The Bar Council of India (BCI) was displeased with its completely “fruitless” and “meaningless” meeting with union law minister Kapil Sibal on 10 August. Sibal allegedly did not discuss any of the items on the meeting’s agenda and instead focused on the National Judicial Appointments Commission in w...

Chennai advocates demonstrated outside the Madras High Court yesterday, demanding a raising of the advocates’ welfare fund amount from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, reported the PTI , adding that the advocates also demanded for Tamil to be made an accepted court language in High Court proceedings. Earlier...