Delhi advocate PK Lal , aged 50, was arrested for the alleged rape of a woman lawyer, aged 32, in his Saket court chamber yesterday, reported Live Law . The Saket Bar Association has suspended Lal’s bar membership. Lal was in an inebriated condition when he called the victim to his chamber before th...

Proceedings in six Delhi district courts were paralysed Monday following a strike by lawyers against the “delay in enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of trial courts despite a Delhi high court recommendation” in this regard. The co-ordination committee of all district court bar associations said ...

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...

The Saket Bar Association has resolved that its 2,500 members must not represent the six Delhi men accused of the rape and murder in order to ensure “speedy justice”, as the court’s fast-track court that will hear the case will be inaugurated today.