Kiren Rijiju, the Indian Law minister on Thursday said that the Bar Council of India has identified 500 sub-standard law colleges across the country which are not imparting education in right atmosphere and right way. To put an end or improve the standard a team comprising of some former Judge(s)/Senior Advocate(s) and noted academicians will be going to conduct surprise visits to such Institutions.
Lok Sabha was informed by the Ministry of Law and Justice that disposal of cases is the work of the judiciary and the Government has no role in the cases being resolved, disposed or upheld.It also made the lower house of the parliament aware that no stipulated time frame has been prescribed for the disposal of various kinds of cases by the respective courts.
A day after the massive expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers, the newly-appointed Ministers took charge of their responsibilities on Thursday, including Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, made it clear that there exists a clear distinction between Dalits adopting Islam and Christianity with those choosing to remain Hindus.