Follow Us on Google News Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday described as “unfortunate” the ongoing controversy over allegations of caste and communal bias against a sitting judge, and referred the matter to the Chief Justice of the court for further orders. The development came as a division bench comprising Justice … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday mulled formation of guidelines for probe agencies on issuing summons to legal professionals for providing legal opinions to clients or for representing them before judicial forums. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the suo moto case registered in the wake of the practice of probe agencies issuing summons to legal professionals for rendering their opinion to clients or for representing them before judicial forums. As per the causelist … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The practice of probe agencies issuing summons to legal professionals for rendering their opinion to clients has come under the judicial scanner of the Supreme Court. A Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and N.K. Singh prima facie opined that such summons were untenable in law … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh), June 21 (IANS) Amid ongoing controversy over his recent remarks on a senior Army officer, Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah sought to recast his public image on International Yoga Day by championing yoga as a unifying force for society. Speaking at a district-level event in Khandwa, Shah … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, June 4 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday called for the need of a transparent, responsive, and citizen-centric revenue administration. While attending the State-Level Revenue Officers’ Conference at Lok Seva Bhawan here, Majhi strongly emphasized zero tolerance towards corruption, especially in land dealings, and warned that … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that an individual apex court or HC judge cannot recommend any advocate for “senior” designation. “The scheme of Sub-section (2) of Section 16 (of the Advocates Act, 1961) indicates that an individual Judge of the Supreme Court or the … Read more
Srinagar, April 19, KDC: Locals from Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district have accused members of the legal fraternity of illegally transporting cut poplar timber—allegedly belonging to the Irrigation Department—to the Court Complex Sumbal for construction purposes. Residents while talking to Srinagar based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com claim that several tractor-loads of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday visited Odisha and held discussions with senior Congress leader Srikant Jena over a range of issues, especially the escalation of efforts towards achieving the rule of social justice in the state. Akhilesh’s visit gave rise to speculations over … Read more