party will meet here on Saturday evening to probably decide on the political futures of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Amid sharp criticism over the Supreme Court's critical observation about the government's interference in a CBI probe of the coal block allocation scam, Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said he had not met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): A day after the Supreme Court's critical observation about the government's interference in a CBI probe of the coal block allocation scam, Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar is reported to have met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here on Thursday.

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government after the Supreme Court expressed concern over Centre's interference in CBI probe in coal scam and other cases, and demanded the resignation of Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar.

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): A panel of central government ministers has instructed the Ministry of Law and Justice to redraft the Coal Regulator Bill.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar has said that since shortage of judges is one of the reasons affecting disposal, the government has decided in May, 2012 that number of judges in the subordinate judiciary needs to be doubled in five years.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Party, which met here on Tuesday said that it would support the government in passing the Food Security Bill 2011 and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 provided Union Law and Justice Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal are asked to step down from their respective offices.

Kolkata, May 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has praised public interest litigations (PIL) for helping in delivering justice, but urged the judiciary to "observe self discipline" to "maintain the balance with the executive and legislature".

Bhikiwind, Mar 5 (ANI): Family of slain Sarabjit Singh on Sunday said that they would move an International Court of Justice over the death of the Indian prisoner in Pakistan following a brutal attack by jail inmates.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): The Justice Department has filed notice that it will challenge a federal court decision requiring the government to make emergency contraceptives available over the counter to women of all ages.