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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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The Supreme Court Advocates on Record (AOR) exam has produced the lowest pass rate in 4 years after it dropped down to 19%.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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...
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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
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The Madras high court remarked that the legal profession was in "worst condition” as advocates who were not even secondary school graduates were contesting elections with the alleged support of retired judges and bureaucrats, reported Scroll and others.
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Female judges make up less than 28% of the lower judiciary, according to the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's study on gender diversity in the lower judiciary.
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Senior advocate JP Cama called for a mandamus to bulldoze the process of judicial appointments and prevent judicial vacancy of nearly 45% at the Supreme Court, which is expected in the next 11 months.
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After a Bar Council of India (BCI) committee decided 3 to 1 against banning legislators from practising as lawyers (which would have probably disproportionately affected the Congress party), BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said that the BCI would