Freedom of Speech is not free: Vir Das on being served 13 legal notices in 2020
Comedian-actor Vir Das feels freedom of speech in India is not “free”. On Wednesday, Vir Das shared with his followers that he has been served...
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SC to go virtual: Only urgent matters; lawyers’ chambers sealed
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday decided to constitute two benches for hearing “extremely urgent matters” through video conferencing facility. A...
Lawyers’ body urges SC to declare 4-week vacation from March 23
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) In the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged Chief Justice S.A. Bobde to...
COVID-19: Delhi court lawyers to abstain from work
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, lawyers in Delhi’s district courts have passed a resolution to abstain from...
Bengal lawyers to stay away from courts till Saturday
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Lawyers in West Bengal would not take part in any judicial proceedings till March 21 as precautionary measure to prevent spread...
UP lawyers lawyers to strike on Monday
Prayagraj, March 16 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court lawyers will boycott judicial work on Monday to draw the government’s attention to their long-pending demand for...
HC Bar Assn decries move to bring lawyers under consumer act
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Bar Association on Wednesday resolved to wear white armbands on Thursday as a “mark of protest”...
Lawyers plan march on Friday to protest Delhi riots
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The lawyers’ organisations plan to organise a Supreme Court to Parliament march at 3 p.m. on Friday in protest against...
Lawyers’ body offers free legal aid to Delhi riot victims
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Advocates on-Record Association (SCAORA) on Tuesday expressed deep anguish at the loss of lives and property in...
Lawyers’ strike for ‘kavi-sammelan’, Pak blasts a ‘joke’: SC
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday termed, as illegal, strikes by advocates in Uttarakhand on Saturday, a working day, since the...
Jharkhand lawyers strike work to protest judge’s ‘misbehaviour’
Ranchi, Feb 18 (IANS) Around 35,000 lawyers across Jharkhand on Tuesday abstained from judicial work to protest against the alleged misbehaviour of a district judge...
Trump’s lawyers begin his defence at Senate trial
New York, Jan 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s lawyers launched their defence in the Senate trial on Saturday questioning the credibility of the Democratic...
Pak lawyers’ body asks its Ahmadiyya members to renounce their faith
New Delhi/Islamabad, Jan 23 (IANS) Islamabad’s largest lawyers’ body has made it mandatory for all its members to declare their faith in the finality of...
Trump’s lawyers urge US Senate to reject impeachment
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have urged the Senate to reject the impeachment articles approved by Democratic-led House of Representatives against...
CJI seeks minimum experience for lawyers appearing in SC
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde, unhappy over the manner deployed by some lawyers to mention cases for urgent...
Lawyers carry body of colleague to district collectorate
Lucknow, Jan 8 (IANS) Lawyers carried the body of their slain colleague to the courtroom of the District Collectorate here on Wednesday to protest against...
Delhi court asks lawyers to move magistrate or HC
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Tis Hazari Court on Saturday asked lawyers to move the magistrate court or the Delhi High...
Court directs Daryaganj SHO to allow detainees meet lawyers
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Central Delhi Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arul Varma on late Friday directed the Daryaganj Police Station SHO to allow the detained...
Pre-arrest bail for Imran’s nephew in lawyers protest case
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday granted pre-arrest bail to Prime Minister Imran Khans nephew Hassaan Niazi who was wanted by...
Lawyers shout ‘shame’ as HC offers no interim relief to Jamia students (2nd Lead)
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) In an unprecedented incident, lawyers shouted “shame, shame” after the Delhi High Court refused any interim relief to the Jamia...