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  Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyer gets asylum in Sweden

  World | September 30, 2013 20:02 IST

  Lahore: Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer who defended slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his family have taken asylum in Sweden after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said today.  “Mr Sheikh has taken asylum

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  Country needs lawyers who are loyal to Constitution: President

  India | September 19, 2013 21:44 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today said the country needs lawyers who are professionally competent and faithful to the principles enshrined in the Constitution.He made this observation when he met a group of 59 law

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  Lawyers' fast demanding Tamil as court language enters 3rd day

  India | September 18, 2013 16:10 IST

  Madurai: The fast by a group of lawyers at Madras High Court Bench premises, demanding that Tamil be made the official court language, entered the third day today.Police said 13 law college students who blocked

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  Watch in pics lawyer A P Singh sitting with Team Anna members at Jantar Mantar, demanding justice for Delhi gangrape victim

  India | September 15, 2013 21:42 IST

  New Delhi: India TV has procured pictures which show the defence lawyer A P Singh sitting on protest with Team Anna members in Delhi in December last demanding justice for gangrape victim Damini (name changed).

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  United AP stir: Seemandhra lawyers to abstain from court work

  India | September 14, 2013 20:44 IST

  Rajahmundry: Seemandhra Lawyers Joint Action Committee (JAC) will stay away from court proceedings till September 29 in protest against Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.The JAC co-convener Muppalla Subba Rao said a resolution to this

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  China detains activist lawyer Xu Zhiyong

  World | July 17, 2013 10:59 IST

  Beijing, Jul 17: Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses, a rights group and a fellow lawyer said on Wednesday.Police also took computers

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  To play lawyer was challenging: Paoli Dam

  Bollywood | June 07, 2013 21:46 IST

  Mumbai, June 7: Actress Paoli Dam will be seen as a lawyer for the first time in the forthcoming medical thriller "Ankur Arora Murder Case" and says the role was challenging."It was very challenging (to

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  Maruti violence: Haryana paid Rs.1.44 crore to lawyer

  India | May 16, 2013 7:14 IST

  Gurgaon, May 16: A senior lawyer from Delhi, hired by the Haryana government to fight the case against workers for violence at Maruti's Manesar unit last year, was paid Rs.1.44 crore as fees in the

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  Lawyer close to TMC minister found hanging in Kolkata apartment

  India | March 29, 2013 18:05 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 29: Piyali Mukherjee a lawyer separated from her husband in Burdwan, was found hanging from the ceiling of her ninth floor apartment in Kolkata's Rajarhat locality on  on Tuesday night.Piyali was close to

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  Lawyer shot dead in UP

  India | March 29, 2013 11:46 IST

  Badaun (UP), Mar 29: A lawyer was shot dead by a father-son duo in Civil Lines area here, police said today.30-year-old Manmohan Verma was shot at by the accused, who are also lawyers, last evening

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  Only a 'narrow' window open for Sanjay Dutt, says lawyer Majid Memon

  India | March 21, 2013 15:33 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 21: Eminent criminal lawyer Majid Memon, who defended many of the accused in the 1993 blasts, today said there is only a “narrow” window open for the actor Sanjay Dutt to seek relief

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  Lindsay's dad attacks her lawyer

  Hollywood | March 20, 2013 11:22 IST

  Los Angeles, March 20: Actress Lindsay Lohan's estranged father Michael has lashed out at her lawyer Mark Heller for cashing on his daughter's "notoriety".Michael forced Heller to cut short a press conference outside a courthouse

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  Kasab was a fan of Bollywood singer Mukesh: Lawyer

  India | November 21, 2012 21:04 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 21: Pakistani gunman, Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged today, was a fan of legendary playback singer late Mukesh and used to sing his favourite tunes during legal interviews, his lawyer Amin Solkar said

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  Pak court allows Sarabjit Singh to meet his lawyer in jail

  World | October 08, 2012 21:58 IST

  Lahore, Oct 8:  Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh was today allowed by a Pakistani court to meet his lawyer in jail and rejected objections raised by authoritiesregarding such meetings.Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar

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  Pakistan to release Sarabjit Singh soon, says lawyer

  World | September 07, 2012 22:16 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 7: Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row, is all set to be released by the Pakistani government, his lawyer Awais Sheikh says.Sheikh has said that as per his information, the Pakistani

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  Judge rejects bid by London tenants to remove rooftop missiles

  World | July 11, 2012 16:00 IST

  London, July 11 : A High Court judge in London rejected on Tuesday a bid by tenants of a 17-story residential tower block that would prevent surface-to-air missiles being put on the roof of their

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  Change in decision could be under pressure, says Sarabjit's lawyer

  India | June 27, 2012 10:47 IST

  Amritsar, Jun 27: Disappointed over the U-turn on the fate of his client Sarabjit Singh, advocate Awais Sheikh said that Pakistan government had committed a blunder which could affect Indo-Pak relations.While talking to TOI on

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  Gilani's Lawyer Feels He Would Not Get A Fair Trial

  World | March 21, 2012 17:46 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 21: Pakistan Prime Minister's lawyer today said he feared that Yousuf Raza Gilani would not get a fair trial in the contempt case and that the government could not act on the Supreme

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  Ravi Spying On His Roommate Was An Innocent Mistake : Lawyer

  World | March 14, 2012 7:57 IST

  New York, Mar 14: The lawyer for an Indian-origin student on trial for spying on his roommate's encounter with another man began closing arguments in the case at a US court here on Tuesday, arguing

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  Age Row Amicably Resolved, Says Gen Singh's Lawyer

  India | February 10, 2012 19:20 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 10: Soon after the Supreme Court on Friday disposed of the Army Chief Gen V K Singh's writ petition on the age row, his lawyer told mediapersons that the "matter has now