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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Topic: Lawyers

Imran Khan’s lawyers to meet him in jail before filing appeal against graft conviction

The conviction, which Khan rejects as politically motivated, likely means he will be disqualified from running in a general election due by November.

Bar council finally allows entry of foreign lawyers and firms in India, but these conditions apply

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. 

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal launches new platform ‘Insaaf’, asks citizens to be ‘soldiers of justice’

Sibal says lawyers will be at forefront of this citizens' platform. 'We want Insaaf Ke Sipahi to stand & fight injustice in every locality, block, village and city,' he says.

China allows Hong Kong leader John Lee to bar overseas lawyers in national security cases

China's top lawmaking body John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city's courts, fueling concerns over judicial independence.

Lawyer, scholar, author, poet — why R. Venkataramani is an ‘out of the box’ pick to be new AG

R. Venkataramani, 72, will take over as the Modi government’s top law officer on 1 October. Junior colleagues describe him as ‘apolitical’ and a ‘true jurist’.

How to find a California corporate lawyer for your company

Here are 5 steps to finding the right corporate lawyer for your new company.

Incentivise legal aid, give it weightage in selecting ‘senior’ advocates: SC Justice UU Lalit

The Supreme Court justice spoke about the work of the National Legal Aid Services Authority, and how young lawyers can be encouraged take up legal aid cases

Karnataka lawyer suspended after intern accuses him of attempt to rape, intimidation

Law intern's friend filed a separate case against K.S.N. Rajesh for abduction, intimidation and threat. Two Mangaluru police personnel also suspended for dereliction of duty in the case. 

‘Time to pursue lawyers, accountants who enable this’ — Offshore tax expert on Pandora Papers

The Pandora papers is the third in a series of huge leaks of documents to the media following the Panama papers in 2016 and the Paradise papers in 2017.

SC asks states about security for judicial officers, terms threatening incidents as ‘serious’

In wake of the Dhanbad incident, the top court has taken suo motu cognizance on the issue of safeguarding courts and protecting judges.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.