Data from 2025 notifications for High Court panels shows women making up barely a fifth of central government counsel. A 2023 Rajya Sabha reply confirms this is not a new problem.
He also said law commission is considering Advocate Protection Bill, while govt is looking at enhancing fees of its lawyers, & making payments on time.
Young lawyers challenge list of lawyers, released by Ministry of Law and Justice, who can represent govt bodies in courts. Plea says list includes some who are yet to get results of Bar exam.
With the Bombay HC ruling that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act does not cover advocates, women lawyers have turned to the SC, pleading that they and legal workers have been left without protection.
Niche brand economics: e-commerce sites providing courtroom chic to young lawyers with identity-driven design, justifying the premium through community belonging.
SC judges Justices Joymalya Bagchi & Vikram Nath, senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sanjiv Sen & Jayanta Mitra spoke at the AK Sen Memorial Lecture in Delhi.
Subordinate judiciary plagued by stagnation, bleak promotional avenues & disillusionment, with most only dreaming of being district judge. A constitution bench looks for solution.
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.
Strike was announced after a previous circular allowed formal police witnesses to depose virtually from police stations following a notification issued by the Lieutenant Governor.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
Why is everyone so worked up about the ‘gap’. I don’t hear people complaining that women outnumber men by a worse ratio when it comes to kindergarten school teachers, primary and secondary school teachers, nursing and paramedical staff, beauty clinic staff, and many more fields.
Why does everyone fixate on ‘gender gap’ – what good comes out of it?
Why is everyone so worked up about the ‘gap’. I don’t hear people complaining that women outnumber men by a worse ratio when it comes to kindergarten school teachers, primary and secondary school teachers, nursing and paramedical staff, beauty clinic staff, and many more fields.
Why does everyone fixate on ‘gender gap’ – what good comes out of it?