Well-known academic, Alternative Law Forum (ALF) founder and NLSIU Bangalore alumnus Lawrence Liang has appealed in the Delhi high court against Ambedkar University Delhi’s sexual harassment committee finding of March that he had harassed a female PhD student of another Delhi university, suspending him from administrative duties.

The Wire reported:

A careful reading of the Supreme Court’s judgment dismissing the demand for an independent probe into the death of judge B.H. Loya – who was presiding over the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case at the time

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has ramped up its Asia presence, opening a secretariat - primarily concerned with case management - in Singapore, in a bid to continue boosting its Asia footprint.

Even the dead have dignity: Supreme Court on revealing the name of rape victims

Monkey-selfie lawsuit finally ends: Court affirms adorable macaque can’t sue

In a first, Modi govt changes collegium’s recommendation on HC judge’s appointment

The Indian Express reported:

Nariman pointed out that the charges brought by the Congress-led Opposition were not in line with what the four most senior judges. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Nariman pointed out that th

The Bar Council of India (BCI) will visit Jammu almost 10 days after bar associations in the state announced lawyers strikes and impeded the filing of a charge sheet in the case of the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl, the brutality of which caused nationwide shock.

When Jammu lawyers on strike to impede the filing of a charge sheet in the rape and murder case of a minor girl in Jammu, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra appeared not sure what to make of it.

As India looks to regulate Internet content, some issues to consider

The 25 winners of the Delhi bar council election have been announced, with an unprecedented two law firm lawyers making the cut.

He had been sentenced to 5 years in jail only 48 hours earlier.

Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress) makes it official: No impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra

The last conviction of Khan in the drunk-drive-killing case was of course stayed extraordinarily quickly by the Bombay high court…

So, there’s been another press release by the Bar Council of India (BCI), in which chairman and senior counsel Manan Kumar Mishra shares several pearls of wisdom, criticising senior advocate Indira Jaising, which has been widely covered in the media (full release below).

As if the case around judge BH Loya’s death wasn’t exciting and troubling enough, the Caravan’s Nikita Saxena has spoken to more than a dozen staff at the hospital where his post-mortem was carried out, and the picture that’s getting painted continues to cast serious doubt about whether Loya died of natural causes, suggesting that a head injury was deliberately covered up by a doctor with medical connections.

On 27 March 2018 Times Now had exclusively that Congress and other opposition parties were drafting an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Mishra.

In an unprecedented development, an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, is being readied by opposition parties, including the Congress. Times Now has learned that regional parties have approached the Congress for support on the move. In fact, the impeachment draft is ready and the Congress as well as the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar have already signed it, Majeed Memon confirmed. Memon is a leader of the NCP and a criminal lawyer by profession.

DailyO reported:

Amnesty International India executive director Aakar Patel writes in Asian Age: