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Courts have become spectator sports but can't degenerate into public brawls

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Big Boss

Don't lose the plot while buying land: Hire a lawyer to verify legal title

Plots don't age, offer better RoI than apartments

SC insists on physical presence of lawyers in court, adjourns matters

The bench said, We are coming to court every day. You can also come and argue your cases here. Lawyers who are physically present in the courtroom will get our indulgence.

Hitesh C Soni Commended For His Contribution To The Global Law Industry In Dubai

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Elon Musk's Tesla directs law firm to fire exec hired from SEC

Musk wanted Cooley, which was representing Tesla in numerous lawsuits, to fire one of its attorneys or it would lose the electric-vehicle company's business

Injury Needs, Attorney David Yerushalmi's Acclaimed Law Firm, Receives National Recognition

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BCI to write to Centre seeking CIA probe into lawyer's murder in Kerala

Advocate Rajnith Srinivas was hacked to death inside his house in front of his mother, wife and daughter on Sunday Morning

A question of preference: Meet Saurabh Kirpal, senior advocate, SC

Kirpal's elevation and the high court order will indicate in which direction India is going

Expect cooperation from Delhi govt, police, lawyers for court safety: HC

The Delhi High Court said it expected full cooperation from the Delhi government, police and lawyers on safety and security in courts and suggested strictly regulating entry to judicial complexes

Tripura police books 4 SC lawyers under UAPA for abetting disharmony

The lawyers have also been served notices asking them to appear before police by November 10 for questioning, Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district Manik Das said.

Lawyer shot dead inside court campus in UP's Shahjahanpur

In a frightening replay of the Delhi court incident, a lawyer was shot dead inside the Shahjahanpur civil court on Monday.

Shout with anger, demand 50% reservation in judiciary: CJI to women lawyers

CJI said that it's an issue of thousands of years of suppression and women are entitled to the reservation and added, "It's a matter of right, and not a matter a charity."

Livelihoods threatened by Covid, lawyers turned to bar councils for help

Large numbers turned to bar councils for ration, financial help in desperation

Ex-aide of Chhota Rajan held in Gujarat over assault on 2 lawyers in Mumbai

A former aide of gangster Chhota Rajan was nabbed from Gujarat by the Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) police in connection with an assault on two lawyers in suburban Dahisar

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