Lawyers
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Scam-tainted Vyapam spent over Rs 60 lakh on lawyers in 2013-15
India | Nov 23, 2015, 04:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: From the time the Vyapam scam came to light in 2013 and the investigations began, the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, (or Vyapam as it is popularly known) has so far spent Rs.60
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Court to record pre-summoning evidence in plea against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
National | Jul 21, 2015, 06:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Delhi court today fixed October 14 for recording pre-summoning evidence on a criminal complaint seeking action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribe from Congress and BJP and vote
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Lawyers' body apologises for midnight siege at CJ residence
India | Apr 09, 2015, 11:18 AM ISTChennai: A local lawyers' body today tendered an "unconditional" apology to Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul over the midnight siege at his residence last week led by a group of its members.Representatives
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Over 10,000 Patna HC lawyers abstain from work
India | Feb 24, 2015, 04:30 PM ISTPatna: Over 10,000 lawyers of Patna High Court abstained from work from today demanding the new rules pertaining to filling of cases be withdrawn.The decision to keep away from work was taken by the Coordination
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Death penalty highly desirable: Ram Jethmalani
India | Feb 22, 2015, 05:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior advocate and MP Ram Jethmalani vehemently opposed the idea of abolishing death penalty in India adding that the possibility of incorrect convictions was very miniscule. He was addressing a symposium in the
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Lawyers get parking space for 300 vehicles near Supreme Court
India | Jan 18, 2015, 10:28 AM ISTNew Delhi: Parking woes of lawyers practising in the Supreme Court will soon be a thing of the past as the India Trade Promotion Organisation's (ITPO) has provided them parking space across the road to
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Lawyers dominate Modi's cabinet
India | Jun 08, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: One-third of the Union Council of Ministers are law degree holders while two are doctors and nine graduates in various other streams.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh are among 12
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Ghaziabad lawyers' agitation turns violent
India | Apr 18, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTGhaziabad: The two-day-old Ghaziabad lawyers' agitation turned violent on Thursday after the police failed to act against allegedly erring constables who Sunday manhandled the former bar association secretary inside a police station.The lawyers who were
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Musharraf should be tried in military court: Lawyers
World | Feb 11, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTIslamabad: Pervez Musharraf's lawyer today argued in a special court conducting his treason trial that the embattled former Pakistani military ruler's case should be heard by a military court.Musharraf's lawyer Khalid Ranjha told the special
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Ugandans case: Angry exchanges, Delhi Commission for Women refuses to hear Somnath Bharti's lawyers
India | Jan 24, 2014, 05:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women today refused to hear the lawyers who had come on behalf of Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti to give his representation in connection with the alleged misbehaviour with
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Pistorius lawyers still negotiating settlement
Other Sports | Jan 23, 2014, 07:08 PM ISTCape Town, South Africa: Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have been negotiating an out-of court settlement for nearly six months with representatives of the parents of slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, which a legal expert says could be
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Lawyers demand recall of collegium's recommendations
India | Jan 13, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTChennai: Tamil Nadu unit of All India Lawyers Union yesterday demanded immediate recall of 12 names recommended by the collegium of the Madras High Court for appointment as Additional Judges of the Court, and sought
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Agra HC bench demand: Lawyers plan to gherao Taj today
India | Aug 26, 2013, 09:32 AM ISTAgra: Police and district administration have made elaborate arrangements to thwart an attempt by lawyers from the Agra and Aligarh divisions to gherao the Taj Mahal today to focus public attention on their demand for
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Lawyers march in Delhi, demand support for Tamils in Sri Lanka
India | Mar 19, 2013, 03:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 19 : A group of lawyers protested in Delhi today and demanded from the Indian government to support the UN resolution on war crimes against Sri Lanka.Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is
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Lawyers, women activists slam retaining minimum age of consent for sex to 18 years
India | Mar 18, 2013, 10:14 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 18: Lawyers and activists Monday slammed the government for agreeing to retain the age of consent at 18 years in the anti-rape bill that it plans to introduce in the Lok Sabha
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Lawyers go on rampage in Jaipur, clash with police
India | Mar 07, 2013, 05:33 PM ISTJaipur, Mar 7 : Agitating lawyers today clashed with police and went on a rampage torching a vehicle and vandalising a check post to protest against yesterday's police action against them during a march to
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Jaipur to Chandigarh, lawyers clash with police
India | Mar 06, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTJaipur/Chandigarh, Mar 6: Clashes Wednesday between agitating lawyers and police in Jaipur and Chandigarh left nearly a dozen people injured.Lawyers and police officers were among the injured in clashes outside the state assembly in Jaipur
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Work in courts affected by lawyers' stir
India | Jul 11, 2012, 09:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 11 : The judicial proceedings in various courts across the country was paralyzed today as the lawyers, responding to the Bar Council of India's call to protest against the government's Higher Education
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Lawyers ransack Odisha collector's residential office
India | Apr 24, 2012, 08:06 PM ISTSambalpur (Odisha), Apr 24: Irate lawyers here today chased the district collector, abused her and ransacked her residential office alleging highhandedness, police said.Collector Mrinalini Darswal and Sambalpur Bar Association president Pramod Kumar Rath lodged FIR
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Advocates Attack Mediapersons; Judicial Probe Ordered
India | Mar 02, 2012, 10:20 PM ISTBangalore, Mar 2: High drama was witnessed today outside the civil court here when unruly lawyers attacked mediapersons and pelted stones damaging OB vans, leaving at least 20 scribes and police personnel injured. A judicial