Supreme Court Explains Criteria For Senior Advocate Designation, Says Having 'Long Practice' Cannot Be A Rational Criterion

The Supreme Court has explained the qualifications necessary for an advocate to be designated as Senior Advocate under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961, which governs the process of designation of Senior Advocates.Section 16 provides for two classes of advocates — Senior Advocates and other Advocates. Sub-section (2) of the provision states that an advocate may be designated as a...

Kerala Bar Council Bars Lawyer Accused Of Assaulting Lady Advocate From Appearing Before Any Forum Till Disciplinary Case Is Decided

The Bar Council of Kerala in its meeting conducted on Wednesday (May 14) has decided to restrict Advocate Beyline Das from appearing before any court, Tribunal or authority pending disciplinary proceedings against him.The decision comes a day after Das was suspended from the Trivandrum Bar Association for allegedly assaulting his junior lady advocate. The police have registered a case...

Muzaffarnagar Student Slapping Case | Supreme Court Asks UP Govt To Bear Educational Expenses Of Victim Boy Till He Completes School

The Supreme Court today (May 14) reaffirmed that the Uttar Pradesh government bears the primary responsibility for the educational expenses of the minor boy who was the victim of the 2023 Muzaffarnagar student slapping incident. A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan clarified that the state must cover tuition fees, the cost of uniforms, books, and transport charges until...

BCI Amends Rules Allowing Foreign Law Firms & Lawyers To Practice Non-Litigious Matters In India

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has notified amendments to rules allowing foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law (non-litigation) in India on the basis of reciprocity. The recent notification of May 13 by BCI states that the amendment to the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022 intends to regulate...

Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel Bail Of Man Facing UAPA Trial Over Alleged Radicalisation Towards ISIS

The Supreme Court today refused to cancel bail granted to a man booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 over alleged radicalization towards banned terrorist organization-ISIS.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, considering that the trial was likely to take "reasonable" time to conclude and there was no instance of misuse of the bail...

'Language Of Gutters' : MP High Court Directs FIR Against BJP Minister Vijay Shah For Comments Against Col Sofiya Qureshi

The Madhya Pradesh High Court today suo motu directed the registration of an FIR against BJP leader and State Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his comment calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi a "sister of terrorists". The Court described his remarks as 'disparaging,' 'dangerous,' and 'language of the gutters'-not merely targeting the officer in question, but denigrating the armed forces as a whole....

SCAORA Requests New CJI BR Gavai To Restore Adjournment Letter Circulation & Notify Hearing Sequence In Causelists

The Supreme Court Advocates On Record Association, on May 14, wrote a letter to the newly appointed CJI, Justice Gavai, requesting the return of the letter circulation mechanism and for introducing courtrooms' hearing sequence in supplementary lists. On behalf of SCAORA, AoR Mr. Nikhil Jain, Hony. Secretary has urged the CJI to reinstate the traditional practice of circulating adjournment...

'Are We Going To Brand Them All Risky?' : Supreme Court Questions Ban On Blood Donation By Transgender Persons, Sex Workers, Etc

During the hearing of the pleas challenging the blanket ban on blood donations by transgender persons, gay men, sex workers, etc., the Supreme Court today asked the Union to seek expert opinion on how to do away with the "discriminatory element" of National Blood Transfusion Council's guidelines without compromising medical safety and precautionary safeguards in place.A bench of Justices...

Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against ED Arrest Of Haryana Congress Leader

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court accusing the Enforcement Directorate of illegally arresting and manhandling a political leader of Opposition in Haryana (Congress).The matter was mentioned today before a bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih. However, as it was an unlisted mentioning, the bench told the counsel to go through the appropriate mentioning procedure.Recently, ED...

Native Of Tamil Nadu Village Claimed As Waqf Land Approaches Supreme Court Supporting Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025

In the petitions challenging the Waqf( Amendment) Act 2025, a native of a Tamil Nadu village, which is being entirely claimed as a Waqf property, has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court supporting the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025.The application has been filed by one Sreeman Chandrasekar, a native of the village Thiruchendurai in Tamil Nadu, claiming that the entire village...

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Major Judgements Of Justice BR Gavai, The Newly Sworn-In CJI

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, took oath today as the 52nd Chief Justice of India after the current Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, retired on May 13. Justice Gavai has become the second CJI belonging to the Scheduled Caste community after Justice KG Balakrishnan retired as the CJI in 2010.During his time as a judge, Justice Gavai has delivered...