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4 reasons to become a judge: Justice Mohit Shah on recruitment drive
Bombay high court chief justice Mohit S Shah, at a Maharashtra bar council event to promote lawyers to join the judiciary, said that being a judge had many benefits: 1. It’s interesting. 2. It’s challenging. 3. Enjoying the independent nature of the work. 4. The honour judges enjoy in society. [ TOI...
Learned counsel ML Sharma wins two 'Nirbhaya' gang-rapists' 15-day gallows reprieve in SC
A Supreme Court bench stayed the execution of two of the four men convicted for the rape and murder of a woman, dubbed Nirbhaya by the media, in December 2012.
Bar Association's Patiala House Holi Milan party a ‘sleaze show’
The New Delhi Bar Association’s “Holi Milan” celebrations inside Delhi’s Patiala House district court complex turned into a “show of flesh” when some male advocates joined hired dance girls performing on stage as part of the ceremony, reported The Hindu , no less. Union law minister Kapil Sibal, who...
Neha Mehta wins Talwars the right in Bombay HC to watch movie allegedly about Aarushi murder
SC stands firm: After RamJet’s ‘inconvenience’, Dhawan talks ‘respect’, Sahara-Subrata locked up till 25 March since no written payment promise
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice KS Radhakrishnan today rejected the appeal for the bail of jailed Sahara boss Subrata Roy, pending the next hearing on 25 March 2014.
SC announces subjects & process for 12 May summer court vacation hearings
The Supreme Court has issued the guidelines to govern hearings during the court’s summer vacations from 12 May to 29 June 2014. On its website, the court wrote that any “pending and ready” cases falling within 30 announced categories, could be taken up by the vacation bench after application to the ...
SC: Lower courts must hear criminal trials v lawmakers day-to-day in a year
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RM Lodha said today that lower courts would have to complete criminal trials against lawmakers within a year, by holding day-to-day-hearings, or explain to the respective high court’s chief justice why they weren’t able to meet the deadline [The Hindu]
Rajiv Khosla wins fiery Delhi High Court Bar Association election
Ex-Delhi Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla has won the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) elections, according to authoritative sources on Twitter . Advocate Dushyant K Mahant tweeted that Khosla won with 2,074 votes as against 936 votes won by DK Sharma, who was the closest contender. Pr...
Court Witness: I hate, hate, hate courtroom eight
BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra’s term to end next month: One in running to replace
Sr Adv Dushyant Dave writes CJI, alleges SC case 'snatching', violation of 'judicial propriety and decorum'
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave wrote to the Chief Justice of India questioning the propriety of a Supreme Court two-judge bench headed by justice CK Prasad which took away a matter listed before a three-judge bench, and decided the matter itself, reported the Times of India yesterday. Prasad and just...
SC considers suo motu contempt action against shirtless, Sahara-ink-throwing advocate, serial protestor
The Supreme Court Justice RM Lodha has taken suo motu cognisance against advocate Manoj Sharma, who threw ink at the Sahara chief Subrata Roy on the Supreme Court premises on Monday [ Economic Times ]. Lodha instructed the attorney general to find out the facts of the case today. The next hearing is...
Read judgment in which SC dismisses Madras judges elevation challenge by lawyers as 'premature unwarranted short cut'
The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition by lawyers challenging the recommendation of 12 names for the Madras high court bench by its chief justice, saying it could only review for eligibility but not suitability.
SC judge questions BCI ‘value add’ to profession as BCI chief slammed for playing electoral politics and NaMo gives free food to 7,000 lawyers
Supreme Court justice Dipak Misra asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to not “please electoral politics”, in a BCI golden jubilee conference closing speech.
'Not worthwhile': After Fali, KT Thomas also rejects joining Lokpal search committee
Just a week after senior advocate Fali Nariman declined to be part of the Lokpal search committee, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas has also told the government he didn’t want to head the search committee that would find candidates to head the anti-corruption ombudsman body.
Bombay HC gets 6 new judges (one from the bar); now nearly at full strength of 66
Bombay high court comes six judges close to its full strength today with justices Anil Menon, Chandrakant Bhadang, Vishwas Jadhav, Ananta Badar, Pukhraj Bora and Anuja Prabhudesai taking oath today to take its strength to 66, reported the Times of India . Prabhudesai is the HC’s first woman judge th...
Delhi HC dissolves 'exorbitant' ad-hoc arbitration where ex-judges ran up Rs 1.5 cr bill
Delhi high court Justice Vipin Sanghi disbanded an arbitration tribunal that had run up a bill of Rs 1.44 crore charging Rs 18 lakh as fees per hearing, reported the Times of India . The tribunal, comprised of retired Supreme Court and high court judges, was hearing an arbitration between the govern...
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SC asks gov response on National Court of Appeal writ to ease apex appellate flood
The Supreme Court asked the law ministry and central government on Friday about establishing a national court of appeal to hear certain appeals from the high courts instead of the Supreme Court, after a writ petition was filed by a Kerala advocate, reported PTI . V Vasantha Kumar from Puducherry has...
Deepak Khosla records fight with CLB judge about audio recording before CLB
