Scoop: Justices Bhushan, Reddy, Shah to get an update on what has happened since NLAT

A fter Justice Arun Mishra apparently made contempt and swift conviction threats against recently-designated senior counsel Gopal Sankaranarayanan yesterday, much of the bar came to the latter’s defence. (Much of the bar, except predictably the Bar Council of India (BCI) , whose chairman Manan Kumar...

Y oung and recently minted senior counsel Gopal Sankaranarayanan walked out of a constitution bench hearing on land acquisition after the Supreme Court’s Justice Arun Mishra chastised him for making “repetitive” arguments that had already been made by senior counsel Shyam Divan earlier, as reported ...

The Supreme Court has elevated 38 lawyers to senior counsel status, a list that unusually also includes some bright up-and-comers and also several graduates of NLSIU Bangalore, which has become a semi-regular fixture in the senior counsel stakes.*

The Supreme Court last Friday asked some national law universities to give their suggestions on a permanent body to conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) and to look into the misuse of the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) quota in NLU admissions.

The Supreme Court has issued an ad interim stay of the Bar Council of India (BCI) age limit today, and ordered the BCI that no age limit should apply to law aspirants seeking to study LLB.

The Supreme Court challenge of the Bar Council of India (BCI) age limit to studying law has given the BCI until Friday (3 March) to figure out its position after the BCI asked for more time because its general council would discuss the matter tomorrow at a meeting.

shamnad ( @shamnad ) tweeted: “What a story! One of the most creative counsels around. And one of the few with balls! Pun very much intended, given that it’s cricket!” Gopal Sankaranarayanan: The lawyer on a mission to weed out politics from cricket By Apurva Vishwanath New Delhi: Three years after ...

A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur and justices AK Sikri and SA Bobde today ordered a ban on all sales of firecrackers and the issuing of new licences in Delhi.

Recalling its earlier order, the Supreme Court on Monday said admission to private medical colleges will be on the basis of entrance tests conducted under the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), which was possibly leaked according to advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who had criticised the...

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the central and Delhi governments on a plea filed by three lawyers seeking ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers during the festival of Dussehra and Diwali because it further aggravates the already dangerous level of air pollution.

In Arjun Gopal vs UOI filed in the Supreme Court, the three infants, all residents of Delhi, have sought the immediate intervention of Supreme Court against the inevitable and upcoming widespread use of firecrackers and fireworks and other products of the same classification, especially during the festivals of Dussehra and Diwali. The Supreme Court, their petition says, is bound under Article 32 to take interim steps in effectuating the people’s right to clean, healthy and breathable air under Article 21.

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2016 convenor RGNUL Patiala has been called upon by the Supreme Court to provide answers in Prof Shamnad Basheer’s petition challenging the conduct of the CLAT. Former NUJS Kolkata professor and founder of NGO Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) Bash...

Shamnad Basheer, former NUJS Kolkata professor and founder of NGO Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking a permanent CLAT body and transparency in the exam.