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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Lawyers

Karnataka Bar Council’s ultimatum to lawyers—remove ‘promotional reels’ by 31 Aug or face action

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.

Your Honour, like, share, subscribe? Legal influencers are reshaping how young Indians understand law

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'.

Delhi HC seeks response from govt. on law researchers plea over delayed salary

The petition filed by a group of law researchers who worked between 2018 & 2025 demands the implementation of a 2023 order that raised the monthly salary to Rs 80,000.

Bathroom, beer & court proceedings. Virtual hearings now face more questions than answers

Members of legal fraternity call for protocols for online hearings after advocate appears sipping beer. Some say such hearings being treated as luxury, others call them boon.

Loudspeakers & a letter from a future chief justice—how SC body’s renewing prisoners’ faith in legal aid

In the last two months, the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) has received 2,000 criminal appeals, a big uptick from the 700 to 1,000 it handled annually until last year.

Foreign lawyers and law firms set to enter India. But red tape and caveats await them

BCI says rules have been enforced with ‘primary objective of safeguarding interests of Indian advocates while regulating the practice of foreign law and international law in India’.

Luxury cars, big deals & 6-figure fees, evolution of the boardroom lawyer in India

New Delhi: On one Saturday in April, BJP leader Naveen Jindal posted a video on X that immediately went viral. It showed a Mercedes, a...

Lawyers slam Bar Council for plea in SC seeking enrolment fee hike from Rs 750 to Rs 25k. ‘Unrealistic’

Several senior lawyers deem the proposed hike excessive, calling it potentially detrimental to accessibility of legal profession, especially for aspiring lawyers from low-income families.

SubscriberWrites: No void in justice—Young lawyers will rise to the challenge

A counter-argument to the statement of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna on young lawyers and public interest work

‘To create safe, appealing environment,’ says Chief Justice after inaugurating creche in SC

Justice Chandrachud said the play, feeding, sleeping and dining area for young children would encourage more women lawyers to participate in the legal profession.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.