Minister of Law and Justice Hans Raj Bhardwaj of India

New Delhi, July 25 - The central government is mulling setting up of more than 6,000 special rural courts to bring speedy justice in rural parts of the country, Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said.
Dr Bhardwaj said bilateral and multilateral treaties have resulted in a growing body of jurisprudence but cautioned because a signatory undertakes to do much more than a commercial contract.
Bhardwaj said there was an urgent need to develop institutional arbitration and create an awareness of arbitral process in India's legal fraternity.
In April 1982 Mr Bhardwaj was elected to Rajya Sabha and again in April 1988 he was re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
Mr Bhardwaj was Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice from 31 Dec1984 - Nov1989.
Indian Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said there is no reason for lawyers to fear the liberalisation of India's legal services sector, saying lawyers graduating from newly-set up national law schools are now "ready to compete' with those from other nations.
Hans Raj Bhardwaj has been an exception.
Bhardwaj has parried one for the government, fended off another, and managed the third.
From the day the election results came, Bhardwaj was of the view the Opposition should be permitted to form the government.
If the chief minister was unable to prove his majority, why was the United Progressive Alliance stretching and straining with sticky hands to keep the chief minister's chair?The pressure on Bhardwaj was enormous.
All this devotion to civil rights is a bit odd when you consider Bhardwaj's antecedents: his father was one of Jawaharlal Nehru's secretaries who died when Bhardwaj was studying law.
Bhardwaj was Sanjay Gandhi's lawyer and the two came really close when the Janata Party government came to power in 1977 and began prosecuting the Gandhi family.
Bhardwaj was one person who was made minister in the P V Narasimha Rao regime (he became law minister in 1992 when Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy became chief minister of Andhra Pradesh) on Sonia Gandhi's recommendation.
Complete coverage: The Great Defence ScandalBhardwaj is clear that it is the interests of law that he has to serve.
LONDON: Indian Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said there is no reason for lawyers to fear the liberalisation of India’s legal services sector, saying lawyers graduating from newly-set up national law schools are now “ready to competeâ€‌ with those from other nations.
Minister of Law, Hans Raj Bhardwaj, would be the first to admit that he’s not as brilliant a lawyer, as, say, Kapil Sibal.
Later talking to newsmen Mr Bhardwaj said that Haryana’s proposal to have a separate High Court had been under consideration of the Central Government and a national law school would also be set up in the state.
In reply to a question whether the law was being amended to deal with hostile witnesses, Mr Bhardwaj said the government had taken the issue very seriously.
When asked about his priorities for the state, Mr Bhardwaj said he had been dedicated to the cause of Haryana and gave an assurance that he would work in cooperation with the Chief Minister.
In reply to a question on the Sutlej-Yamuna link canal, Mr Bhardwaj said Mr Hooda had been focusing on the issue.
Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj is certain to get elected to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana as the Congress has full majority in the Haryana Assembly.
Bhardwaj said the Union Government had taken the issue very seriously.
When a newsman pointed out that Hans Raj Bhardwaj had repeatedly been saying that unless Haryana did not have a separate capital, he does not feel the need for a separate High Court.
When BJP MP Prabhat Jha sought to know if Maharashtra government had sent a proposal on it to the Centre, Bhardwaj said if the state government has sent such a proposal, then it must have gone to Home Ministry.
Malhotra, Bhardwaj said subordinate courts are the worst affected by the pile-up of 2.
Explaining the problem, Bhardwaj said there are superior and subordinate courts.
Law'Graduates of new Indian law schools ready for global competition' July 05, 2008London: Indian Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said there is no reason for lawyers to fear the liberalisation of Indias legal services sector, saying lawyers graduating from newly-set up national law schools are now "ready to compete" with those from other nations.
This wealth that we possess will provide another opportunity to introduce reforms in the legal and judicial system," Bhardwaj said at the launch of the Indo-European Business Forum here on Friday.
London, July 6 (IANS) Indian Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said there is no reason for lawyers to fear the liberalisation of India's legal services sector, saying lawyers graduating from newly-set up national law schools are now.
It is just another way of saying Bhardwaj is expendable.
This time, Bhardwaj is in trouble for sending additional solicitor-general B.
Earlier, the Union Law Minister, Hans Raj Bhardwaj said that the Central Government would provide funds for 7,000 more such mobile courts in the country and the expenditure on the salary, allowances of the judges and establishment would be borne by the Central Government for the first three years.
Bhardwaj said the idea was to reduce litigation while bringing justice to villagers' doorsteps through a fast track system.
Bhardwaj said hiring presiding officers for proposed mobile courts will be the States' prerogative as per norms to be set by respective High Courts and urged delegates to help make the Gram Nayayalaya project work.
Incidentally, Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj had a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L K Advani last night where the minister said in no uncertain terms that Lord Ram is a matter of faith.
So when the reporter asked Bhardwaj to react, Bhardwaj said ‘I don’t talk to reporters like you’ the reporter was persistent.
so Bhardwaj said you people were not even born when I was lawyer.
The reporter persisted so Bhardwaj said you people have lost credibility.
Bhardwaj said you have not made me a Minister why should I listen to you.
Union Law Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj has said the government will withdraw the offending remarks from the affidavit and file a fresh one.