The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition by lawyers challenging the recommendation of 12 names for the Madras high court bench by its chief justice, saying it could only review for eligibility but not suitability.

Supreme Court justice Dipak Misra asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to not “please electoral politics”, in a BCI golden jubilee conference closing speech.

Just a week after senior advocate Fali Nariman declined to be part of the Lokpal search committee, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas has also told the government he didn’t want to head the search committee that would find candidates to head the anti-corruption ombudsman body.

Bombay high court comes six judges close to its full strength today with justices Anil Menon, Chandrakant Bhadang, Vishwas Jadhav, Ananta Badar, Pukhraj Bora and Anuja Prabhudesai taking oath today to take its strength to 66, reported the Times of India . Prabhudesai is the HC’s first woman judge th...

Delhi high court Justice Vipin Sanghi disbanded an arbitration tribunal that had run up a bill of Rs 1.44 crore charging Rs 18 lakh as fees per hearing, reported the Times of India . The tribunal, comprised of retired Supreme Court and high court judges, was hearing an arbitration between the govern...

Prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra and legion of judges convened at a BCI function in Gandhinagar.

The Supreme Court asked the law ministry and central government on Friday about establishing a national court of appeal to hear certain appeals from the high courts instead of the Supreme Court, after a writ petition was filed by a Kerala advocate, reported PTI . V Vasantha Kumar from Puducherry has...

Advocate Deepak Khosla picks a fight with the CLB…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgement in the challenge to the controversial 12 names that were recommended for judgeship at the Madras high court.

The Supreme Court has today issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Sahara chief Subrata Roy for not turning up in court, rejecting senior counsel Ram Jethamalani’s arguments that Roy was aiding his ill mother.

A Supreme Court’s five-judge constitutional bench will examine the issue of legalising active euthanasia or mercy killing in India in the public interest litigation brought by the NGO Common Cause. The bench will also reopen the 2011 verdict in Aruna Shaunbag which had legalised passive euthanasia in India but rejected the plea for active euthanasia

The next hearing will be on 19 May in the Delhi high court case filed by Swatanter Kumar against three media companies and an NUJS Kolkata graduate who alleged the former Supreme Court judge had sexually harrassed her while she interned with him, reported the PTI.

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...

Justice RK Agrawal, who was on 17 February elevated to the Supreme Court from being chief at the Madras high court, was hospitalised at AIIMS the following day after he slipped and fell at his residence, reported the Asian Age on Friday (21 February). He suffered a traumatic brain injury but is now ...

The Advocates on Record (AOR) exam pass rate has marginally bettered to set a three-year record. 22 per cent aspirants of the AOR designation have succeeded in their June 2013 attempt, according to results announced today.

The Supreme Court’s sexual harassment committee has explained how sexual harassment complaints against practising lawyers and court staff should be made in future.

The Supreme Court has granted a Muslim petitioner the right to adopt a child despite Muslim personal law prohibiting adoption.

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam today commuted the punishment for Rajiv Gandhi assassins Murugan, Santhan and Arivu from death penalty to life imprisonment on ground of “inordinate delay”, 15 years after the first ever mercy petitions were filed in the case.

With the elevation of Madras HC chief justice (CJ) RK Agrawal and Delhi HC CJ N Venkata Ramana to the SC, the apex court currently sits at full strength – 31 judges. However, this year India too will for the first time see three chief justices within 12 months, and 10 SC judges will retire between 9...

The Supreme Court (SC) collegium withdrew the 12 names recommended for judgeship at the Madras high court, which had been opposed vehemently by a section of the HC’s bar and bench since December, reported the Times of India . The collegium said that the withdrawal wasn’t based on an opinion of the m...