Suspension Of 5970 Advocates: Bar Council Agrees To Keep The Decision In Abeyance

In a reprieve to 5,970 advocates suspended from practice due to non-payment of subscription fees to the Advocates Welfare Fund, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has agreed to keep the suspension order in abeyance for two weeks. However, coming down heavily on the defaulting advocates and the Madras High Court Advocates Association for challenging the suspension order instead...

Judge Can't Recuse From A Case Merely Because His Father Appeared In It For The State Earlier: Sikkim HC [Read Order]

"In my view, it is the duty of a Judge to hear every matter placed before him without fear or favour"

The Right To Know About Criminal Contestants

Dear Voters! Do not elect criminals and criminally rich leaders!

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 8 Advocates As Judges Of Karnataka HC, Sends Back 1 Name [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the elevation of eight Advocates as judges of Karnataka High Court.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice SA Bobde and Justice NV Ramana approved the following names: Savanur Vishwajith Shetty Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna Kumar Maralur Indrakumar Arun Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal Ashok...

Divorce Petition Can Be Filed Through Power Of Attorney: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"There is nothing wrong in the Family Court entertaining an application even though it is filed through power of attorney holder"

India Begets Its First Lokpal, And How - Hitherto Unopposed And Virtually Opaque?

From being recommended by the First Administrative Reforms Commission back in 1966, from as many as eight failed attempts at a legislation up till 2011, to crusader Anna Hazare's hunger-strike the same year that effectively set the Parliament in motion, to the law eventually seeing the light of the day in January, 2014, and after battling it out at the apex court for nearly five years hence, on Saturday India got its first Lokpal chairperson in former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra...

Technological Self-Determination And The Transformative Constitution [Excerpt From Gautam Bhatia's New Book]

At the time of Independence, India was a society characterized by authoritarian political power, legal and social inequalities, and unaccountable private regimes of domination. Te Constitution acknowledged both this legacy and this reality, and sought to transform it. In this book, I have attempted to articulate that transformative constitutional vision through nine judgmentsBut...

Section 138 NI Act: Non-Filing Of I-T Returns Does Not Mean That The Complainant Had No Source Of Income: MP HC [Read Order]

"Non-filing of Income Tax Return by itself would not mean that the complainant had no source of income and thus, no adverse inference can be drawn in this regard only because of absence of Income Tax Return"

Reliance vs Ericsson: Unsecured Creditor Walks Away With Money; Banks Clueless About Recovery

This situation also raises questions about the assessment carried out by the banks before disbursing loans to the tune of Rs.46,000 crores to Reliance group.

Arnab Goswami Summoned By Kerala Court In Defamation Case For Alleged Anti-Kerala Remarks

Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, has been summoned by Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Kannur in Kerala in a criminal defamation case filed for allegedly humiliating Keralites during a channel discussion.The complaint was filed by P Sasi, CPI(M) leader and president of People's Law Foundation, alleging that Goswami had termed Keralites "shameless people", while debating...

"I Hadn't The Slightest Doubt In My Mind That The ADM Jabalpur Judgment Should Be Overruled": Justice Chandarchud On Overruling His Father's Judgment

"When I had overruled ADM Jabalpur, I was sure that it had to be overruled. I hadn't the slightest doubt in my mind and I always felt that it had to be overruled having gathered the knowledge of law over the years. It wasn't difficult in that sense. But yes, there was, of course, a little bit of the personal element involved and I was conscious of the fact that I was overruling my...

Is A Lawyer Bound To Support An Unjust Cause? Patna HC Recommends An Article To Read [Read Order]

Is a Lawyer Bound to Support an Unjust Cause? The Patna High Court has recommended an article by A.S. Cutler in this regard. The division bench comprising of the Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, in its order, has reproduced the entire article, 'for the benefit of all' and to remind the lawyers their duties and ethical conduct in the matters...