Plea was filed by 8 practicing lawyers who opposed notification considering lawyers associated with foreign law firms advocates & allowing them to practice law in non-litigious matters.
Modi govt, too, had urged apex court to let elected representatives debate the issue in Parliament after seeking inputs from stakeholders. 99.9% Indians are opposed to it, says BCI.
BCI has released rules to facilitate registration of international lawyers in India, 5 years after SC permitted entry of foreign lawyers and firms on a temporary basis.
The rule announced last week prohibited advocates from making ‘indecent, derogatory’ statements, among others, against a judge or member of the Bar’s disciplinary bodies.
Apart from the Bar Council of India’s plans for a common entrance test for LLM applicants across India being a terrible idea, its legality is also suspect.
Committee of SC judges has discussed various options after lawyers’ bodies demanded a return to physical hearings, but will only take a final decision in June-end.
All professions except those providing essential services have gone into lockdown mode as the only way to stop further outbreak and spread of the coronavirus.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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