The court says the habit is unprofessional. While the Bar Council has warned that AI is fraught with risks, lawyers argue that mobile phones are already used for summons & notices.
While some bar councils issued similar orders in past, it's first time a state bar body set a compliance deadline. It said violations will invite action under Advocates Act 1961.
Bar Councils aren't amused. With line between public legal education & personal brand-building becoming more blurred, they are cracking down on what they call 'unethical canvassing'.
Where the PoSH Act ends, only the penal code is left standing. But criminal prosecution is a blunt, punishing tool, replete with all the obstacles the PoSH inquiry was designed to soften.
Delhi Police arrest man with history of theft & burglary, Bar Council chief writes to LG & commissioner asking how this could happen despite police presence.
When the court said maternity leave cannot granted to a “professional course”, it deepened the notion that in a woman’s life professionalism and family cannot go hand in hand.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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