SRINAGAR: The high court bar association in Jammu has barred anyone other than lawyers from wearing a white shirt, black trousers and black coat on the court premises.A statement issued on Saturday by Anshu Mahajan, joint secretary of the bar association, notified that “no clerk, litigant or a member of the general public is permitted…
Sections 132 and 134 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, protect lawyer-client communications from disclosure. The Enforcement Directorate message to Venugopal read, “Please refer to the trail mail in this regard. The summons for June 24 issued to you hereby stands withdrawn with immediate effect.”By afternoon, the SC Bar Association’s executive body, led by senior advocate…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice B R Gavai Wednesday said lawyers don’t want to work during vacation but the judiciary is blamed for the backlog of cases.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih got miffed when a lawyer urged listing of a petition after summer vacation. “The first five judges are…
Uttarakhand high court on Thursday directed Nainital police to investigate and report online abuse targeting its judges and lawyers in a rape case involving a minor girl. The court has asked SSP Nainital to submit a report by Monday.The rape case pertains to the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl by 73-year-old contractor Mohammad…
The Justice Department laid out its road map on Friday to break up Google’s advertising technology empire, which would be the second request to force the sale of pieces of its business within a year. The government’s comments came during a hearing convened by Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the…
A former Texas solicitor general who argued in favor of abortion restrictions. Two former clerks to Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court’s most conservative members. And a one-time adviser to the Trump Organization. These are a few of the conservative legal heavyweights Harvard University has hired to win a lawsuit against the Trump…
In the end, the news that Mohamed Salah will remain at Liverpool was delivered with a humorous tagline. “More in than out,” read the message across the club’s social media pages at 8am on Friday, around 36 hours after reports in the forward’s homeland of Egypt first suggested he had agreed to extend his eight-year…
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil on Thursday said that they would seek testimony from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who argues that though Mr. Khalil committed no crimes, his very presence in the United States enables antisemitism. Mr. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus last year, has been detained by…
Top lawyers and MPs Abhishek Singhvi and Kapil Sibal on Thursday targeted govt over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, with Singhvi alleging that the legislation “is more a conspiracy than an attempt to bring reforms” and violates the Constitution’s Article 25 and 26. He warned that the bill could be struck down by courts as unconstitutional,…
Lawyers in Prayagraj on Tuesday during an indefinite strike called by Allahabad HC Bar Association over Justice Yashwant Varma’s transfer to the high court. PRAYAGRAJ: Lawyers at Allahabad high court shut down judicial work indefinitely Tuesday, launching a protest against Supreme Court collegium’s decision to transfer Delhi HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma to their court.Allahabad…