By Siddharth Shukla The Indian legal system is facing a massive problem of arrears of pending cases. According to data from the National Judicial Data Grid, as of December 2020, there were over 47 million cases pending in Indian courts. This includes over 37 million cases pending in lower courts and over 10 million cases pending in higher courts. One…
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Meaning of Cadre in the context of Indian Law.
In the context of Indian law, “cadre” refers to a specific group or category of government employees. It is used to refer to the set of positions or jobs that are grouped together based on their similar characteristics or responsibilities. For example, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) are two different cadres. The IAS officers are responsible…
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What is a Civil Post?
The term “civil post” is often come across in the practice of Law relating to Public Service. It is not simple to explain this term without context of a particular service or statute. As can be ascertained from the phrase itself, the term is contradistinguished from posts which fall under defence services such as Military, Air Force and the Navy.…
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Good News: All DRT vacancies filled by the Government.
According to a report, The Attorney General of India, Mr. K.K. Venugopal, on April 8 informed a Bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai that appointments of DRT members to the vacant posts are complete. In certain states such as Odissa, Debts Recovery Tribunal was non-functional for the last three years. This is certainly good development as the…