… less and less the older they get… Research by UK-headquartered international firm Eversheds, after interviewing 1,800 young lawyers to shed light on the ‘future leaders’ of the legal profession, revealed that female lawyers earned on average 30 per cent more than their male counterparts when aged ...

The New Delhi Bar Association’s “Holi Milan” celebrations inside Delhi’s Patiala House district court complex turned into a “show of flesh” when some male advocates joined hired dance girls performing on stage as part of the ceremony, reported The Hindu , no less. Union law minister Kapil Sibal, who...

An in-depth look at issues and data in the difficult journey of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India [The 545: A Brief History (Or The Lack Thereof) Of Women In Parliament]

First female judge elevated from Goa : North Goa Principal and District and Sessions Judge Anuja Prabhudessai is set to become the first Goan judge who is a woman to be elevated to the Bombay high court. Once in her two-decade-long judicial career she was suspended for using her discretion in awardi...

Andhra Pradesh high court justice G Rohini’s name has been recommended for elevation to Delhi high court as its chief justice, making her the first woman chief justice at the high court, reported the Express . Nine out of 40 sitting judges at the Delhi HC are women. The first ever woman to become ch...

Amarchand Mangaldas emerged as the large law firm with the highest ratio of female lawyers ranked by the 2014 Chambers and Partners lawyer directory, while J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Trilegal came lowest with as few as 6 per cent of senior female lawyers.

The Bombay high court, hot on the heels of the Delhi high court that designated three new senior advocates, has named 11 advocates to become seniors, though none of them were women.

The Supreme Court yesterday framed guidelines to deal with sexual harassment on its premises, broadening the definition of sexual harassment to include “sending of undesirable sexually coloured text or voice messages or sexually explicit material to women advocates and also stalking”, reported the T...

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Bombay high court’s decision to strike down the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra, holding that “the cure is worse than the disease” and that safety measures and improvement in working conditions of the dancers was the solution, reported the Hindustan Times . No...

Cyber policy 2013: The government has released the National Cyber Security Policy 2013 aimed at protecting information and at building capabilities to prevent cyber attacks. The policy plans to set up a national nodal agency to co-ordinate all matters related to cyber security in the country with cl...

Chetan ‘Porny’ Bhagat: Gujarat high court chief justice’s bench dubs Chetan Bhagat’s book pornographic after reading a passage on riots in open court, which contained “abuses”. The CJ commented: “The language doesn’t look decent. A chaste writer cannot write this stuff.” [ TOI ] Madras, vacancy: Mad...

Four female Nalsar Hyderabad students were filmed outside a pub with the footage later edited by local television media into allegedly defamatory broadcasts. A week on, the girls have launched online protest campaigns against voyeuristic journalism, and garnered mainstream media support. Newslaundry...

Historic apex sistren : Justices GS Misra and Ranjana Desai are set to be the first two female judges to sit together in the Supreme Court, ever, tomorrow [ @CourtWitness1 ] Your NRI Honour : Subject to confirmation, Sri Srinivasan could become first Indian-American federal judge and even rise to th...

Law min Ashwani Kumar warns that profession’s standards have been falling [ ET ] Bombay HC will now permit only women judicial officers to work on cases involving sex crimes, according to latest circular [ Mid Day ] Andhra Pradesh HC chief justice musical chairs: CJ PC Ghose officiated until yesterd...

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Prof Lotika Sarkar, 4 January 1923 to 23 February 2013

Exclusive: The High Court of Delhi has today designated four new senior advocates. Two of the new seniors are women, and all four have less than 25 years of practicing experience.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill 2012, was yesterday passed by the upper house of the Parliament, almost six months after it was signed off by the Lok Sabha.

Exclusive: The second part of Legally India’s salary survey analysis is out in print in Mint today, and coupled with personal interviews and additional research, revealed huge discrepancies between salaries even within the same firm at the more senior levels. Click through to read the analysis.

Editorial: Bangalore’s police, media and educators have shown themselves at their worst in the past days, appearing intent to keep slinging mud on a law school student who was allegedly the victim of a violent sex crime.

‘The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 – a law which was enacted to curb lewd depiction of women in advertisements and publications – will soon be amended with harsher penalties. First conviction will invite three years of imprisonment and a fine ranging between Rs 50,000 and R...