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Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has announced the joining of former Asian Development Bank (ADB) regional chief Arjun Goswami as director in its public policy practice, heading the practice area from both Mumbai and Delhi.
Senior advocate, Indira Jaising, amicus curiae in the case of Nipun Saxena v Union of India, was elated when Justice JS Khehar and Justice C Nagappan asked her and the UOI counsel on 2 May whether they would have time to attend to the case, if listed during the vacation.
The dispute resolution team of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) acted for YuTeleventures and its three directors, Rahul Sharma, Sumeet Kumar and Vikas Jain before a division bench of Delhi high court where they appealed against the order of a single judge of the Delhi high court issuing bailable warrants against them in a contempt of court case.
Inspired by Reddit, this Saturday, 29 August between 9 and 10pm, Legally India founder and editor Kian Ganz will try to answer any question, however fundamental or incidental to the legal profession, in a one-hour Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session on Facebook.
One day after members of the Delhi High Court Bar Association received text messages that its president Rajiv Khosla had been suspended for alleged “anti–bar activity”, members were left confused when they received messages today that the DHCBA secretary Abhijat was suspended.
The process of appointing senior advocates is broken and no one has bothered to fix it, until now.
The Delhi high court adjourned its hearing in the Swatanter Kumar defamation case to 28 August, after the Supreme Court transfer petition was filed with the court in sealed cover.
The Delhi high court hearing former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar's defamation case, would wait until the Supreme Court had decided on the transfer petition by an former law student intern who alleged she was sexually harassed by him.
In India’s first judgement on medical aid for rare diseases, the Delhi high court today directed the Delhi government to provide monthly medical treatment, free of cost, to a minor child afflicted with a rare disease (gaucher).
Fali Nariman and PP Rao have completed their recommendations to the Supreme Court in what procedure to follow in case of sex harassment allegations against sitting and former judges.
The AIIMS hospital denied treatment to a rickshaw puller's son suffering from a rare disease, because it was too costly. Senior counsel AS Chandhiok, appearing for the Delhi High Court Bar Association, said lawyers had raised Rs 7.8 lakh for the treatment, with the Delhi high court ordering AIIMS to continue treating the boy until the final judgment in the case.
Justice Manmohan said: “A patient cannot be denied treatment due to financial constraint and the State is bound to find a source to generate funds for the poor patients... [The Delhi government has] to find a way to provide medical aid to poor patients. Funds have to be created. There cannot be a vacuum.” [DNA]
Former Delhi Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla explained his success in the Supreme Court in his battle against Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) president AS Chandhiok in the now-postponed DHCBA elections.
With the courts closed as much of Delhi voted today, the Delhi high court is reconsidering former DBA president Rajiv Khosla’s plea against election rule amendments barring him from the 13 December DHCBA polls.
Judicial progeny fail selections: The six out of eight advocates rejected for judgeship at the Punjab & Haryana HC include Manisha Gandhi, the daughter of former Chief Justice of India AS Anand, and Girish Agnihotri, the son of retired P&H HC judge MR Agnihotri. B S Rana, Gurminder Singh Kharbanda, Vinod Ghai and Raj Karan Singh Brar were the other rejected names [Indian Express]
Retd judge opposes regional bias: “The argument that persons from one State cannot be appointed as judges of another is not based on sound facts,” argues former Madras HC justice K Chandru in response to the recent uproar over two advocate recommendations for Madras HC judgeships [Hindu]
Maha victim compensation: The Maharashtra government will now compensate victims of crime - especially rape, child abuse and acid attack - with Rs 50,000 or Rs 3 lakh depending on the extent of injury under the ‘Manodhairya’ scheme [TOI]
Fast tracking Karnataka: Karnataka has been promised 10 fast track courts with 37 court staff each for trying crimes against women, by law and parliamentary affairs minister TB Jayachandra [Post Jagran]
Muzzafarnagar PIL: Supreme Court’s justice GS Singhvi yesterday agreed to give a urgent hearing today to a petition demanding a CBI probe into the Muzzafarnagar violence [DNA]
Air fare hike in CCI: The 25 per cent hike in airfares last week has resulted in the Air Passengers Association of India dragging airlines to the Competition Commission of India over allegations of cartelisation [New Indian Express]
Law min Ashwani Kumar warns that profession's standards have been falling [ET]
Bombay HC will now permit only women judicial officers to work on cases involving sex crimes, according to latest circular [Mid Day]
Andhra Pradesh HC chief justice musical chairs: CJ PC Ghose officiated until yesterday, sworn in at SC today. Justice V Eswaraiah officiated today and retired. Justice NV Ramana will be acting CJ from Monday until permanent CJ [TOI]
Delhi HC reverses Dec 16 rape fast-track court order, allows CD-recorded deposition of sole witness of incident in evidence [Deccan Herald]
SC takes suo moto cognizance of police brutality against civilians in Punjab and Bihar after several newspaper reports of cops beating a girl [SC order]
Mint profiles 'the descendants' of India Inc: AZB co-founder Zia Mody's 26-year-old daughter diverges from mother's footsteps with a "plate full" of business gigs [Mint]
Breaking: Senior advocate Ashwani Kumar, the minister of state for parliamentary affairs and planning, will be minister of law and justice, after Salman Khursheed was elevated to head up the foreign affairs ministry in today’s Congress cabinet reshuffle.