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What Soli and Lord Lester fought for

Anthony Lester was a barrister who dabbled in left-of-centre politics. The connection with Soli was explained by his passion for justice for the underdog

PM Modi pays tributes to Soli Sorabjee, calls him an outstanding lawyer

Paying tributes to noted jurist Soli Sorabjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he was an outstanding lawyer and was at the forefront of helping the poor and downtrodden through law.

Flipkart V-P and group general counsel Bijoya Roy quits e-commerce giant

Roy has joined French spirits group, Pernod Ricard, as general counsel for South Asia and will take up the new role on April 12, 2021, according to the sources

The case of the 'Parsee' killer

Book review of The Mystery of The Parsee Lawyer: Arthur Conan Doyle, George Edalji And The Case Of The Foreigner In The English Village

Portents after the vaccine rollout

Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised

Lawyers write to CJI for resuming regular physical court hearing

Several lawyers wrote to Chief Justice of India S A Bobde seeking to resume regular physical hearing in the courts saying that the virtual hearing system has failed to adequately serve

Delhi cabinet approves over Rs 40 crore to give insurance to lawyers

The Delhi cabinet has approved over Rs 40 crore to provide medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh and term insurance of Rs 10 lakh to lawyers, who are residents of the national capital, Law minister Kailash Gahlot said Friday. The lawyers will be insured under the Chief Minister Advocates Welfare Scheme, which was announced by the city government in December 2019. The AAP government had set aside a corpus of Rs 50 crore for the welfare of lawyers under the scheme. "Honble CM @ArvindKejriwal had last year announced CM Adv Welfare Scheme with an allocated budget of Rs 50 Cr. As a final step towards implementation of Scheme, Delhi Cabinet on 29.10.20 has approved expenditure of more than 40.60 Cr for purchase of Life Ins & MediClaim Policies," Gahlot said in a tweet. The chief minister had in November last year set up a 13 member committee, headed by the Supreme Court Bar Association president Rakesh Kumar Khanna, to recommend ways for utilisation of the fund for welfare of advocates. The ...

SC rejects plea of lawyers' group for Rs 20 lakh loan due to pandemic

Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by a lawyers' body seeking direction to the Centre to waive interest on loan to its members and granting Rs 20 lakh credit to the association

Pak rejects demand for Queen's counsel to represent Kulbhushan Jadhav

"We have informed India that only those lawyers are allowed to appear in Pakistani courts who have a license to practice law in Pakistan"

Let lawyers travel in local trains on experimental basis: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government and the Railways to let lawyers travel by local trains in Mumbai on an "experimental basis" from September 18 till October 7

Earmarked Rs 1 cr as ex-gratia for indigent lawyers: Advocates Trust to HC

The Delhi High Court was informed by the Advocates Welfare Trust that it has decided to earmark Rs 1 crore to pay ex-gratia to indigent lawyers, whether they are suffering from COVID-19 or not.

Senior lawyer designation: SC to hear plea for implementation of verdict

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an application seeking direction for effective implementation of its 2017 judgement and the guidelines to regulate conferment of designation of senior advocate

Clear fees of empanelled lawyers in 4 weeks: HC directs Centre, Delhi govt

Delhi High Court directed the Union of India and Delhi government to clear the dues of professional fees of advocates on govt's panel whose bills have already been received by it till Feb 1, 2020

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Lawyers say SC verdict unfortunate

The Supreme Court's Friday verdict holding Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary was termed as 'unfortunate'

Riots case: Decide on police's request for lawyers in 7 days, L-G to govt

Baijal, in his letter to Kejriwal, said that acting Home Minister Manish Sisodia did not agree to the Delhi Police proposal despite the force providing detailed justification for it

Hinduja brothers must seek mediation to settle issues, say lawyers

The complex holding structure of various group companies across various jurisdictions can lead to multiple and fresh litigation for years, they warn.

Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC to hear cases over video from July 6

The decision has, however, been strongly opposed by the Oudh Bar Association

HC declines plea for Covid-19 testing in all court premises for lawyers

Delhi HC declined to entertain a PIL seeking direction to Delhi govt to take steps for providing testing for advocates, judicial officers, court staff and their family members in all court premises

SC reserves order on plea on preference to cases of influential lawyers

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra reserved its judgement in the matter after hearing arguments from the petitioner and advocate Reepak Kansal

Be my quarantine: The unattached turn to virtual dating amid the pandemic

From watching netflix shows together to cooking favourite recipes, singles are trying innovative ways to make virtual dating interesting