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26 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

“Legal system collapsing under Pending Cases: Supreme Court 55,000+, High Court 37 Lakh+, Lower Courts 2.6 Crore+. Yet, a staggering 400 High Court and 6,000 Lower Court judges not appointed, while Law Minister preoccupied peddling fake news,” tweeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the weekend, according to India Today.

23 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Bhatia has long led a campaign, the facts of which are hard to substantiate, against a former RAW chief for sexual harassment, regularly alleging the complicity of a series of judicial members and many others.

16 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

A fascinating analysis on France's anomalous position with respect to the age of consent for sex.

The Atlantic reported:

On April 24, 2017, a 28-year-old-man met an 11-year-old girl in a park in Montmagny, just north of Pa

15 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Outlook reported:The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the trial court in Gujarat not to proceed with defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah against news website The Wire for its report.

13 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

The Supreme Court has today, very softly in paragraph 35 out of 46 in its judgment that allowed foreign lawyers limited rights to fly-into India, opened the door to third-party litigation funding.

13 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

The Hindu reported:

The Supreme Court on March 13 indefinitely extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with mobile phones, tatkal passports and for opening bank accounts from March 31, 2018 till the Constitution Bench led by C

09 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Firstpost reported:

Supreme Court legalises passive euthanasia: Dignity in death is a facet of Right to Live, rules five-judge bench

In a landmark ruling, Supreme Court recognised the right to die with dignity and l

07 March 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, lawyer to fraud-accused billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi was unclear about the facts of the case against Modi declared the Delhi high court yesterday while hearing a plea filed by Modi's firm against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), reported the Times of India.

06 March 2018
SCOI Reports

The Supreme Court Advocates on Record (AOR) exam has produced the lowest pass rate in 4 years after it dropped down to 19%.

28 February 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

NLSIU Bangalore 1997 graduate and Nagaland’s advocate general and senior counsel Vikramjit Banerjee, is the youngest in the batch of three new additional solicitors general (ASG) who has been appointed at the Supreme Court. He is also the first NLU graduate to make it to the post of ASG.

28 February 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Senior advocate Arvind Nigam won temporary relief for Dushyant Dave who was to face disciplinary proceedings before the Gujarat bar council (SBC) for his alleged remarks before the Supreme Court in the judge BH Loya death case, reported PTI and others.

27 February 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy reported:Supreme Court has differed from the Cauvery Tribunal on fundamental issues: Mohan Katarki | The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy

22 February 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Took long enough after publication of the original Caravan article, and yet again proves that strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP) can be quite effective at stifling or at least significantly delaying dissent...

Live Law

21 February 2018
Bar, Bench & Litigation

Scroll.in reported:

Judge Loya death: SC adjourns case to March 5, says it is treating case seriously

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the case related to the death of special Central Bureau of I