The Bombay high court has designated the seven advocates as senior lawyers.

In a development bound to bring her back as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, the Karnataka High Court on Monday acquitted AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case, triggering wild celebrations by her supporters all across the state. (See judgment summary below) “Justice has won,...

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Sahara to arrange a bank guarantee of Rs. 5,000 crore in the favour of the capital market regulator to comply with the conditions for the release of its chief Subrata Roy and two other directors who are in custody in Delhi’s Tihar jail since March 4, 2014. A bench...

The Supreme Court Advocate on Record Association (SCAORA) Friday opposed the government’s plea for referring to a larger bench the challenge to the NJAC contending that the issue before the court was whether it was in conformity with the basic structure of the constitution or not. The SCAORA told th...

Download PDF of judgment In a major relief to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court — while admitting his appeal — today suspended his five-year jail sentence in a 2002 hit-and-run case that killed a man, paving the way for him to secure regular bail. Special public prosecutor Prade...

Staying his incarceration, a single Bombay high court bench of Justice Abhay Thipsay told actor Salman Khan to give up his passport, pay Rs 25,000 Rs 30,000 surety and seek fresh bail from the sessions court that convicted him two days ago for five years in prison, reported the Hindustan Times . “We...

The Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) today called for a two-day strike against the Rajya Sabha deciding to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts yesterday, after the district court bar had been on a back-to-back strike of nearly two weeks.

The Mumbai trial court judgment that sentenced actor Salman Khan to five years in jail, just a few hours before a quick Bombay high court appeal by DSK Legal and senior counsel Harish Slave stayed the sentence until tomorrow , has been uploaded. Download PDF In the 240-page judgment and additional s...

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the bill amending the Juvenile Justice Act, paving the way for children in the 16-18 age group to be tried as adults if they commit heinous crimes such as rape and murder. The bill is now likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The amended Juvenile Justic...

Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi attacked the collegium system during his arguments in the Supreme Court yesterday defending the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), using the example of allegations of bias and nepotism in 2013 judicial appointments, reported the Indian Express ....

“)Legal reform in India has been steered by dozens of its best legal minds since 1955, including legendary attorneys general M.C. Setalvad and C.K. Daphtary, justice P.B. Gajendragadkar, justice H.R. Khanna and justice V.R. Krishna Iyer.

The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Delhi high court, a move that some of the capital’s lawyers welcomed. Pecuniary jurisdiction refers to the jurisdiction of a court over a suit based on the amount or value of its subject matter. The Delhi high court wi...

Barely hours after he was sentenced to five years jail in the 2002 accident case, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was granted two days interim bail on medical grounds by the Bombay High Court today. Rushing post-haste to secure bail, Salman’s defence team led by Supreme Court counsel Harish Salve me...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave lawyer ML Sharma, who appeared for the December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused, another two weeks to respond to a petition by an apex court body of female lawyers seeking action against him and another advocate AP Singh for allegedly making derogatory remarks again...

The NDA government today questioned the primacy of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the judiciary in appointments to the higher courts’ judiciary but the Supreme Court said that having accepted the collegium system in 1998, the government couldn’t go back on it now. “If the primacy of CJI in jud...

“)Tensions run high, and patience wears thin in the city’s district courts as its lawyers’ bar strike for the quick-smart implementation of enhanced jurisdiction for lower courts stretches on (now until 6 May).

The Delhi subordinate judiciary recruited at 17.5 per cent of its actual requirement this year, dipping lower than its last recorded recruitment rate, after only 2 per cent of the candidates who appeared for its final examination passed it.

The Supreme Court process to apply for judicial clerkships has moved online, according to a notification on the Supreme Court website today.

Candidates can apply for clerkships here.

Hat-tip @mohitsingh8 on Twitter.

The Hyderabad High Court on Friday ruled that it will continue to as common high court for both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh till the central government sets up a separate court for the latter state. Pronouncing its orders on the matter, a division bench of Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Ju...

The Delhi lawyers’ strike, which began last week to protest the delay in passing the amended bill on enhancing pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts, was on Friday extended till May 6. “A delegation of lawyers met Home minister Rajnath Singh, who has assured that the bill would be cleared in the...