Organisers claimed that more than 10,000 Patna high court lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest the lack of seating arrangements for them in court, reported The Hindu : lawyers who have to keep standing or moving throughout the day in thecourt because they do not have a chair and table to sit ...

The Delhi High Court’s pecuniary jurisdiction’ enhancement to Rs 2 crore, from the current Rs 20 lakh, crossed another small hurdle today as the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill 2014 was passed by the Rajya Sabha’s standing committee, reported PTI and others. The standing committee on law and perso...

The choppergate case of the Enforcement Directorate against OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan hinges around allegedly laundered money transferred to a number of companies and firms he controlled, from where the cash was transferred to him, his wife and two alleged middlemen who st...

The Delhi high court Friday quashed the Lt governor’s guidelines last year on nursery admissions in the national capital, saying it was a “violation of the fundamental rights of the school management”. The judgment was welcomed by various schools. [ Download PDF ] Justice Manmohan quashed the guidel...

Lawyers here have burnt an effigy of union minister and retired general VK Singh for his reported claim that the Agra MP and his cabinet colleague Ram Shankar Katheria had agreed to set up an Allahabad High Court bench in Meerut instead of Agra. The lawyers Friday threatened to surround Prime Minist...

A special court today fixed Dec 15 for considering the charge-sheet filed against OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italians, in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge VK...

The Supreme Court Friday asked DLF to deposit the balance Rs.480 crore of a total Rs.630 crore penalty imposed on the realty major by the fair trade regulator CCI for allegedly exploiting its dominant position, after Harish Salve yesterday promised that the company would pay Rs 100 crore into court ...

Real estate giant DLF Thursday deposited Rs 100 crore with the Supreme Court registry - a part of Rs 630 crore penalty imposed on it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for allegedly exploiting its dominant position to the disadvantage of its customers in three projects in Gurgaon. Senior c...

The Congress’ Maharashtra unit Wednesday moved Bombay high court challenging the constitutional validity of the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government and seeking its dismissal. Former minister M Naseem Khan filed a writ petition before the court questioning the constitutional validity of the nearly m...

The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Vasanta Sampat Dupare who was convicted for raping a four-year-old minor girl child and then battering her to death. Dismissing Dupare’s appeal, a bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said: “...

Supreme Court advocate Nipun Saxena argues for a young bar and why the Bar Council of India (BCI) should not curtail the practice of young lawyers any further.

Hours after former Delhi University vice chancellor Deepak Pental was sent to Tihar jail in a plagiarism case, the Delhi high court yesterday ordered his “immediate release”. Pental was sent to jail by a trial court, but Justice S Murlidhar ordered his release. Professor Pental was arrested on a pet...

Expressing its misgivings about the authenticity of the figures of the child sex ratio given to it by various state governments, the Supreme Court yesterday set up a committee to verify the record on the basis of which these figures were arrived at. ( Download the order ) The apex court bench of Jus...

Ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju will be replaced as Press Council of India (PCI) chairman by ex Supreme Court judge Justice CK Prasad, reported the PTI . Katju’s three-year term ended on 11 October, reported The Hindu yesterday. Katju has been recently busy on his blog and in public ,...

A Delhi court yesterday fixed 28 November for considering the charge-sheet filed against OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italians, in connection with its money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal. Central Bureau of Investigati...

The Times of India reported that the purchase of laptops by over 300 judges of the lower courts will be examined by Delhi chief justice G Rohini and a panel, after discrepancies were raised into how the money was spent, with allegations that some may have bought TVs or home theatre systems rather th...

The Madras high court today admitted 23-year-old lawyer Akshay Mani’s writ challenging the new Bar Council of India (BCI) restriction on the right to practice before the apex and higher courts. Mani’s counsel Naveen Kumar Murthi told Legally India that Mani’s challenge to the new BCI rule barring ad...

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court by a 23-year-old lawyer against the Constitutional Validity of Rule 7 of the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules 2014 that were introduced earlier this month and, if approved, would effectively ban advocates without several year...

In a blow to CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court Thursday directed him not to interfere with the 2G spectrum case and recuse himself from its investigation and prosecution. An apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice AK Sikri said that the senior-most of...

With the objective to reduce its dependency on courts and avoid unnecessary litigation involving its ministries and departments, the government was formulating the National Litigation Policy (NLP), Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said today. “The proposed policy has been sent to various ministries f...