Lawyers and litigants at the Rohini court in Delhi are having a tough time with all the canteens in the court building and the chamber block being shut for almost four months now. The lawyers...
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On SC Notice Against Lawyers' Collective, Indira Jaising Claims Victimization For Questioning Probe Procedure In CJI Sexual Harassment Case8 May 2019 12:15 PM GMTWith the Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday issuing notice to advocates Indira Jaising, Anand Grover, their NGO Lawyers' Collective on a PIL seeking court-monitored...
IDIA Represents India At 4th Asia Lawyers Football Tournament In Thailand27 April 2019 5:04 PM GMT
Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) has added another feather to its cap by winning the Fair Play award at 4th Asia Lawyers 2019, the Asian Football Cup for Lawyers, a tournament...
Change Lawyer If Case Is Not Being Attended Properly: SC's Message To Litigants [Read Judgment]12 March 2019 1:25 PM GMT
The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, has given a subtle message to litigants who usually blame their lawyers, rightly or wrongly, for getting adverse orders from courts on ...
"It is The Duty Of Judges To Encourage Junior Lawyers In Open Court When They Argue Well": Justice (Rtd.) Sikri12 March 2019 4:59 AM GMT
'To have a robust legal system at the Supreme Court, or even at the district and the High Court levels, we need to have very, very strong young bar', reflected Justice A. K. Sikri on Monday. The...
Lawyering, For Women, Is Not A Cake Walk!10 March 2019 9:52 AM GMT
In the wake of contemporary feminist movements like #MeToo emerging from all over the world since 2016, feminism has been well perceived by young minds and has flourished considerably. But I...
Lady Lawyer's Plea Alleging Police Harassment: SC Directs Police To Look Into The Matter1 March 2019 7:05 AM GMT
In a packed courtroom on Friday, a lady advocate narrated an unfortunate episode of her having been manhandled by two policemen outside the Delhi High Court in the wee hours of the morning. 'They...
Plea Seeking Senior Designation To All Lawyers Having A Practice Of 30Yrs And More: CJI Recuses From Hearing25 Feb 2019 8:39 AM GMT
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday recused himself from hearing a plea for all advocates with a practice spanning over a tenure of 30 years or more to be designated as 'senior'. 'You have to...
Incompetency Of Lawyers Affecting Administration Of Justice? Gujarat HC Registers Suo Motu PIL; Issue Notice To BCI23 Feb 2019 3:17 PM GMT
The Gujarat High Court has issued notice to Bar Council of India in a Public Interest Litigation registered by the High Court administration itself raising the issue of incompetency of lawyers. ...
"Accept Our Genuine Demands":Lawyers Across India Protest For Welfare Measures12 Feb 2019 3:38 PM GMT
Despite lakhs of lawyers holding protest rallies throughout the country on Tuesday pressing for various welfare measures for advocates, the Union government's attitude and 'hollow assurance' left the...
Bar Council Of Delhi Appeals Lawyers To Join Protest March As Part Of Feb 12 Nationwide Lawyers' Agitation9 Feb 2019 3:49 PM GMT
As part of the Bar Council of India's call for nationwide lawyers' agitation on February 12, the Bar Council of Delhi has appealed all lawyers from Delhi-NCR to gather at Patiala House Court from...
Bar Council Of TN & Puducherry Imposes Rs.10,000 On New Lawyers For Putting Up Hoardings6 Feb 2019 6:21 AM GMT
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has reportedly imposed costs of Rs. 10,000 each on 11 lawyers for erecting huge digital banners and hoardings marking their enrolment, in violation of Bar...
BCI Calls For Nationwide Lawyers' Agitation On February 12 [Read The Press Release]6 Feb 2019 5:33 AM GMT
The Bar Council of India (BCI) is organising a nationwide lawyers' agitation on Feb 12The press invitation claims that 1.7 million lawyers across the country would take it to the roads on February...
Sabarimala : Women Cannot Be Singled Out To Ascertain Genuineness Of Devotion, Kerala Govt Tells HC15 Jan 2019 4:00 PM GMT
It is not practically possible to ascertain the genuineness of devotion of all the devotees coming to Sabarimala in the absence of prior negative intelligence inputs, the Kerala Government has...
Bombay Lawyers Association Moves HC Challenging Amendments To Appellate And Original Side Rules [Read Petition]14 Jan 2019 5:31 AM GMT
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the amendments introduced by the Bombay High Court to its Appellate side and Original side rules, by...
Lawyers' Resort To Seek Unnecessary Adjournments Amounts To Professional Misconduct: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Order]12 Jan 2019 1:52 PM GMT
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that seeking adjournments for no reason by lawyers amounts to professional misconduct.Stating that adjournments are growing like a cancer, which is eroding...
TN Bar Council Prohibits Fancy Enrollment Celebrations By New Lawyers8 Jan 2019 1:58 PM GMT
Pasting posters, putting up banners, beating drums and bursting fire crackers during the enrolment celebration of young lawyers have been banned, said the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as...
