Madras lawyers boycott courts over Chief Justice’s transfer
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) Advocates practicing at the Madras High Court, here on Tuesday, boycotted courts and tribunals in protest against transfer of Chief Justice …
Madras HC lawyers urge CJI to reconsider Tahilramani transfer
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Madras High Court lawyers have written a letter to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ranjan Gogoi urging him to …
Telangana lawyers continue protest over judge’s transfer
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Protest by lawyers of the Telangana High Court over the transfer of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar continued for a third consecutive …
SG’s team gave tough fight to Chidambaram’s lawyers in SC
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s legal team gave a tough fight to a battery of senior lawyers engaged by former Finance …
Chinmayanand case: Lawyers move SC over missing victim
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A group of lawyers here on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court requesting initiation of proceedings over the missing law student …
Chidambaram’s lawyers argue on applicability of PMLA law
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) On the second day of hearing this week on former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s petition for pre-arrest bail in the …
Ronaldo’s lawyers admit paying money to settle sexual assault claim
Las Vegas, Aug 20 (IANS) Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers have revealed for the first time in court documents that the football superstar paid an amount to …
Lawyers march through HK against ‘political persecution’
Hong Kong, Aug 7 (IANS) More than 1,000 lawyers marched through Hong Kong’s business district urging authorities to “stop political persecution” and to form an …
HC defers tribunal in Haryana, striking lawyers resume work
Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Ending the week-long deadlock between striking lawyers and the state government over setting up the Haryana Administrative Tribunal, the Punjab and …
BCCI state bodies rue complications created by CoA, lawyers
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Members of various state associations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met in the Capital on …
SC notice to Centre on PIL seeking security for women lawyers
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Bar Council of India (BCI) on a plea …
Over 3.5 lakh lawyers in UP go on strike
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh will remain on strike on Monday. Over 3.5 lakh lawyers will not attend court but will hold …
Gurugram lawyers block expressway to protest peer’s murder
Gurugram, July 25 (IANS) Lawyers of the Gurugram district court blocked for about two hours the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway at Rajiv Chowk after the death of …
Law Ministry to launch cohesive insurance scheme for lawyers
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) After holding several rounds of discussions with various stakeholders, the Law Ministry is ready to launch a cohesive insurance scheme …
SC dismisses plea on safety of lawyers in courts
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to …
Activists criticise raids at Lawyers Collective offices
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Activists on Thursday expressed dismay and disappointment over the raids carried out by the CBI at the Lawyers Collective’s offices …
Jadhav case: India spent Re 1, Pakistan crores on lawyers
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Senior advocate Harish Salve charged Re 1 as his fee to represent India during the public hearing in the Kulbhushan …
Karnataka knot: Lawyers argue court’s jurisdiction
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the contention of the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, which apparently indicated that the …
SC rebukes registry officials, lawyers
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday rebuked the Registry officials for shoddy work in listing urgent cases and unruly behaviour of …
Senior lawyers Indira Jaising, Anand Grover’s premises raided
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of senior Supreme Court lawyer Indira …
CBI books Lawyers Collective, Anand Grover for FCRA violations
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday said it had registered a case against Mumbai-based NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’ and its President Anand Grover …
Orissa HC lawyers continue protest over judges’ appointment
Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) Lawyers of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday continued to boycott the court of the Chief Justice and two other judges, …
Lawyers refuse to plead Bhopal rape accused’s case
Bhopal, June 11 (IANS) Lawyers here have refused to plead the case of Vishnu Prasad who is accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl …
Will prioritize medical insurance for lawyers: Prasad
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who assumed charge on Monday, said he will focus on resolving issues regarding providing medical …
SC takes exception to stir by Bengal lawyers
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court has taken exception to the strike called by lawyers in West Bengal since April 29. Terming the …
Johnny Depp’s ex-lawyers claim he owes $350,000
Los Angeles, May 21 (IANS) Hollywood actor Johnny Depp was hit with a $350,000 suit from a law firm that claims he has not paid …
SC notice to Jaising, Grover’s NGO; lawyers claim victimization
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Senior lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover on Wednesday claimed victimisation after the Supreme Court issued notice to them and …
NHRC notice to Bengal DG on police action on lawyers
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the …
Bengal lawyers to cease work till Monday
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Lawyers in West Bengal on Thursday decided to go on “cease work” till April 29, protesting against police “atrocities” and demanding …
Lawyers want ‘full court’ to hear allegations against CJI
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have expressed deep reservations regarding the suo …
Indian lawyers in TIME’s list of 100 most influential people
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The TIME magazine in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019 has included two Indian women lawyers — …
SC designates 6 female lawyers as senior advocates
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court has designated six female lawyers, including Madhavi Goradia Divan, Additional Solicitor General (ASG), as senior advocates. Besides …
Lawyers, doctors, teachers, ex-cops fight for poll glory in Bengal (Dangal 2019)
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Battlefield Bengal is now witness to the pedantic lectures of professors, the soothing prescriptions of medicos and reasoned arguments of legal …
Doctors, lawyers, businessmen in MNM’s first LS list
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) Doctors, advocates, a former IPS officer, a retired district judge, and businessmen figure among the candidates fielded by Kamal Haasan’s Makkal …
Future belongs to ‘super lawyers’: Experts
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) With technology entering every sphere of our lives and giving rise to a new gamut of concerns and disputes to …
Legal Affairs Secretary to head committee on insurance scheme for lawyers
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The government on Friday set up a five member committee headed by Legal Affairs Secretary Alok Srivastava to examine issues …
Two Bengal lawyers suspended for ‘anti-India’ post on Facebook
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Two lawyers of the Barrackpore Court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district have been suspended for six months for allegedly …
Two lawyers for ousted Nissan chief Ghosn resign ahead of trial
Tokyo, Feb 13 (IANS) Two lawyers defending former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn in a case of financial misconduct stepped down on Wednesday ahead of …
Budget outlay for lawyers’ welfare sought
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) City lawyers on Tuesday participated in a protest march from the Patiala House Court to Jantar Mantar demanding budgetary allocations …
Lawyers to hold protest march on Tuesday
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) City lawyers will take part in a protest march from Patiala House Court to Jantar Mantar on Tuesday demanding budgetary …
West UP lawyers march to Delhi for High Court bench
Ghaziabad, Dec 14 (IANS) To press their demand for a High Court bench in western Uttar Pradesh, lawyers from 22 districts of the region marched …