lawyers
- India
Allahabad HC sets up special committee to probe lathi charge on Hapur lawyers
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has formed a committee to look into the recent incident of police lathi charge on lawyers in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district. A bench comprising Chief Justice Pritinker…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP chief writes to CID for lawyers’ team to defend his case in court
Vijayawada: Arrested TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday asked the CID to allow him to use the services of a four-member legal team. Naidu wrote a…
- India
UP: Lawyers boycott work to protest Hapur police lathi-charge, govt forms SIT
Lucknow: Lawyers didn’t attend court and held protests in several Uttar Pradesh cities on Wednesday over an alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur district. In Meerut, protesting lawyers allegedly manhandled a…
- World
UK govt sets up taskforce to prosecute rogue immigration lawyers
London: The UK government on Tuesday announced that it has set up a special taskforce to increase enforcement action against unscrupulous immigration lawyers who coach illegal migrants to lie in order to…
- India
‘It’s unnecessary, undesirable’: AILC urges Law Commission to withdraw notice on UCC
Bhopal: Urging the 22nd Law Commission to withdraw its notice on soliciting responses over UCC, the All India Lawyers Council (AILC) said it was neither necessary nor desirable at this stage. The…
- India
CJI intervenes to end month-long protest of MP lawyers against HC order
Bhopal: The continuous abstention of advocates from all three benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to oppose its order for disposing 25 pending cases in three months has hit legal proceedings…
- India
BCI allows entry of foreign advocates, law firms into Indian courts
Foreign lawyers and law firms can now practice in Indian courts n a reciprocity basis, the Bar Council of India said on Wednesday. According to the latest Bar Council of India Rules…
- India
‘Sexist’: New Delhi Bar Assoc slammed for hosting ‘scantily-clad women dancers’
On the occasion of Holi festival, the New Delhi Bar Association organised an event inside the Patiala House Court which had “scantily-clad women dancers” performing on stage. It was heavily criticized by a…
- Telangana
Telangana: Peddapalli Bar Association roars against attacks on lawyers
Hyderabad: Claiming increasing attacks on advocates in Telangana, the representatives of the Manthani Peddapalli Bar Association have appealed to Bar Associations across the state to observe February 17 as a ‘Block Day’…
- India
Rijiju supports view that advocates with political affiliation can become judges
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday appeared to support the view that lawyers with political affiliation can become judges. This comes amid a debate on the issue following a recent…
- India
Tunisha spoke to man on dating app before death: Sheezan lawyers to court
Palghar: Television actor Tunisha Sharma was in contact with a man named Ali on a dating app and was in his company between December 21 and 23, just before her death, lawyers…
- Bangalore
Karnataka lawyers refuse to represent acid attacker
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Pratap Reddy said on Thursday that as no lawyer was coming forward to represent the accused in the sensational acid attack case reported from Bengaluru, it was proving…
- India
SC collegium recommends transfer of 7 judges, 3 from Telangana HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the transfer of seven high court judges, but its resolution doesn’t include the name of Gujarat High Court judge Nikhil S. Kariel, whose proposed transfer…
- India
Lawyers boycott Ankita murder accused; Protesters demand CBI probe
Kotdwar: The main accused in Ankita Bhandari case on Wednesday could not file their bail application in a court here after a local body of lawyers decided to boycott them, even as…
- Technology
Musk set to depose before Twitter lawyers ahead of Oct trial
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is set to depose before the Twitter lawyers earlier this week in the $44 billion takeover deal that he has terminated. The deposition is…
