Gangrape lawyers ML Sharma, AP Singh might face BCI inquiry (again), promises BCI chairman MK Mishra.

The central government Wednesday told the Delhi high court that the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) foreign funds were investigated and nothing was found in violation of the law. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw also asked the ministry of home affairs to submit its revised o...

The Supreme Court Thursday said it cannot restrict the companies, whose mining licences it has cancelled, from extracting coal as they have been allowed to carry on for six months till their ownership and management can be transferred. The apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Madan B ...

The Delhi High Court will Tuesday pronounce its order on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into licences granted to Haryana realty developers, including one to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw will pronounce the judgme...

On Monday a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha would hear four petitions challenging the government’s freshly passed National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act and accompanying constitutional amendment as unconstitutional. Petitions have been filed by ex-ad...

A Supreme Court bench stayed the execution of two of the four men convicted for the rape and murder of a woman, dubbed Nirbhaya by the media, in December 2012.

Nokia forced into Rs 2,250 cr tax guarantee by SC: The Supreme Court today ordered Nokia to give a Rs 2,250 crore ($368m) guarantee before it can transfer one of its mobile phone factories to Microsoft, which bought the Finnish mobile maker last year with the acquisition held up by the tax dispute w...

NLU Nagpur almost done : The National Law University Nagpur cleared another hurdle with the Maharashtra government taking the ordinance route to set it up and the cabinet approving the ordinance. Once the draft of the ordinance is sent to the governor for promulgation, the way would be clear to appo...

Swatanter Kumar ex-intern PIL admitted : Former SC judge Swatanter Kumar’s ex-intern from NUJS Kolkata who had made sexual harassment allegations against him yesterday moved a petition in the SC for inquiry against him. The intern challenged the SC’s 5 December 2013 full court resolution that it cou...

Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri interviewed advocate ML Sharma, proud filer of 33 public interest litigations (PILs): “I only file when I see something very wrong happening and I just want it to stop.”

Since the allegation early this month that a “recently-retired” Supreme Court judge sexually harassed at least one intern (“SJ”), print, online and TV media news have been reporting the story’s twists and turns avidly.

Nagpur wins NLS Maharashtra clearance: The proposal for **“**Maharashtra National Law University” (as it will be called) to be based in Nagpur was cleared yesterday by the Maharasthra state cabinet. The government has earmarked a reduced capital grant of Rs 125 crore (from Rs 204 crore) for the NLS,...

Judicial rejig: Bombay HC’s justice DY Chandrachud is being shifted to the Allahabad HC and may soon take over as its Chief Justice (CJ), Himachal Pradesh HC’s CJ AM Khanwilkar is getting transferred to the Madhya Pradesh HC and be replaced by J&K HC’s justice Mansoor Ahmed [ TOI ] Hey KGB: The...

Lawyers mourn telegram: The closure of India’s telegram service has left lawyers in the lurch, reports the New Indian Express , adding that lawyers will now have to find another way of making representations to authorities on behalf of clients. “In registered post, there is no guarantee of the conte...

Ramlu wants moolah: RMLNLU Lucknow on Saturday decided to raise its fees from the current Rs 80,000 per year to an, as yet, undecided amount, which “will be at par with other national law schools”. However, “the university will consider the financial status of students who come from UP before finali...

Glivec dissected : Must-read (long) feature in the Caravan delving into the history, background and repercussions on the Novartis Supreme Court patent judgment and the future of IP laws in India and globally [ Caravan ] Public interest injections: Serial PIL lawyer ML Sharma filed in the SC yesterda...

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed petitioner ML Sharma’s public interest litigation that had challenged the government’s decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. The bench, comprised of justices RM Lodha, Madan B Lokur, and Kurien Joseph, said that whi...

Delhi advocate VK Anand is representing the main accused in the 16 December Delhi gang-rape, after urgings from his son, an IP University Delhi law student. The brother of the main accused is represented by activist lawyer ML Sharma , while advocate AP Singh is representing two other accused. Advoca...

Public interest litigation (PIL) activist lawyer ML Sharma, who is defending three of the six Delhi rape-accused in Delhi’s Saket district court, said in an interview that he had never heard of a “respected lady” being raped, and that the rape victim’s male companion was “wholly responsible” for the...

Thursday’s DIPP notification allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has been challenged in the Supreme Court by advocate ML Sharma on the ground that the notification lacks parliamentary approval. Sharma has been active in filing public interest litigation in the past. He said: The notification would hi...