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Tamil Nadu Bar Council Chairman R K Chandramohan was expelled from his post and membership by a division bench following an allegation of attempts to influence a former Chennai High Court judge in an anticipatory bail matter nearly 18 months after the matter was first reported.
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The Supreme Court denounced that a refusal to accept a brief of an accused by an advocates association or other representative body was “a disgrace to the legal community” and “null and void”.
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A landmark order passed by a division bench of the Delhi High Court reiterating principles of natural justice has ordered the Delhi police to begin uploading all First Information Reports (FIRs) registered in the city to the world wide web within 24 hours of filing.
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Karnataka Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has promised to overhaul the dilapidated court infrastructure facilities in Bangalore’s lower courts following a surprise inspection undertaken on behest of the advocates association.
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A forum for advocates of South India have petitioned the President and the Chief Justice of India to set up a Supreme Court Bench in the southern states dedicated to adjudication of disputes involving/originating from the areas to save litigant’s time and effort, reported The Hindu.
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Watching obscene films at a private residence was not illegal “public exhibition”, ruled the Bombay High Court yesterday following a 2008 “rave party” in a Lonavala.
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Exclusive: The London Court of International Arbitration’s (LCIA) first independent subsidiary LCIA India has commenced business with its first two arbitration cases received within six months of the publication of the LCIA arbitration and mediation rules in April this year.
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The Supreme Court has directed the Delhi High Court to reach its final verdict quickly in the important matter concerning the levy of service tax on immovable property rentals by declining to stay the high court’s order in a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Union Government.
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The government has allocated Rs 1,470 crore ($323m) to “modernise judicial infrastructure” and “improve judicial infrastructure”, according to a law ministry press release.
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The law ministry has instructed attorney general GE Vahanvati to represent prime minister Manmohan Singh who will give an affidavit before the Supreme Court for his alleged inaction in the alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam case. Solicitor general Gopal Subramanium will continue representing the government in the case after having come into the media spotlight after denying reports of his meeting with counsel for former telecoms minister A Raja.
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A Supreme Court (SC) bench yesterday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while he sanctioned the prosecution go-ahead against tainted minister A Raja and for not initiating action in time following former law minister Subramanium Swamy’s complaint, as solicitor general Gopal Subramanium defended the PM.
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The Kerala bar council has suspended a lawyer for “professional misconduct” after “indulging in business activities apart from being an advocate”.
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The Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court on 30 September was yesterday challenged in the Supreme Court.
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The Government is planning to set-up a super-regulator to wield control over all quasi-judicial authorities functioning in India.
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The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned the hearing in Vodafone’s appeal against the 8 September Bombay High Court order to 15 November, following a Rs 11,218 crore tax liability notice served by the income tax department on the telecom giant on Friday.