Ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh today moved the Supreme Court against the order of a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) trial court that summoned him as an accused alongside industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla in the coal scam case, reported NDTV and others. Senior counsel KTS Tulsi and K...

The Delhi high court today issued notice to Delhi Aam Aadmi Party’s law minister Jitender Singh Tomar after a new petition , this time by the BJP politician Tomar had defeated in elections, that Tomar had enrolled himself as an advocate on the basis of a “false and bogus” science degree, reported Ze...

The Hindu reported: The Supreme Court on Monday granted three more months to the Sahara group to sell its offshore properties to raise the Rs 10,000 crore required to secure the release of its chief Subrata Roy on bail. The court said it was satisfied with the company’s latest proposal and would all...

Being an independent litigator or founder of a firm, in the bubble of the bar, is a pretty big deal. Most who start in litigation, often only on nominal remuneration (if any) doled out by well-paid senior lawyers, dream of the day they can finally set up their own shop.

Social media was abuzz this morning as Supreme Court justices J Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman read down section 66A of the Information Technology Act, though upheld section 69A that allows the central government to block entire websites.

Delhi district court bar associations are set to go on a half-day strike again tomorrow over the increase of pecuniary jurisdiction after striking the majority of last week . An SMS to bar association members today stated: R/M, U r requested to assemble at PHC 4 PROTEST MARCH on 24.3.15 at 2:30 PM C...

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, argued in a blog post to “bring Indian lawyers under Consumer Protection Act, 1986”: By the decision of the Indian Supreme Court in Indian Medical Association vs. VP Shantha, AIR 1996 SC 550, doctors were brought under the purview of the Indian Consumer Pr...

The Delhi district court lawyers’ strike for increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of the lower courts continues today, after “around thousand lawyers marched to the residence of the Union Law Minster today. There our delegation met him outside his residence. We showed him his assurance letter given...

“The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association took umbrage at the comments of advocates ML Sharma and AP Singh in the documentary India’s Daughter and sought a ban on their entry into the apex court premises” by filing a petition before the court, reported The Times of India and others. The petition ...

After having lost practically its entire Mumbai office though having hired two others , two more Clasis Law partners have quit, reported Bar & Bench : Clasis Law’s Indirect Tax practice Head Manoj Mishra along with the firm’s Infra and Energy Head Jatinder Cheema have recently resigned from the...

The Supreme Court bench of justices Dipak Misra and AK Goel has extended the anticipatory bail plea of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband to a larger bench, while ordering that the stay on her arrest should continue, reported Mint.

and Abhijat Bal (r.)”)This week in Mint, Legally India dove into the complicated and fascinating politics of the Delhi bar.

The Delhi Bar Association has called for today’s Delhi district court strike to be extended by another two to three days to protest the government’s deferring of the bill increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts. SMS messages from the Delhi Bar Association to members stated, with con...

The strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) over the alleged killing of an Allahabad lawyer by a police officer , has resulted in severe delays and thousands of adjourned cases, according to press reports. Judicial work in the Delhi high court and six district courts was hampered and a major...

Delhi Barfly goes anthropological, and describes some of the lawyers you’ll meet in Delhi’s colourful district courts ecosystem.

The Delhi district courts will go on strike tomorrow to protest against parliament not having passed the pecuniary jurisdiction increase bill . A message from Delhi Bar Association (DDA) secretary DD Sharma stated: “In view of [coordination committee] decision complete strike is observed tomorrow on...

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) announced it would lodge its protest against last week’s alleged killing of a lawyer by wearing white ribbons, but would not be going on the national strike called by the BCI.

Allahabad advocate Nabi Ahmad was allegedly shot dead by a police sub-inspector resulting in local riots and a call by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for a national strike by lawyers.

“The number of posts for judges in the Bombay high court has been increased from the current 75 to 94, announced chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative assembly on Friday. However, of the 75 existing posts, ten are vacant. So in effect there are only 65 judges,” reported the Times of In...

The Supreme Court on Friday gave Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy a “final chance” to raise Rs 10,000 crore - Rs 5,000 crore in cash and Rs 5,000 crore in bank guarantee - to make part repayment of investors’ money raised by the company in 2008 and 2009, which is also a condition for his and two other...