The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday September 25, dismissed the plea seeking ban on lawyers elected as lawmakers to practice in courts. It stated that “The Bar Council of India rules does not prohibit legislators from practicing as lawyers.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A[Read More…]
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No relief for Pradhuman’s murderer, bail rejected
A Sessions Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of a Class XI student of Ryan International School, arrested for allegedly murdering Class II student Pradhuman Thakur on September 8 last year. Lawyers for the nearly 17-year-old accused sought bail for him. Arguments from the prosecution and defence were completed[Read More…]
Lawyers’ promotion should be based on pro bono legal services: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Pro bono legal services rendered by a lawyer must be taken into consideration before he/she is given a promotion, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Thursday. He also emphasised that the Section 436A of CrPC — which speaks of undertrials’ right to freedom — should “become[Read More…]
More than 5,000 lawyers in Maharashtra, Goa protest against Advocates Bill
More than 5,000 lawyers from various courts all over Maharashtra, Goa, Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli abstained from work on Friday to protest against the proposed Advocates Amendment Bill, 2017. The call for the protest was given by the Bar Council of India. “Majority lawyers did not attend the[Read More…]
Father, son duo in Hyderabad accused of repeatedly raping teen help
A minor domestic help was allegedly sexually assaulted repeatedly by a lawyer and his son at their apartment in Hyderabad, the police said on Wednesday. The family, which stays in Greenhills Colony in the city’s Chaitanyapuri area, brought the girl six months ago from Suryapet, around 140 km away. Less[Read More…]