Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer
4 years, 10 months ago

Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer

Live Law  

Judicial works were disrupted in Jharkhand on Monday as lawyers across the state abstained from attending courts to register their protest against the alleged attack on the president of District Bar Association, Daltonganj district by a senior judge of the local court. Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath stated, "The functioning of courts was affected as the lawyers. Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath stated, "The functioning of courts was affected as the lawyers stayed away from work. It passed a resolution stating, "It has been unanimously decided that taking into consideration the occurrence at civil court as indicated by the association's letter, all the learned lawyers in the state of Jharkhand practicing in High Courts, district courts and sub-divisional courts shall abstain from judicial works peacefully for one day as a symbolic protest against the incident reported by the district bar association Daltonganj".

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Recent Attacks On Lawyers | Madras High Court Asks Public Prosecutor To Facilitate Meeting Between Bar Bodies & DGP
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Recent Attacks On Lawyers | Madras High Court Asks Public Prosecutor To Facilitate Meeting Between Bar Bodies & DGP

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday asked the State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah to facilitate a meeting between the bar bodies in the State and the Director General of Police to come up with solutions to address the issue of frequent attacks on lawyers. The Senior advocate informed the court that the entire bar body was disturbed by the …

Ghaziabad Court Violence | Allahabad HC Bar Association Resolves To File Criminal Contempt Case Against District & Sessions Judge
2 months, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad Court Violence | Allahabad HC Bar Association Resolves To File Criminal Contempt Case Against District & Sessions Judge

Live Law  

Condemning the recent lathi charge violence against advocates in Ghaziabad Court, allegedly at the behest of the District and Sessions Judge, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association today passed a resolution deciding to file a criminal contempt case against the Judicial Officer. The resolution was passed today in an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of the High Court Bar …

Allahabad High Court Temporarily Restrains District Bar Associations In UP From Holding Strikes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Temporarily Restrains District Bar Associations In UP From Holding Strikes

Live Law  

In a stern direction to the bar bodies in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has directed that none of the Bar Associations of any district courts in the state would resort to any strike till August 7. Hearing the matter on July 8, the High Court directed key legal bodies, including the Bar Council of India, …

J&K judges should take note of growing arrests of Kashmir lawyers: Mirwaiz
5 months, 3 weeks ago

J&K judges should take note of growing arrests of Kashmir lawyers: Mirwaiz

The Hindu  

Hurriyat chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on July 19 sought the intervention of judges of the J&K and Ladakh High Court into a series of arrests of lawyers in the past month, in the wake of erstwhile J&K High Court Bar Association’s plans to hold internal elections. Former Bar chief Mian Qayoom, acting Bar chairman Nazir Ahmad …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On HC Bar Association Jabalpur's Plea Against State Bar Council's Refusal To Give Separate Recognition
6 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On HC Bar Association Jabalpur's Plea Against State Bar Council's Refusal To Give Separate Recognition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by High Court Advocates Bar Association, Jabalpur against refusal of the State Bar Council to recognize it as a separate bar association.The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra tagged the case with other similar pending case and assured that it would be listed early.During the …

Days after restricting bar association, J&K High Court recognises new lawyers’ body in Kashmir
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Days after restricting bar association, J&K High Court recognises new lawyers’ body in Kashmir

The Hindu  

The J&K and Ladakh High Court on Saturday recognised a new lawyers’ body in Kashmir, the Kashmir Advocates Association, by exercising powers under Section 58 of the Bar Council, which was extended to J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The move came days after the District Magistrate, Srinagar, barred the J&K High Court Bar Association, a lawyers’ …

No Bar In Law In Examining An Inimical, Interested Or Related Witness By A Party To Support His Case: Jharkhand High Court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

No Bar In Law In Examining An Inimical, Interested Or Related Witness By A Party To Support His Case: Jharkhand High Court

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court has observed that there is no bar in law in examining an inimical, interested, or related witness by a party to support his case. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar, observed, “There is no bar in law in examining an inimical, interested or related witness by a party to …

Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association Ends Strike As Division Bench Stays Order Debarring Lawyer
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association Ends Strike As Division Bench Stays Order Debarring Lawyer

Live Law  

Jharkhand High Court Advocates' Association today concluded its strike following a Division Bench order staying the debarment of a lawyer. Exercising its authority under Article 215 and 226 of the Constitution coupled with Section 14 of the Contempt of Court Act, bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar on May 15 suspended the license of a lawyer and barred him from entering …

Farmers’ protest: Punjab and Haryana HC lawyers spar over striking work
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers’ protest: Punjab and Haryana HC lawyers spar over striking work

Hindustan Times  

The call for abstaining from work on Friday by Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association over alleged violence against the farmers by security agencies at Shambhu and Khanauri borders has divided the lawyers. Punjab and Haryana High Court building in Chandigarh Haryana advocate general BR Majahan in the evening came out with a statement that AG Haryana’s office was …

Lawyer attempts suicide at Patna High Court after dismissal of plea
11 months, 1 week ago

Lawyer attempts suicide at Patna High Court after dismissal of plea

Op India  

Dramatic scenes unfolded on 2nd February at Patna High Court as an attorney named Shiva Pujan Jha attempted to leap from the court building after his motion for a stay of the proceedings was turned down. The lawyer tried to obtain relief by filing a petition, but the court denied it and also imposed a penalty. A #lawyer facing a …

Courts Are Not Industrial Establishments, Bar Can't Bargain Their Demands Like Trade Unions: Allahabad High Court On Lawyers' Strike
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Courts Are Not Industrial Establishments, Bar Can't Bargain Their Demands Like Trade Unions: Allahabad High Court On Lawyers' Strike

Live Law  

Expressing alarm over a petition concerning continuous strike in Tehsil Bar Association Rasara, District Ballia, the Allahabad High Court remarked, “In our judicial system, strike brings the wheels of justice to a standstill, bringing cheer and happiness amongst enemies of justice. In that eventuality, we would certainly shatter the faith reposed by us in ourselves while giving us the Constitution …

Jharkhand High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated Against Lawyer On 'Malafide Complaint' By Opposite Party In Litigation
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Quashes Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated Against Lawyer On 'Malafide Complaint' By Opposite Party In Litigation

Live Law  

Last week, the Jharkhand High Court annulled disciplinary proceedings initiated by the State Bar Council against a lawyer accused of engaging in an "illicit" physical relationship with his client. 3 has got no locus to lodge the complaint before Jharkhand State Bar Council, when there is no professional relationship between the petitioner and the complainant. 3 before the Jharkhand State …

Supreme Court Directs Manipur Bar Associations To Not Prevent Lawyers Of Any Community From Appearing Before Courts; Warns Of Contempt Action
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Manipur Bar Associations To Not Prevent Lawyers Of Any Community From Appearing Before Courts; Warns Of Contempt Action

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Bar Associations in Manipur to not prevent any lawyer, regardless of their community, to appear before the courts. During the hearing, Senior Advocate Anand Grover told the Supreme Court that lawyers appearing for a particular committee were being threatened, attacked, and prevented from appearing before the Manipur High Court and that lawyers must …

Lawyers’ strike to continue, says Bar Council of UP
1 year, 4 months ago

Lawyers’ strike to continue, says Bar Council of UP

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Bar Council of UP on Wednesday decided to continue its strike against the state government’s “inaction” in the August 29 incident of alleged police lathicharge on advocates in Hapur. Office-bearers of all lawyers’ associations of the state capital assembled at gate number six of the high court in Lucknow and staged a protest over the Hapur incident. “Lawyers …

Supreme Court Censures Bar Association For Passing Resolution Against Legal Aid Defence Counsel System; Summons Office Bearers
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Censures Bar Association For Passing Resolution Against Legal Aid Defence Counsel System; Summons Office Bearers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its strong displeasure at a Bar Association for passing resolutions to obstruct the work of lawyers appointed as volunteers under the Legal Aid Defence System of the National Legal Services Authority. The bench, also comprising Justices PS Narsimha and JB Pardiwala, was hearing a petition seeking contempt action against Bar Association of Bharatpur for …

Advocate's Murder: BCI Directs Rajasthan Bar Council To Call Off Strike Before March 9, Requests State Govt To Pass Law For Protection Of Lawyers
1 year, 10 months ago

Advocate's Murder: BCI Directs Rajasthan Bar Council To Call Off Strike Before March 9, Requests State Govt To Pass Law For Protection Of Lawyers

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has directed the State Bar Council of Rajasthan to take appropriate measures to ensure that the strike/boycott of several courts in the state due to the murder of an Advocate is called off before March 9. It asked the State Bar Council to forward a report by evening of March 08.The strike and boycott of …

Jharkhand Bar Council Calls Off Lawyers' Strike Against Court Fee Hike After Bar Council Of India Order
2 years ago

Jharkhand Bar Council Calls Off Lawyers' Strike Against Court Fee Hike After Bar Council Of India Order

Live Law  

Jharkhand State Bar Council on Friday decided to call off the strike against the hike in court fee, after the Bar Council of India Chairman directed it to end the boycott of courts. BCI Chairman earlier directed the State Bar Council to furnish reasons for such extreme step of strike by it and to explain why it did not move …

Court's Functioning Can't Be Brought To A Grinding Halt On Account Of Bar Association Elections: Allahabad High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Court's Functioning Can't Be Brought To A Grinding Halt On Account Of Bar Association Elections: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the work of a Court can not be brought to a grinding halt on account of the fact that the elections of a registered society are to be held.The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir further said that the Bar Association is not established to obstruct the functioning of the Court and interfere …

Tehsil Lawyers On Strike For Almost 2 Yrs: Allahabad HC Directs State Bar Council To Take Disciplinary Action
2 years, 10 months ago

Tehsil Lawyers On Strike For Almost 2 Yrs: Allahabad HC Directs State Bar Council To Take Disciplinary Action

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to take disciplinary action against striking lawyers at Uttar who continuously abstained from work on every date between February 5, 2020 to January 5, 2022.The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued this extraordinary order after observing that the Apex Court has held the strikes by lawyers to …

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Rejects Apology Of Rajasthan HC Bar Association; Seeks A Resolution To Not Hold Strikes In Future
3 years, 1 month ago

Court Boycott : Supreme Court Rejects Apology Of Rajasthan HC Bar Association; Seeks A Resolution To Not Hold Strikes In Future

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has rejected the affidavits of apology tendered by the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association at Jaipur for boycotting a court, observing that the aplogy was not unconditional and unqualified.The Court has directed the office bearers of the Association to come up with a better affidavit and also to to come out with a Resolution stating that the …

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan HC Bar Association At Jaipur For Not Filing Response To Contempt Notice For Court Boycott
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan HC Bar Association At Jaipur For Not Filing Response To Contempt Notice For Court Boycott

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed with dismay that office bearers of the of the Bar Association of the Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur have not taken seriously the contempt notice issued to them for boycotting a bench of the High Court as part of a strike. Though the case was taken up on the same day and order was …

Delhi Bar Associations To Abstain From Work Tomorrow Over Judgment Convicting Rajiv Khosla
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Bar Associations To Abstain From Work Tomorrow Over Judgment Convicting Rajiv Khosla

Live Law  

The Coordination Committee of All District Court Bar Associations of Delhi today unanimously resolved to go on complete abstinence of work tomorrow in the district courts against the recent judgment convicting former Delhi High Court Bar Association President Rajiv Khosla for assaulting a woman lawyer Sujata Kohli in the year 1994. "All the members of the Co-ordination Committee unanimously resolved …

Proposing To Frame Rules To Curtail Lawyers' Strikes & Court Boycotts, BCI Tells SC
3 years, 4 months ago

Proposing To Frame Rules To Curtail Lawyers' Strikes & Court Boycotts, BCI Tells SC

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it is proposing to frame rules to curtail strikes by lawyers and court boycotts and to take action against bar associations who act in breach and against advocates who promote such strikes through social media.The BCI Chairman Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishar told a bench comprising Justices DY …

"Demand Not Justified, Such Politics Shouldn't Be Allowed In Any Bar Association": BCI On P&H HCBA Resolution Against CJ Ravi Shanker Jha
3 years, 8 months ago

"Demand Not Justified, Such Politics Shouldn't Be Allowed In Any Bar Association": BCI On P&H HCBA Resolution Against CJ Ravi Shanker Jha

Live Law  

Dealing with a matter in connection with the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association's resolution seeking transfer of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, the Bar Council Of India has observed that,"Neither the Bar Council of India nor the State Bar Council can support any resolution of any Bar Association giving call for the boycott of the Court of Chief …

Unfortunate That Clients Suffer When Bar Members Abstain From Judicial Work Creating Backlog Of Cases: Allahabad High Court
4 years, 2 months ago

Unfortunate That Clients Suffer When Bar Members Abstain From Judicial Work Creating Backlog Of Cases: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

"It is unfortunate that clients are suffering for cases which can easily be disposed of but for the reasons that the Members of Bar have been abstaining from judicial work creating a backlog of cases", the Allahabad High Court observed on Monday. Perusing the same, the Court said, "From the perusal of the same, it indicates that for various reasons, …

Gujarat HC Fines Lawyer Rs 10,000 for Smoking During Online Hearing
4 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat HC Fines Lawyer Rs 10,000 for Smoking During Online Hearing

News 18  

Ahmedabad: Putting up a smokescreen of arguments to defend one’s client may be par for the course, but the Gujarat High Court did not take it lightly when it saw a lawyer smoking during a virtual hearing. The court chided the lawyer, J V Ajmera, for his “irresponsible conduct” and imposed a fine on him. “This Court seriously deprecates such …

Karnataka HC Asks State Bar Council And AAB To Initiate Disciplinary Action Against Advocates Who Gather Outside HC Gate Seeking Entry Without Appointment
4 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka HC Asks State Bar Council And AAB To Initiate Disciplinary Action Against Advocates Who Gather Outside HC Gate Seeking Entry Without Appointment

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka State Bar Council and the Advocates Association of Bengaluru to take disciplinary action against advocates who gather outside the high court premises and seek entry without having prior appointments issued by the registry for physical filing of matters. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajit Shetty …

Incessant Lawyers' Strike: Calcutta HC Seeks Replies From President & Secretary Of Mendipur Bar Association [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Incessant Lawyers' Strike: Calcutta HC Seeks Replies From President & Secretary Of Mendipur Bar Association [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has sought replies from the President and Secretary of the Medinipur Bar Association explaining why action must not be taken against them in light of the incessant lawyers' strike in the district. The division bench of Justices Suvra Ghosh and Joymalya Bagchi noted that the striking lawyers in the Mendipur District of West Bengal not only …

Calcutta HC Issues Show Cause To President and Secretaries Of Striking Bar Associations [Read Order]
5 years ago

Calcutta HC Issues Show Cause To President and Secretaries Of Striking Bar Associations [Read Order]

Live Law  

Taking stern view of the incessant lawyers' strike in Medinipur district of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the President and Secretaries of the concerned Bar Associations to show cause for not initiating contempt proceedings against them. "Report placed before us discloses sufficient materials to take a prima facie view that the conduct of the striking lawyers …

Advocates' Strikes Illegal, Amounts To Misconduct, Contempt of Court: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]
5 years, 3 months ago

Advocates' Strikes Illegal, Amounts To Misconduct, Contempt of Court: Uttarakhand HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Lawyers' Strike Amount To Contempt Responsibility of High Court Responsibilities of Bar Councils The general superintendence, of the ethics and etiquette of the members of the profession, is the responsibility of the State Bar Council created under the 1961 Act, and a statutory duty is imposed on it to ensure that the rules laid down by the Bar Council of …

Crackdown on lawyers narrows road to justice in Kashmir
5 years, 3 months ago

Crackdown on lawyers narrows road to justice in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Bandipora/Srinagar – For nearly a month, Shafia Ganai, a softly-spoken 19-year-old undergraduate student of sociology in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora, has visited the police station every day. The police also booked the presidents of the bar associations of Baramulla district court, advocate Abdul Salam Rather, and of Anantnag district, Fayad Sodagar, under the law, which the Amnesty termed “repressive” and “draconian”. …

MP HC To Debar Members/Office Bearers Of Bar Council/Assns From Appearing Before Courts In Case They Give Strike Calls [Read Order]
6 years, 5 months ago

MP HC To Debar Members/Office Bearers Of Bar Council/Assns From Appearing Before Courts In Case They Give Strike Calls [Read Order]

Live Law  

"The litigant has a right to get justice. If the call for abstaining from work is given by the State Bar Council If the State Bar Council gives call to the members/advocates enrolled with it to abstain from the court work, without the consent of the Chief Justice even for a day, the office bearers of the State Bar Council …

Bar Associations Can’t Deny Advocates The Right To Legally Represent Any Individual: SC
6 years, 6 months ago

Bar Associations Can’t Deny Advocates The Right To Legally Represent Any Individual: SC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday orally observed that a bar association can not restrain advocates from appearing on behalf of and defending any individual.The vacation bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra was hearing a writ petition filed by one Deepak Kalra, who is contesting several matters against his estranged wife, and is aggrieved of the Jabalpur District Bar …

Can Bar Assn Prohibit Advocate From Representing An Individual? SC Issues Notice To MP Govt, BCI [Read Order]
6 years, 7 months ago

Can Bar Assn Prohibit Advocate From Representing An Individual? SC Issues Notice To MP Govt, BCI [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the State of Madhya Pradesh and the Bar Council of India on a petition filed by a man against the Jabalpur District Bar Association issuing instructions prohibiting advocates from representing him.The man moved the Supreme Court against the instructions said to have been passed by the Bar Association while The Supreme Court …

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