Bar association secretary says 90% of high court lawyers refrained from proceedings Monday. The decision on whether to continue the boycott is to be made Tuesday.
The Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court has written to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, asking for all judicial work to be withdrawn from Justice Gangopadhyay’s bench.
Protesting such a move in open court first time, association raised objections during oath-taking ceremony, referring to tenures of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and M.V. Muralidaran.
Office-bearers of AFT Chandigarh bar association say they're likely to move High Court or Supreme Court against decision to transfer Justice (retd.) Dharam Chand Chaudhury to Kolkata bench.
The decision to transfer Justice Nikhil Kariel from Gujarat HC was taken in the first meeting of the new Supreme Court collegium formed after Justice Chandrachud took over as CJI.
Physical hearing of matters may begin in three courtrooms and the number may be increased or reduced depending on the situation, the SOP issued by secretary general Kalgaonkar said.
Gujarat High Court Bar Association president Yatin Oza was stripped of his senior advocate status last month for levelling corruption allegations against the high court registry.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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