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The lawyers protesting against alleged 'stepmotherly' treatment of the Karnataka high court bench, and appointments to it, include "Advocates Generals of the state BV Acharya, Ravivarma Kumar, Udaya Holla and Ashok Haranahalli, co-chairman of Bar
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The Indian Express reported:
Supreme Court quashes all Goa iron ore mining leases, says can’t operate after March 15 | The Indian Express
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled all iron ore mining leases in the
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The Bombay Lawyers Association, represented by Dushyant Dave before the Supreme Court in the hearing into the death of Judge BH Loya, has filed the following written statement today.
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The rather badly-scanned PDF contains a list of all matters that each judge handles, though that by itself is unlikely to remove the CJI's discretion from the process completely.
The Indian Express reported:
Supreme Cou
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Great write-up on what sounds like utterly harrowing scenes...
The Indian Express reported:
At hearing on savings ‘due to’ UID, Supreme Court judge fumes: Don’t call me Aadhaar judge | The Indian Express
01 February 2018
SCOI ReportsLive Law reported:
Exclusive: In-House Committee To Resume Inquiry Against Two Sitting Orissa HC Judges Tomorrow | Live Law
The three-member in-house committee headed by Justice S.J. Vazifdar, Chief Justice of Punja
01 February 2018
SCOI ReportsThe Indian Express reported:
Supreme Court crisis: No meeting held with CJI, judges propose roster reform panel | The Indian Express
A scheduled meeting between four senior judges of the Supreme Court, who went publ
31 January 2018
Bar, Bench & LitigationHowever, this is still lower than what judges had been paid in real terms in 1957, as we and Mint had reported in 2015.
29 January 2018
Bar, Bench & LitigationA Bar Council of India (BCI) sub committee consisting of Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) president Kirti Uppal and seven others opposed the Law Commission's recommendation that bar council elections should be replaced by nomination and called it an attempt similar to measures taken during India's 1975 constitutional emergency, reported Live Law.
25 January 2018
Bar, Bench & LitigationThe Bar Council of India (BCI) cancelled the sudden press conference that it had called unexpectedly to announce its action against advocates who “create ugly scenes in courts”.
25 January 2018
SCOI ReportsA sealed cover report by Patiala House had been submitted to the court blaming police lapses. Suffice it to say, no bar council disciplinary or other actions had been taken against the alleged assaulting lawyers.
The Hindu reported:
25 January 2018
Bar, Bench & LitigationFollowing calls by a CPM party leader to impeach Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, Kumar Shakti Shekhar explains that procedures are stacked against the impeachment of apex court judges, the lack of historical precedent in successful impea
25 January 2018
Bar, Bench & LitigationNDTV.com reported:
Delhi High Court Advocates Protesting Attack Over Colleagues Abstain From Work
The executive committee of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning t
25 January 2018
SCOI ReportsThe Economic Times reported:
Supreme Court: Supreme Court to hear contempt pleas against Karni Sena on Jan 29
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that the