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Hours after she was sworn in at the White House, Bondi called for the creation of “weaponization working group” that will examine the work of special counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump in two criminal cases.
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The fresh nomination for the powerful position came hours after former Congressman Matt Gaetz announced on Thursday his decision to withdraw from the nomination process for the post.
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Representative Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, marking a pivotal selection for his new administration. Gaetz’s nomination, pending Senate approval, underscores Trump’s focus on reasserting control over the Justice Department and pursuing an aggressive agenda. Trump praised Gaetz's commitment to ending “weaponized” government, securing borders, and restoring trust in federal justice. The role of attorney general is viewed as essential to Trump's plans for mass deportations, pardoning January 6 rioters, and retaliating against previous investigations. Gaetz’s selection reflects Trump’s desire for loyalty and alignment with his post-election priorities.
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The Kerala government has been blaming the Centre for the state's financial woes and in its Budget attacked the Union government stating that it was pushing the southern state towards the worst financial crisis in its history.
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The court was hearing a petition pertaining to the Union’s delay in clearing names for appointment and transfer of judges recommended by the collegium.
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There is no particular reason but thought about the offer again and declined it, news agency ANI quoted Rohatgi as saying.
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This expenditure has seen a marginal downward trend in the last three financial years as per the data presented by the law ministry.
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K K Venugopal, the sources said, was not willing to continue in the constitutional post due to "personal reasons". But following a request by the central government, he has agreed to continue as the top law officer of the Union of India for three more months.
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Lupin was named as a defendant with respect to 11 generic drugs for alleged price manipulation.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was informed by Venugopal that the search committee headed by former apex court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai has recommended three panels of names to the selection committee for appointment of chairperson, judicial and non-judicial members.
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A bench comprising Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit asked Mallya if he had been truthful after a consortium of banks led by the SBI alleged that USD 40 million was transferred by Mallya to his three children in complete violation of the Karnataka High Court order.
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Jeff Sessions, a close confidant of US President Donald Trump, was today confirmed to be the next attorney general, after a historically tumultuous process that saw the senator come under fire for his views on race and civil rights.
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Decks were cleared tonight for promulgation of an ordinance by the Tamil Nadu government for conducting Jallikattu with the Union Ministries of Environment and Law giving their nod for it.
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The Supreme Court has once again refused to intervene in the government's demonetisation drive. This as the Attorney General tells the court that deposits have touched Rs 13 lakh crore.
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The Attorney General clarified before the Supreme Court on Friday that since November 8, deposits of around Rs 12 lakh crore have come into the banking system. The amount is higher than government's estimate, he said.
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In a disappointment to the government, Supreme Court (SC) Friday refused government‘s plea to stay proceedings before various High Courts with regards to demonetisation drive.
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Harris, 51, who defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez, is also the sixth black individual to be elected to the US Senate. US President Barack Obama was the fifth black elected Senator.
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The apex court decided to post the matter on December 5 after NDTV's counsel and senior advocate Fali S Nariman and Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said there was no real urgency as the decision to ban the transmission on November 9 has been put on hold by the government.
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On Friday the apex court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatagi to look into the pension rules as they lack clarity on disbursement eligibility and wants the government to draft comprehensible and clear rules.
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Reliance had won spectrum in the 2010 auctions before the government had adopted the new spectrum fee regime for auctions starting 2011. Fee revision is allowed only on auctions post 2011.
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A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh, which had fixed the hearing on the plea at 2 PM today, took up the matter at 10.30 AM to apprise the parties concerned that it may not take up the case today as Justice Singh would be a part of another bench hearing matters related to medical entrance exams at 2 PM.
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The SC move comes after the Attorney General on Thursday, in an entirely different and unrelated case, suggested the apex court slap pre-hearing costs on big corporate houses indulging in protracted litigations, in a bid to contain the number of such cases and the resultant backlog.
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Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi says that Mallya should voluntarily surrender his passport.
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The AG also said he had came to know through media that the process to extradite Mallya has been initiated as India had signed a treaty with the United Kingdom.
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The company, iYogi, made a splash when it looked to the US to create up to 300 jobs in partnership with a call center operator in Maine. The July announcement was big enough news that Gov Paul LePage attended the event in Lewiston.
