The Wire ( @thewire_in ) tweeted: “Justice A.P. Shah demands income tax governing body review Sahara case” Justice A.P. Shah Demands Income Tax Governing Body Review Sahara Case By Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta Even as the Union government has maintained a conspicuous silence about the alleged involve...

Raghav Ohri ( @raghavohri0 ) tweeted: “ET Investigation: Attorney General flouts service Rule, says it’s “directory”. NO, it’s mandatory, holds ex-SC Judge” Did the top law officer of India violate a service rule? The rule requires all government law officers to advise ministries or public entities ...

Utkarsh Anand ( @utkarsh_aanand ) tweeted: “For the first time, a sitting high court judge will argue on his own in SC against collegium’s transfer move.” HC judge will appear in SC to argue against collegium’s transfer move | The Indian Express By Utkarsh Anand IN A FIRST, a sitting High Court judg...

In the midst of the Supreme Court’s hearing on appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s 2007 Order yesterday (4 January), witnessed witty exchanges between Tamil Nadu’s senior counsel, Shekhar Naphade, and Karnataka’s senior counsel, Fali S. Nariman.

IDIA ( @IDIALaw ) tweeted: ”.@Rahul400 points out many loopholes in the new #disability law recently approved by Parliament via @HuffPostIndia” India’s New Disability Law Is A Half-Hearted Litany Of Platitudes By Rahul Bajaj In 1990, when President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans wit...

Pratap Bhanu Mehta ( @pbmehta ) tweeted: “High principle, dubious law via @IndianExpress” High principle, dubious law | The Indian Express The pattern is disarmingly familiar. The Supreme Court, with all its majesty, will enunciate a grand, even utopian principle. The aspiration will be undeniably c...

“In an instance of an offline retailer buying an e-commerce property, Chinese handset retailer Beijing Digital Telecom has acquired 49% stake in Spice Online, the online retail arm of Spice Group, according to BSE filings.

The Ladies Finger ( @TheLadiesFinger ) tweeted: Are you a legal figure or a loquacious speaker delivering a lecture on the morality of Indian women?… We Went Through 45 High Court Judgments of Rape Cases in 2016, So You Don’t Have To. Really, You Don’t Want To Judges, why do you call raped women hel...

BloombergQuint ( @BloombergQuint ) tweeted: “ Parting words from India’s 43rd Chief Justice of India:“ Chief Justice TS Thakur Laments Lack Of Judges, Pendency In His Farewell Speech Dealing with the emerging areas of litigations, the Chief Justice said, “You will have very, very serious issues comi...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced that certificates of practice (COPs) for All India Bar Exam (AIBE) candidates from 23 states are now apparently available, nine months after holding the exam in March 2016, and seven months after results had been published in May 2016.

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 convenor CNLU Patna will only accept online payment for registration for the tenth edition of CLAT, to be held on 14 May.

Splendiferous Greetings! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus, and here’s an advance Happy New Year to you all. This is what’s been up in the week before Christmas.

The Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) new president, senior advocate Rupinder Singh Suri said that he won the 14 December SCBA election due to the support of “the top seniors and common lawyers”.

Supreme Court Justice JS Khehar has been formally confirmed by the President of India as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) to succeed Justice TS Thakur and will be the first CJI from the Sikh community, according to the Indian Express.

The Supreme Court of India just finished its work for this year and had an action-packed, if shortened week, the High Courts have been at it, and the organs of Government are all functioning, grinding out laws, rules, guidelines, notifications and much more to govern/rule/harass/intimidate/thieve the populace (delete as per political persuasion). Parliament has… well… you saw how that went.

The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has appointed Drew & Napier CEO and Singapore senior counsel Davinder Singh as its new board of directors chairman to replace Allen & Gledhill chairman Lucien Wong , who is stepping down from SIAC today due to his appointment as Singapore’s attorney general.

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Taxation is the most litigated subject matter by the government which files a large proportion of its tax cases without application of mind, indicates research by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Delhi high court Justice Rajiv Endlaw has ordered three internet service providers (ISPs) to find out the identities behind 35 email accounts and three IP addresses that had allegedly been used a year ago to send allegedly defamatory emails about a Tata Motors Insurance Broking & Advisory Services chief executive Tarun Samant, as reported Mint and others.

A Supreme Court of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, who had passed a controversial order purporting to make playing of the national anthem in cinemas obligatory, today said that cinema goers who were physically disabled would not have to stand but should show “conduct commensurate to respect”, according to Janta Ka Reporter.