The Delhi high court has bizarrely exempted state bar councils from the statutory duty to publish their meeting minutes online, on the ground that some of these minutes may contain third party information of a confidential nature.

The Madras high court has designated 16 advocates to senior counsel, with two or 12.5% being women: G Thilakvathi and N Krishnaveni.

Read Gautam Bhatia’s brief analysis of the case here . Suhrith (@suhrith) tweeted: Still struck by the court’s brave stance. Had recently read this on censorship in Kenya: https://t.co/1aV5Keu2n7 : Kenya: The Devious Art of Censorship by Alan Rusbridger In some parts of the world, it is still possib...

Pune University 2008 alumnus Sahil Tagotra and Symbiosis Pune 2009 alumnus Deepayan Mandal topped the Advocate on Record (AOR) exam this year. The pass rate dropped to 24%, from nearly 30% last year.

Poor Jolly-LLB 2, albeit getting lots of free but priceless publicity from spending time in court defending cases by lawyers, of all people, will now have to make four cuts in order to satisfy a bench of the Bombay high court.

Namita Bhandare (@namitabhandare) tweeted: “Dear Supreme Court please take note:” Victim was ‘Used to All Dirty Things’. Bombay HC’s Ridiculous Judgment is Why Fewer Women Report Rape By Shikha Sreenivas

Former Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju has begun blogging about the judiciary again, despite his run-in with the Supreme Court’s rather draconian contempt powers had left him on the ropes, giving a strategic unconditional apology (which the apex court accepted on 7 January, having asserted its dominance over its former brother judge).

The law ministry has asked Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra in a letter to help it create a list of lawyers who are willing to act pro bono in cases, which could end up being “one of the proposed yardstick (sic) to be considered for appointment as Judges of High Courts”.

As reported by LiveLaw, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has resolved that all new law graduates would have to pay Rs 2,500 to state bar councils in order to verify their certificates for enrolment.

HT Punjab ( @HTPunjab ) tweeted: “Hisar lawyer murder: Punjab and Haryana high court advocates go on strike” Hisar lawyer murder: Punjab and Haryana high court advocates go on strike | india-news | Hindustan Times Even as Haryana police claimed to have detained two alleged suspects behind murder of ...

The UK Supreme Court took less than 3 months, since the high court verdict on 3 Nov ember 2016 (read analysis here ), to pass its judgment on whether Brexit could be triggered without parliamentary approval. Though a very high-profile and priority case, it’s still rather impressive decision making b...

via @livelaw: Madhya Pradesh HC Asks Bar Council To Stop Lawyers From Releasing Press Copies Of Petitions Beforehand [Read Order] | Live Law By Ashok KM We find that litigants and counsels are indulging in giving publicity to writ petition filed by them by releasing press statement, the Bench said. ...

Legally India ( @LegallyIndia ) tweeted: “This could be a new record: 69 SC caveats filed over Jallikattu in SC” Jallikattu row: 69 caveat petitions filed in Supreme Court so far By ANI 69 caveat petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court in the Jallikattu matter till now over a period of three ...

According to the Times of India Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra told Supreme Court Justice JS Khehar last week at a party organised for the new Chief Justice of India (CJI):

The idea that more / all judgments should be reported is a good one, but drawing a distinction between online and offline traditional law reporting in books seems slightly arbitrary in this day and age. Live Law ( @LiveLawIndia ) tweeted: “Gujarat HC Rejects Plea To Restrain Websites From Publishing...

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Apar ( @aparatbar ) tweeted: “Comments on data retention of Aadhaar transaction data. Aadhaar not only breaches privacy but will become a ubiquitous surveillance system.” Apar Gupta , Sunil Abraham and Bhairav Acharya explain how Aadhaar could be hacked and how it’s a massive privacy risk. The Dange...

Sanjay Hegde ( @sanjayuvacha ) tweeted: “A very good argument on how the #DeMonetisation ordinance could become the first casualty of a new judgment”: Alok Prasanna Kumar ( @alokpi ) tweeted: “Shubhankar Dam connects the SC’s recent ordinance judgment with the demonetisation ordinance’s illegality” ...

shamnad ( @shamnad ) tweeted: “What a story! One of the most creative counsels around. And one of the few with balls! Pun very much intended, given that it’s cricket!” Gopal Sankaranarayanan: The lawyer on a mission to weed out politics from cricket By Apurva Vishwanath New Delhi: Three years after ...