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Balaji’s Chennai writ petitioners sue London Court of Arbit for foreigner back-door entry

Electronic voting machines invalidated SCBA election, claims Delhi HC suit
The contentious Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has now been challenged in the Delhi High Court, claiming that the use of electronic voting machines was unconstitutional and the election results invalid. This follows incumbent candidate Ram Jethmalani having strongly questioned his defeat at the hands of PH Parekh in mid-May.
Small, mystery bomb explodes outside Delhi HC
A low-intensity explosive blast shook the Delhi High Court premises’ car park yesterday.
Niira Radia gags BMW hit-and-run Anand’s book about “bubbly sister” Radia

P&H bar council vice-chairman arrested for attempted murder
The vice-chairman of the Punjab and Haryana state bar council has been arrested for attempted murder on Friday, according to reports.
Third HC stays service tax on individual advocates

PH Parekh rejects Jethmalani challenging ‘inadequate’, ‘corrupt’ SCBA elections
Breaking: Senior advocate and outgoing Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Ram Jethmalani has lodged a written complaint about yesterday’s election alleging it was carried out improperly and marred by “corruption”.
The now five-time winner of the SCBA presidency PH Parekh has rejected Jethmalani’s arguments as motivated by his election loss.
PH Parekh beats Aggarwala, Jethmalani in razor-edge SCBA victory

SC rejects reinstating Bhopal gas culp homicide but says trial court could have

High Court OKs bar council member’s hereditary succession
The Delhi High Court has upheld the appointment of the son of late Delhi Bar Council chairman K K Sareen following controversy and the writ petition over hereditary succession.
SC stays Allahabad’s super-diplomatic Ayodhya partition: ‘strange’
The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the landmark September 2010 Allahabad high court’s Ayodhya judgement, which divided the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site into three, calling it “something strange”.
BMW-hit-and-run Anand’s ‘apology’ smacked down by SC

Breaking: Delhi HC stays service tax on advocates, gov’t to respond by 23 May
Breaking Exclusive: The Delhi High Court has stayed the imposition of service tax on individual advocates under the Finance Act 2011, according to two lawyers with knowledge of the case.
Neolegal shows Dum Maaro Dum not offensive to Goans

Anna Hazare’s Lokpal committee unconstitutional: lawyers’ SC PIL

No more Britisher ‘lordships’, P&H bar to call judges ‘your honour’

2G case pressure builds: Uday Lalit, Venugopal turn up heat
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through counsel K K Venugopal filed the first chargesheet in the second-generation (2G) spectrum case last week after the Supreme Court appointed senior advocate Uday U Lalit as special public prosecutor.
Soon: Fully computer-accessible lower courts plus elite Indian Legal Service
The Law Ministry’s Rs 4,000 crore-expenditure on court computerisation is set to make lower court orders and judgements available at the click of the mouse as government proposes an IAS-like judicial cadre to plug judicial delays along with a host of other reforms.
10 new judges for Madras High Court
The President of India has appointed ten additional judges as the permanent judges of the Madras High Court and inducted four new additional judges to the court.
Pune to get Bombay High Court bench?
Pune could get a division bench of the Bombay High Court said law minister Veerappa Moily.