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'After Taking Money, Client Isn't Told If Case Filed Or Not' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Senior Advocate, Laments 'Sorry State'
1 week, 1 day ago

'After Taking Money, Client Isn't Told If Case Filed Or Not' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Senior Advocate, Laments 'Sorry State'

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today highlighted a sorry state of affairs that a Senior Advocate is indulging in suppression of facts in pleas filed before the Court. The Court was dealing with a remission related plea in which the petitioner, represented by Senior Advocate Rishi Malhotra, simultaneously approached the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court seeking identical reliefs and failed to …

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Lodging FIR After Advocate Is Threatened Upon Appearing For Client Is Not Misuse Of Advocacy: Madhya Pradesh HC
2 weeks ago

Lodging FIR After Advocate Is Threatened Upon Appearing For Client Is Not Misuse Of Advocacy: Madhya Pradesh HC

Live Law  

While dismissing a man's plea for quashing an FIR after he was accused of threatening his advocate, the Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court said that advocates do not have any personal interest in their clients case, and so threatening them because they accepted the accused's case amounts to interference in their professional life. Rejecting the petitioner's contention that …

Court Case Fir Complainant Madhya Pradesh Petitioner Advocate
“Either Lied In Court Or Has Been Set Up”: Madras High Court Imposes ₹20 Lakh Cost On Litigant, Restrains Him From Filing PILs For 1 Year
2 weeks, 6 days ago

“Either Lied In Court Or Has Been Set Up”: Madras High Court Imposes ₹20 Lakh Cost On Litigant, Restrains Him From Filing PILs For 1 Year

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation filed by a 62-year-old man and imposed a cost of Rs. The court also restrained the PIL petitioner from filing any PILs in the court without prior permission for 1 year. The court was hearing a petition by T H Rajmohan challenging a Government Order issued by the Revenue Department …

Court Land Pil Petition Petitioner
Petitioners In-Person Are Causing A Ruckus Ever Since YouTube Live-Streaming Has Started: Calcutta High Court Remarks
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Petitioners In-Person Are Causing A Ruckus Ever Since YouTube Live-Streaming Has Started: Calcutta High Court Remarks

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has orally remarked that the advent of live streaming of court proceedings on YouTube has led to a situation where petitioners-in person are causing a "ruckus." Justice Tirthankar Ghosh made these comments while hearing a case being presented by a petitioner in-person. When Justice Ghosh questioned the petitioner, stating that an advocate had earlier been engaged …

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UP Court Orders Survey Of Shahi Jama Masjid In Sambhal Over Kalki Temple Dispute
1 month ago

UP Court Orders Survey Of Shahi Jama Masjid In Sambhal Over Kalki Temple Dispute

ABP News  

A court in Uttar Pradesh on November 19 directed an advocate commissioner to conduct a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal over a plea claiming that the mosque was constructed after demolishing a Kalki temple during Mughal rule. The civil court in Sambhal has appointed Ramesh Raghav as the advocate commissioner to conduct a survey and submit report …

Court Hindu Report Shahi Mughal Jama Masjid Kalki
Court-ordered survey conducted at Jama Masjid, Sambhal: Petition says it was a Hindu temple named Hari Har Mandir before Babar demolished it
1 month ago

Court-ordered survey conducted at Jama Masjid, Sambhal: Petition says it was a Hindu temple named Hari Har Mandir before Babar demolished it

Op India  

On the night of 19th November, a survey was initiated at the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, hours after the Civil Court of Sambhal directed the same. The directive came in response to a petition suggesting that the mosque was originally the Hari Har Mandir, a Hindu temple, partially demolished in 1529 by Mughal invader Babar. Rajesh Singh November 19, 2024 …

Court Hindu Survey Jain Commissioner Petition Advocate
Advocates Should Try To Resolve Matrimonial Disputes 'Without Adding Fuel To Fire': Madras High Court Suggests BCI To Form Guidelines
1 month, 1 week ago

Advocates Should Try To Resolve Matrimonial Disputes 'Without Adding Fuel To Fire': Madras High Court Suggests BCI To Form Guidelines

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently suggested the Bar Council of India to formulate guidelines ensuring that Advocates resolve matrimonial disputes amicably without adding fuel to the fire. The court was hearing civil miscellaneous appeals filed by a wife against the order of the Madurai Family Court allowing the husband's petition for divorce and rejecting the wife's petition for restitution of …

Family Court Matrimonial Advocates Husband Wife Advocate
Advocate Dinesh Jangra gets relief from high court in assault case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Advocate Dinesh Jangra gets relief from high court in assault case

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court granted anticipatory bail to Dinesh Jangra, an advocate accused in a high-profile assault case involving members of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association. The order was passed by Justice Manisha Batra overturning the decision of the additional sessions judge, Chandigarh, which had denied bail application of Dinesh Jangra. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} …

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SC partly stays Mumbai college circular banning hijab, burqa, cap, naqab on campus
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SC partly stays Mumbai college circular banning hijab, burqa, cap, naqab on campus

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday partly stayed a Mumbai college circular banning hijab, burqa, cap and naqab on the campus and said girl students must have the freedom to choose what they wear. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar issued notice to the Chembur Trombay Education Society, which runs the N G Acharya and D K Marathe …

Students Court Mumbai College
Delhi High Court Refuses To Direct Bar Council Of India To Treat UK Law Degree Equal To Undergrad Course In India
7 months ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Direct Bar Council Of India To Treat UK Law Degree Equal To Undergrad Course In India

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has refused to direct the Bar Council of India to treat the degree of a law graduate from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom as equivalent to an undergraduate course in India.Justice C Hari Shankar said that the Court cannot direct the BCI to provide any such certificate of equivalence. The Delhi High Court …

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Examination In Chief Of Witnesses Without Recording Their Cross-Examination Is Contrary To Law: Supreme Court
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Examination In Chief Of Witnesses Without Recording Their Cross-Examination Is Contrary To Law: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that recording only the examination in chief of witnesses without recording their cross-examination is contrary to the law. While the Top Court was hearing the case, it was apprised that the Trial Court recorded the examination-in-chief of 12 prosecution witnesses one after the other on different dates without recording their cross-examination. “Before recording the examination-in-chief of …

Law Supreme Court Trial Court Witnesses Prosecution Recording
Jharkhand HC stays non-bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi for a month
9 months ago

Jharkhand HC stays non-bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi for a month

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: In a relief to the former Congress president, the Jharkhand high court on Wednesday stayed a non-bailable warrant issued against Rahul Gandhi by Chaibasa civil court on February 27 this year in a defamation case, officials familiar with the order said. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Gandhi’s advocate Piyush Chitrest confirmed the order. A high court advocate familiar with this …

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Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Law Students Accused Of Injuring Two Advocates
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Law Students Accused Of Injuring Two Advocates

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently granted anticipatory bail to law students who were accused of injuring two advocates inside their chamber. “Since the petitioners have trespassed into the premises and assaulted both the Advocates, who are de-facto complainant, and another, this Court is not inclined to grant relief of anticipatory bail.,” the High Court held. One may also note that the …

Supreme Court Court Appellants Advocate
Nominate Nodal Officer To Deal With Requests Of Departments For Engaging AG, Other Law Officers; Clear Bills Expeditiously: Madras High Court To State
1 year, 5 months ago

Nominate Nodal Officer To Deal With Requests Of Departments For Engaging AG, Other Law Officers; Clear Bills Expeditiously: Madras High Court To State

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the State Government to nominate a Nodal Officer in the rank of Secretary or Additional Secretary of the State Government for dealing with the requests of various departments for the purpose of engaging Advocate General or Additional Advocate Generals in courts. “In this regard, a Nodal officer in the rank of Secretary or Additional …

Law High Court General State Departments Officer 30 Days
Karnataka High Court Quashes 2020 Sedition FIR Filed Against Management Of Bidar School Over Students' Play Against CAA, NRC
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes 2020 Sedition FIR Filed Against Management Of Bidar School Over Students' Play Against CAA, NRC

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed the proceedings initiated against four persons belonging to the management of Shaheen School in Bidar, where the students belonging to classes 4, 5 and 6 had staged a play on the CAA and NRC in the year 2020. Senior Advocate Ameet Kumar Deshpande appearing for the petitioners confirmed that the court had quashed …

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Legal Superintendent Vacancy At Government Of Gujarat [Apply Now]
1 year, 6 months ago

Legal Superintendent Vacancy At Government Of Gujarat [Apply Now]

Live Law  

Gujarat Public Service Commission invites online applications for the post of Legal Superintendent. or Degree in Law of five years of courses obtained from any of the Universities established or incorporated by or under the Central or a State Act in India: or any other educational institution recognized as such or declared to be deemed as a University under section …

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Police penalised for highhanded behaviour against woman advocate
1 year, 9 months ago

Police penalised for highhanded behaviour against woman advocate

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the state to pay compensation for violating the protection of life and personal liberty of a practising woman lawyer. The bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji heard a writ plea filed by Eunice L. Chawngthu, a practising advocate of the High Court, who complained …

Trust Justice Court Writ Telangana High Filed
How Trump-empowered religious extremists are having a Supreme Court 'field day': advocate
1 year, 10 months ago

How Trump-empowered religious extremists are having a Supreme Court 'field day': advocate

Raw Story  

The leader of one the nation’s largest religious-freedom groups warns “America cannot stay America” without a renewed commitment to fighting back against extremists emboldened by former President Donald Trump. Americans United for Separation of Church and State and National Women’s Law Center recently filed a lawsuit in Missouri on behalf of clergy members challenging a 2019 Missouri state law exclusively …

Law Religious Church Court Trump Missouri State
Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To 'SHUATS' VC Till Feb 15
1 year, 10 months ago

Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To 'SHUATS' VC Till Feb 15

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted interim protection against coercive action to the Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Rajendra Bihari Lal in connection with a mass religious conversion case.The bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan passed the order in an anticipatory bail. The Allahabad High Court last week granted interim protection against coercive …

Court Conversion Applicant Case Hindu Fir Officer
Can We Direct Parliament To Enact Laws? Supreme Court Asks In Pleas For Uniform Marriage Laws
1 year, 11 months ago

Can We Direct Parliament To Enact Laws? Supreme Court Asks In Pleas For Uniform Marriage Laws

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala while hearing petitions concerning uniform laws for marriage framed the preliminary issue in the matter to be whether the court was permitted to direct the Parliament to make laws. Per contra, Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay disagreed with the same and stated that the petition filed in …

Law Justice Supreme Court Court Muslim Direct Filed
Madras HC Advocates' Association Assures High Court That Its Elections Will Be Free And Fair
2 years ago

Madras HC Advocates' Association Assures High Court That Its Elections Will Be Free And Fair

Live Law  

Madras High Court Advocates' Association has informed the Madras High Court that its elections, which are scheduled to be conducted on 9th January, 2023, would be conducted in a free and fair manner. The Association also informed the court that all the applications were being scrutinized diligently to ensure that the elections would be conducted without any bias. The Association …

Association Court Advocate Fair Manner Its Elections
Jharkhand High Court Denies Bail To Suspended IAS Officer Pooja Singhal In Money Laundering Case
2 years, 1 month ago

Jharkhand High Court Denies Bail To Suspended IAS Officer Pooja Singhal In Money Laundering Case

Live Law  

The Jharkhand High Court recently denied bail to Indian Administrative Services officer Pooja Singhal in connection with a money laundering case registered against her pertaining to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Khunti district during 2009-2010 and some other suspicious financial transactions.While denying her bail, the bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi noted that. The Jharkhand High Court recently …

Court Money Laundering Money Bail Funds Ias Cash
Four Cops Suspended For Assaulting Lawyer Inside Kollam Police Station, Kerala High Court Told
2 years, 3 months ago

Four Cops Suspended For Assaulting Lawyer Inside Kollam Police Station, Kerala High Court Told

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday was informed that four police officials were placed under suspension on Wednesday for allegedly thrashing and handcuffing a lawyer inside a police station on September 5.The submission was made during the hearing of a contempt petition filed against the action of the officials of Kollam police station. The Kerala High Court on Thursday was …

Court Kerala High Court Station Jail Advocate Kollam Special Public Prosecutor
New Dutch law cannot include forced contraception: Advocate General
2 years, 3 months ago

New Dutch law cannot include forced contraception: Advocate General

NL Times  

Contraception cannot be made compulsory as a form of compulsory care on the basis of the new Compulsory Mental Health Care Act. This would require other, more specific legislation, concluded Advocate General at the Supreme Court Myriam Lückers. According to the Advocate General, the law offers no scope to force someone to use contraception in this way and thus avert …

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