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Faridabad Bar Association Bars Outstation Lawyers from Appearing in Courts Sans Local Counsel(22.06.2018)
The District Bar Association of Faridabad has passed a resolution barring all out station advocates from appearing in any court without local counsel......
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To maintain suit under Article III of US Constitution, it has to be established that sufficient injury in commercial terms has been caused to complainant(17.11.2023)
This case pits real lawyers against a robot lawyer. Defendant DoNotPay, Inc. (“DNP”), is an online subscription service that touts its robot lawyer’s .....
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SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Uniform Welfare Scheme for Lawyers in Distress(11.05.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed a Petition which has been filed seeking for directions to the Government as well as the State Bar Councils to formulate a .....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Moved by Bar Council of Delhi Seeking Movement of Lawyers(13.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking Court's direction to allow lawyers residing in National Capital.....
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SC Rejects Plea against Madras HC Order Barring Publishing Lawyers', Judges’ Names(27.09.2016)
Supreme Court has rejected appeal against Madras High Court order directing all print and electronic media not to publish the names of judges and lawy.....
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MP HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Financial Assistance for Lawyers(29.05.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking financial assistance for needy lawyers with liberty to file a fresh Petit.....
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Allahabad HC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Financial Support/ Stipend For Junior Lawyers(09.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has issued notice to Union of India, Uttar Pradesh Bar Council and others on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking sti.....
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SC: Decision to Designate Lawyer as Senior to Remain with Judges(10.10.2016)
Supreme Court has said it was open to suggestions from the bar to improve the system of designating lawyers as senior, but the final decision would re.....
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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea for Financial Assistance to Needy Lawyers(22.04.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a plea for financial assistance to lawyers in need, holding that the grant of funds/ financial assistance to a cert.....
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Jharkhand HC Seeks Response on Steps Taken by State Govt. & Bar Councils to Aid Legal Fraternity(23.04.2020)
Jharkhand High Court has taken up the common cause pertaining to the grant of financial aid to Advocates and Advocate Clerks across Courts in light of.....
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SC Refuses Plea for Financial Aid for Lawyers During Lockdown(30.04.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to create financial emergency funds for practicing .....
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SC: No Exemption to Lawyers’ Offices from Paying Rent(30.04.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a Petition which sought exemption to advocates from payment of rent for their offices/chambers during lockdown.
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Delhi HC Issues Notice to Centre, 3 States Over Movement of Lawyers(19.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has sought the stand of the Centre and the Governments of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on a plea to allow lawyers to move in and .....
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Manipur HC Directs State Bar Council to Release Funds for Lawyers Financial Assistance(19.05.2020)
Manipur High Court has directed the Bar Council of Manipur to release a sum of Rs. 2,08,932/- for purposes of extending financial assistance to advoca.....
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Supreme Court Notifies Revised Timings for Opening of Lawyers' Chambers(10.08.2020)
Supreme Court has extended the number of hours for opening of Lawyers' Chamber Blocks. Lawyers' Chambers will now be opened from 09:30 AM to 05:00 PM .....
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Kerala Government Orders Rs. 3,000 Monthly Stipend for Junior Lawyers(27.06.2022)
Kerala Government has issued an order mandating a monthly stipend of Rs. 3,000 for junior lawyers in the State.
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Federal Court: Non-Lawyers Providing Legal Advice in Debt Cases are Protected by First Amendment(27.05.2022)
Federal Court in New York has ruled that non-lawyers will be allowed to provide legal advice to low-income New Yorkers who face debt collection action.....
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SC Insists on Physical Presence of Lawyers in Court, Adjourns Matters(31.05.2022)
Supreme Court has insisted upon the physical presence of lawyers to argue their cases during vacation instead of appearing virtually and adjourned som.....
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Bombay HC Rejects PIL Seeking Inclusion of Services by Lawyers as Essential Services(17.07.2020)
Bombay High Court has rejected the Petition filed by an advocate seeking declaration of services rendered by lawyers as essential service and thus exe.....
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SC Upholds Allahabad HC’s Decision over ‘Visiting’ Lawyer(02.09.2016)
SC has upheld rules framed by the Allahabad HC that made it mandatory for a 'visiting' lawyer to co-opt a locally-enrolled lawyer to appear in either .....
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Calcutta HC Issues Notice on Plea for Scheme for Granting Financial Assistance to Lawyers(20.04.2020)
Calcutta High Court has issued notice on a plea to frame a scheme for granting financial assistance to lawyers who may require such assistance in view.....
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Bombay HC Issues Contempt Notice to Lawyer Who Allegedly Slapped Judicial Officer(29.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt case against an Assistant Public Prosecutor who allegedly slapped a judicial officer and.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Classification of Lawyers' Office as 'Commercial Property'(07.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by the Delhi High Court Bar Association challenging the classification of offices of lawyers as 'co.....
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Bombay HC Allows Lawyers from MMR to Travel in Locals(12.10.2020)
Bombay High Court has decided to allow all lawyers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region who wish to travel in local trains to attend physical hearings on.....
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Bombay High Court Sentences Lawyer With 2 Months Jail Term For Contempt(01.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has sentenced a lawyer, Satish Uke, to two months of simple imprisonment (SI) with fine of Rs 2,000 for contempt of court.
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Lawyer of Opposite Party can be Summoned As Witness: Kerala HC(29.01.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that a lawyer of an opposite party can be summoned as witness, in cases where his examination is justified by the circumsta.....
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Madras High Court Restrains 3 Lawyers Facing Allegations from Practising(03.10.2018)
Madras High Court has restrained three advocates from practising in any court in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry pending disposal of a petition seeking acti.....
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Delhi High Court Sets Up Panel to Recommend Welfare Measures for Lawyers’ Clerks(05.10.2018)
Delhi High Court has decided to set up a committee to examine and give recommendations on providing several welfare measures like provident fund.
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Kerala HC: Only God Can Save These Types of Lawyers(11.07.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that lawyers are duty-bound to act in the interest of their clients and that they should refrain from arguing against such .....
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MP HC Stresses Need for Orientation Program for Fresher-Panel Lawyers(23.10.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has stressed on the need to provide Panel Lawyers, who are freshers and are representing the State for the first time, prope.....
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Madras HC to SBC: Verify Advocates' Past Before Allowing Them To Hold Posts In Statutory Committees(22.08.2022)
Madras High Court has directed the State Bar Council (SBC) of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to verify the antecedents of lawyers before they are permitted.....
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A Non-Lawyer can also Make Submissions in Court with Permission: Madars HC(10.01.2019)
Madras High Court has observed that a court has the power to permit any person not enrolled as an advocate to put forth his submissions before a court.....
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Telangana HC Issues Notices to State Government Over Lawyer Couple Murder(19.02.2021)
Telangana High Court has issued suo motu notices to the State government over the lawyer couple murder practicing at Telangana, observing that the inc.....
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Lawyer’s Primary Duty is to Disclose All Material Facts Before Obtaining Order from Court: SC(22.11.2018)
Supreme Court has slammed a lawyer for suppressing the factum of an earlier order and reiterated that it is the primary duty of a lawyer to disclose a.....
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CIVIL - Delhi HC Asks BCI to Frame Guidelines to Regulate Lawyers' Fee(25.02.2019)
Delhi High Court has directed BCI to consider framing guidelines/rules prescribing manner of charging professional fees by lawyers after it noticed th.....
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Delhi HC: Section 17 of Senior Citizens Act No Bar for Lawyer Representing Parties Before Tribunal(04.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 would not come in the way of a lawye.....
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Bombay HC Quashes Court’s Order to Send Woman Lawyer in Police Custody in MCOCA Case(23.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has quashed as "totally perverse'' an order of a Special Court in Pune that last month sent a woman lawyer straight away to judicial.....
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Delhi HC Appeals Senior Lawyers to Pay Dignified Stipend to Juniors(26.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has appealed to the senior lawyers in legal profession to ensure that stipend paid to their juniors is enough for them to overcome th.....
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Delhi HC Appeals Senior Lawyers to Pay Dignified Stipend to Juniors(26.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has appealed to the senior lawyers in legal profession to ensure that stipend paid to their juniors is enough for them to overcome th.....
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SC: Payment of Stipend to Junior Lawyers a Real Issue(28.09.2022)
Supreme Court while hearing the petition challenging the validity of All India Bar Examination observed that that issue of fair remuneration to junior.....
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Madras HC Defers Contempt Proceedings against Politician, Lawyers(21.09.2015)
Madras HC while deferring contempt proceeding against a politician and two lawyers,has directed politician to do "service" in students hostel and lawy.....
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Delhi HC Orders DHCB to Constitute Committee for Vaccination of Lawyers and Hybrid Hearings(01.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the Executive Committee of the Delhi High Court Bar Association to constitute a committee for submitting its recommendation.....
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Kerala HC to State: Ensure Privacy for Lawyer-Client Meetings in Jails(23.11.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to ensure that there is enough space provided in jails to ensure privacy when an accused meets his.....
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SC: Lawyer Who Signs Petitions With Derogatory Remarks is Guilty of Contempt of Court(14.11.2022)
Supreme Court has issued notice to Petitioner and AOR on plea containing contemptuous remarks against High Court judgment, has stated that even a lawy.....
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SC to Striking Odisha Lawyers: Get Back to Work or Face Contempt Action(15.11.2022)
Supreme Court has come down heavily on lawyers who have been striking over demand for a permanent bench of Orissa High Court at Sambalpur and directed.....
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SC Seeks Senior Lawyer's Response on Foreign Funds Receipt as ASG(09.05.2019)
Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response to a PIL seeking a SIT probe into alleged receipt of foreign funds by senior advocate Indira Jaising wh.....
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Supreme Court: ‘Performance in Court’ and Not ‘Political Links’ to Determine Govt. Lawyers(23.03.2017)
Supreme Court, while dismissing Bihar Government's plea for a free hand in making appointment of Government lawyers, has said that advocate's performa.....
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CIVIL - Senior Lawyer Designation: SC Expresses Displeasure Over Lawyer's Taking Name of Senior Advocate(06.03.2019)
Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over a lawyer's reference of noted jurist Fali S Nariman in his contention to buttress that sons and daughters.....
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SC Calls for Strict Police Action Against 'Rowdy Behaviour' of Striking Lawyers in Odisha(15.12.2022)
Supreme Court has directed State Government of Odisha and State Police to take stringent actions against lawyers who indulged in vandalism in court pr.....
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SC Stays Imposition of Service Tax on Lawyers(10.08.2015)
Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court’s order of dismissing the petition challenging levy of service tax on lawyers.
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Police Attack on Howrah Lawyers: Court Premises are to be Insulated from All Intrusions: Calcutta HC(30.04.2019)
Calcutta High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the brutal police assault on lawyers in Howrah n Court premise and also observed that Court premi.....
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SC Refuses to Close Contempt Proceedings Against Odisha Lawyers for Strike(07.02.2023)
Supreme Court has refused to close contempt proceedings against lawyers who had indulged in vandalism in court premises during their strike demanding .....
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Del. HC: Statements by lawyer During Judicial Proceedings Conferred With Absolute Privilege(13.02.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that statements made by a lawyer during judicial proceedings are complete defence against any allegations of defamation and .....
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Kerala HC Declares Bar on Lawyers Representing Matters Before Maintenance Tribunals Unconstitutional(09.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has declared as unconstitutional the bar on lawyers representing parties in matters before the Maintenance Tribunals constituted und.....
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BCI Suspends Licence of 15 Lawyers(25.09.2015)
Bar Council of India (BCI) has suspended licences of 15 advocates with “mob mentality“ who created a ruckus in Madras High Court last week and barred .....
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Supreme Court: Lawyers Making Judges' Lives Miserable(30.09.2015)
Supreme Court has expressed grave concern over continued habit of a section of lawyers to file complaints casting aspersions on integrity of “defencel.....
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Indiscipline by Lawyers: Supreme Court Seeks Report from BCI(11.07.2019)
Supreme Court has called upon the Bar Council of India (BCI) to submit a list of lawyers who have been acted against throughout the country for unruly.....
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BCI Allows Registration of Foreign Lawyers/Law Firms in India(15.03.2023)
Bar Council of India has notified the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 20.....
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Bombay HC Orders Inquiry into Alleged Illegal Detention of 37-Year Old Lawyer(01.06.2021)
Bombay High Court has ordered an inquiry into the alleged illegal detention of a 37-year-old lawyer from Mumbai. The Court has also transferred the ki.....
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Rajasthan HC Forms Committees Consisting of Lawyers to 'Alleviate General Public's Difficulties'(30.04.2021)
Rajasthan High Court has formed State Level and District Level Committees to alleviate the difficulties being faced by the general public at large in .....
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Delhi HC Allows Delhi Bar Council's Plea for Setting Up Covid Facilities for Lawyers(04.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has allowed a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Bar Council of Delhi seeking setting up of covid facilities for registered lawy.....
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Jammu & Kashmir HC Issues Directions for Vaccination of Lawyers; Financial Assistance(07.05.2021)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Union Territory administration to ensure that lawyers in the age group of above 45 years are vaccinated .....
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SC to HCs’: Constitute Grievance Redressal Committees to Prevent Lawyers' Strikes(20.04.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing suo motu case regarding rampant strikes in Bar Associations across the country, has directed all High Courts to constitute.....
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Delhi High Court Grants Relief to Lawyers' Clerks(10.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that clerks of lawyers are part and parcel of the system involved in dispensation of justice while holding that medical .....
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Mad. HC to SBC: Take Actions Against Lawyers Issuing Fake Marriage Certificate(08.05.2023)
Madras High Court has asked State Bar Council (SBC) to initiate disciplinary action against the lawyers who are conducting marriages ceremonies all ov.....
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Chhattisgarh HC Issues Notice on Application Seeking Financial Assistance for Infected Lawyers(25.06.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has issued notice to the State Bar Council, Chhattisgarh on an application moved by the District Bar Association, Bilaspur see.....
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Del. HC: Lawyers Duty Towards Client Has to be Respected by All Concerned(30.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Lawyers are an essential and powerful pillar of judicial adjudicatory process and therefore, their duty towards .....
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PIL in SC: Seeking 2 Yrs. Cooling Off Period for Retired Judges Before Accepting Political Appt.(31.05.2023)
Bombay Lawyer’s Association has filed PIL in Supreme Court seeking cooling off period of two years before any retired judge of Supreme Court or High C.....
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SC: Competent Lawyers Should be Appointed to Represent Govt.(30.11.2015)
SC while hearing case on appointment of government lawyers in district courts in Uttar Pradesh, said, "In choosing them (lawyers), the State will not .....
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Bombay HC Declines Lawyers’ Plea to be Considered as Essential Staff to Enable Use of Local Trains(14.07.2021)
Bombay High Court has said it could not go beyond medical advice and declare lawyers as essential staff to enable them to use local trains to travel t.....
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Bom HC Directs Constitution of Committee for Resolving Problems of Female Lawyers in Courts(29.06.2023)
Bombay High Court has directed for constitution of committee within two weeks for addressing infrastructural and security issues faced by female lawye.....
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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea to Resume Physical Functioning, Opening of Lawyers Chambers(09.08.2021)
Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking resumption of physical hearings and opening up of lawyers’ chambers in Madurai bench, calling it an utt.....
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Delhi Court Allows Bail of Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay in Connection with Anti-Muslim Slogans(12.08.2021)
Delhi Court has allowed the bail plea of former Delhi BJP Spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who was arrested and remanded to two.....
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All. HC: Commercial Electricity Rates Not Applicable to Lawyers' Chambers(07.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that the legal profession by no stretch of imagination can be called as a commercial activity, trade or business and the.....
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Bombay High Court Suggests BMC to Invite Fresh Applications for Junior Panel Lawyers(28.01.2020)
Bombay High Court has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to invite applications from lawyers interested in being empaneled on the Juni.....
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Gujarat High Court: Lawyer Fee Can be Deducted from Taxable Income(29.01.2020)
Gujarat High Court has held that the lawyer fee / legal assistance expenditure taken by the Assessee on day to day basis for the purpose of business c.....
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All. HC: Lawyers Grievance Can’t Have More Weight than Weight of Tears and Pain of Litigants(13.09.2023)
Allahabad High Court while expressing displeasure over lawyers continued abstinence from work following Hapur violence incident, despite positive inte.....
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SC: Need to Review Provisions of Advocates Act(07.07.2016)
SC has called for an “urgent” review of provisions of Advocates Act to tighten regulatory mechanism for legal profession to check indiscipline among l.....
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All. HC Constitutes Judicial Committee for Lawyers' Grievance Redressal in Hapur Violence Case(11.09.2023)
Allahabad High Court has constituted a judicial committee to address the grievances of the lawyers regarding the Hapur violence Incident.
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Supreme Court Refuses Bail to Lawyer in UAPA Case for Alleged Link with ISIS(22.10.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to a lawyer arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2017 in Gujarat for allegedly dis.....
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Del. HC Discharges 12 Lawyers in Criminal Contempt Case in Connection With 2006 Tis Hazari Violence(31.07.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that there was no substantial evidence to establish obstruction of justice, manhandling, or destruction of property b.....
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Supreme Court Questions U.P Government for Failing to Control Lawyers(23.09.2019)
Supreme Court has summoned the Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary over the State's lack of control over its lawyers. The top court, fuming over the failure .....
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Delhi HC Seeks Response of CBI in Bail Plea Filed by Anil Deshmukh’s Lawyer, Anand Daga(10.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the bail plea filed by former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desh.....
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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea for Compensation to Kin of Lawyers Who Died of COVID(14.09.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation which sought for ex-gratia compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to kin of an advocate who has died wit.....
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Allahabad HC Asks Principal Secretary to File Report on Lawyer Protest(12.02.2016)
Allahabad HC, while taking note of violent protests by lawyers in Lucknow, has directed Principal Secretary (home) of State to submit his report on ma.....
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Delhi High Court: Lawyers Can’t Vote in More Than One Bar(01.06.2016)
In a ruling expected to streamline the bar association elections across various courts in Delhi the High Court has upheld the principle of one advocat.....
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Litigant Has To Suffer For Incorrect Advice By His Lawyer: Madhya Pradesh HC(25.04.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that a litigant cannot plead that since his lawyer had not given correct legal advice to him, he should not be .....
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Delhi Court Grants CBI Custody of Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s Lawyer(03.09.2021)
Delhi Court has granted CBI two days custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer, Anand Daga and Sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari .....
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Delhi Court Extends CBI Custody of Anil Deshmukh's Lawyer Anand Daga, Sub Inspector(06.09.2021)
Delhi Court has extended the CBI custody of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer, Anand Daga and Sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari by t.....
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Ker. HC: Court Must Consider Convenience of Lawyer While Scheduling Trial(08.11.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that there cannot be a unilateral decision from the Court alone while scheduling trial, has held that accused has go.....
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Kerala Govt Sanctions Stipend For Junior Lawyers(12.03.2018)
Government of Kerala has approved stipend for junior lawyers. Lawyers aged less than 30 and having less than three years of practise, with annual inco.....
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Calcutta HC: Lawyer's Chamber in Residential Property Not "Commercial" Space, Unlike Law Firms(14.02.2020)
Calcutta High Court has held that the legal profession is not a commercial activity and hence, the chambers of a lawyer in a residential property cann.....
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Calcutta High Court Seeks Replies from President and Secretary of Mendipur Bar Association(18.02.2020)
Calcutta High Court has sought replies from the President and Secretary of the Mendipur Bar Association explaining why action must not be taken agains.....
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Calcutta High Court Deprecates Lawyers Strike(28.12.2019)
Calcutta High Court has taken strong exception to the lawyer’s strike and has warned that any obstruction to Judges, police personnel or other public .....
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No Bar for Mere Accused in Criminal Case to Enroll As A Lawyer, Holds Madhya Pradesh High Court(24.09.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High court has held that a person cannot be barred from enrolling as a lawyer merely for being an accused in a criminal case for offenc.....
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Madras HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Financial Assistance to Lawyers from Bar Council(01.04.2020)
Madras High Court has issued notice to the State of Tamil Nadu and the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in a Petition seeking minimum financia.....
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Calcutta HC Initiates Contempt Against Lawyer Who Cursed Judge with COVID-19 Infection(25.03.2020)
Calcutta High Court has initiated criminal contempt proceedings against a lawyer, Advocate Bijoy Adhikary, for cursing the judge to contract Corona Vi.....
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Allahabad HC Directs UP Bar Council to Take Disciplinary Action Against Striking Lawyers(17.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to take disciplinary action against striking lawyers at Uttar who continuously abstain.....
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Kerala High Court Denies Pre Arrest Bail To Fake Lawyer Sessy Xavier(17.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to Sessy Xavier, who had recently made the front page for posing as an advocate for two years w.....
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Rajasthan HC Restrains from Issuing Registration Certificate to Senior Lawyers Association(09.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has restrained state from issuance of registration certificate to Rajasthan High Court Senior Lawyers Association, Jaipur till fu.....
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Madras HC Refuses to Grant Bail to Bank Lawyer for ‘Defrauding’ Money(10.08.2016)
Madras HC has refused to grant anticipatory bail to M.P. Venkatakrishnan, Assistant Manager (Legal) of HDFC Bank in Tirunelveli district, in two cases.....
Tags : Madras HC, Bank Lawyer, M.P. Venkatakrishnan
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Madras HC Observes the Conduct of Some Lawyers Diminishing Reputation of Law Profession(02.03.2020)
Madras High Court has observed that the law profession is already under severe criticism and due to the activities of lawyers in the State, it further.....
Tags : Madras High Court. Conduct of Lawyers
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