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Union Government The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of...

Constitution Constitution of India Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties

Executive The Constitution of India lays down the framework on which Indian polity is run. ... The Preamble of the Constitution of India — Indias fundamental and supreme law The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties are sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the State to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the... Government Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Ministers

Legislative The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the Government of India. ... This article is about the Prime Minister of India. ... List of Indian ministers in the current government elected in 2004: Names in italics are women ministers. ... A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... Parliament President Pratibha Patil Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Lok Sabha Speaker of Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee Rajya Sabha Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Judiciary Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... The President of India (Hindi: Rashtrapati) is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ... Pratibha Patil (Marathi: प्रतिभा पाटील) (born December 19, 1934) is the 13th and current President of India. ... The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. ... Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born April 1, 1937) is the current Vice President of India. ... The Lok Sabhha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. ... Somnath Chatterjee (born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam) is a politician in India. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      In the law, the judiciary or judicial system is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the sovereign or state, a mechanism for the resolution of disputes. ... Supreme Court Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan High Courts District Courts

Local[disambiguation needed] The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... Justice K.G. Balakrishnan; First Dalit cheif justice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan aka Justice K G Balakrishnan, an Indian Judge and member of the Indian Supreme Court, has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Composition and Jurisdiction of District Courts In India : administration of justice at district level is done through law courts which are presided over by a judge. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Panchayati Raj

Elections in India The Panchayat is an Indian political system. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 2007 Presidential election 2004 General election Election Commission Chief Election Commissioner State Assembly elections Political parties

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The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India. The Election Commission of India held indirect 13th presidential elections of India on 19 July 2007[1]. Pratibha Patil with 638,116 votes won over her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who got 331,306 votes. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Election Commission of India is a constitutional body created to hold free and fair elections in India. ... The Chief Election Commissioner heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections to the national and state legislatures. ... The State Assembly elections in India are the elections in which the Indian electorate choose the members of the Vidhan Sabha (or Legislative/State Assembly). ... Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ... An Indian political scandal commonly refers to some action by a politician deemed unacceptable in law or by custom, or which is held to be morally unacceptable to the politicians peers or the electorate. ... The Republic of India, the second most populous country and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is considered as a major power and a potential superpower. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...

The chief justice of the Supreme Court is appointed on the basis of seniority by the President of India.The nominees for chief justice of the supreme court must have an experience of being judge of highcourt for at least 5 years, or be a lawyer for 10 years in the high court. Appointments of other judges to the Supreme Court are made by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice. The President of India (Hindi: Rashtrapati) is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ...

The Chief Justice occupies courtroom no 1 of the Supreme Court of India. Amongst his/her responsibilities are the fixing of benches. The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ...

Justice K G Balakrishnan is the current Chief Justice of India from January 14, 2007, he succeded Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal. Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (Malayalam language: കൊനകുപ്പക്കാട്ടില്‍ ഗോപിനാഥന്‍ ബാലകൃഷ്ണന്‍ , b. ... Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (born on January 14, 1942) was the 36th Chief Justice of India. ...

List of former Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India

This is a list of former Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India. The current Chief Justice of India is K. G. Balakrishnan (January 15, 2007 - May 12, 2010). recently k.g. balakrishan has been nominated for the chief justices of india. The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. ... Justice K.G. Balakrishnan; First Dalit cheif justice of India Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan aka Justice K G Balakrishnan, an Indian Judge and member of the Indian Supreme Court, has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. H. J. Kania
2. M. P. Sastri
3. Mehr Chand Mahajan
4. B. K. Mukherjea
5. [[S. R. Das]]

#B. P. Sinha Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the Chief Justice of India from 14th August, 1947 to 5th February, 1951. ... Mehr Chand Mahajan (born December 23, 1889 in Tika Nagrota, Kangra district) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. ...

1. P. B. Gajendragadkar
2. A. K. Sarkar
3. K. Subba Rao
4. K. N. Wanchoo
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5. M. Hidayatullah
6. J. C. Shah
7. S. M. Sikri
8. A. N. Ray
9. Mirza Hameedullah Beg
10. Y. V. Chandrachud
11. P. N. Bhagwati
12. R. S. Pathak
13. E. S. Venkataramiah
14. S. Mukharji
15. Ranganath Misra
16. K. N. Singh
17. M. H. Kania
18. L. M. Sharma
19. M. N. Venkatachaliah
20. A. M. Ahmadi
21. J. S. Verma
22. M. M. Punchhi
23. A. S. Anand
24. S. P. Bharucha
25. B. N. Kirpal
26. G. B. Pattanaik
27. V. N. Khare
28. Rajendra Babu
29. R. C. Lahoti
30. Y. K. Sabharwal

Muhammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) was the acting President of India in 1969 and the second Muslim to hold the post (Dr Zakir Hussain being the first). ... Mirza Hameedullah Beg (M J Beg) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978. ... The Honorable Y. V. Chandrachud (Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud) served as the Chief Justice of India from February 22, 1978 to the day he retired on July 11, 1985. ... Kamal Narain Singh (born December 13, 1926) is an Indian jurist and a former Chief Justice of India. ... Mr. ... A. M. Ahmadi (Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi) was Chief Justice of India from 1994 to 1997. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ramesh Chandra Lahoti. ... Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (born on January 14, 1942) was the 36th Chief Justice of India. ...

External links

• Photo gallery of former chief justices on website of Supreme Court of India