Senior Indian Legal Service officer G Narayana Raju has been appointed as the legislative secretary, the top draftsman of the government. Raju was with the legislative department of the law ministry till recently in various capacities. In May, he was appointed the member secretary of the Law Commission. Sanjay Singh had relinquished charge as legislative secretary in September and law secretary PK Malhotra was given additional charge of the department. The legislative department is mandated with drafting of legislations for the central government.

Did You Know?

• Ministry of Law and Justice is the oldest limb of the Government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 enacted by the British Parliament.
• Supreme Court of India came into existence on 26th January, 1950 and is located on Tilak Marg, New Delhi.
• The Supreme Court of India comprises the Chief Justice and 30 other Judges appointed by the President of India.
• The law declared by the Supreme Court becomes binding on all courts within India
• The supreme court saw its first woman judge when Justice M. Fathima Beevi was sworn into office in 1989
• A person who has retired as a Judge of the Supreme Court is debarred from practising in any court of law or before any other authority in India.
• The Constitution of India under Article 145 empowers the Supreme Court to frame its own rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court as and when required (with the approval of the President)
• Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Chief Justice of India.