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'.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
Justice Chandrachud said the play, feeding, sleeping and dining area for young children would encourage more women lawyers to participate in the legal profession.
Lawyers argue that the bill should be prepared entirely by the Muslim community, focus on strengthening the waqf & maintain the principles of Muslim law.
In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, New Delhi’s net tax intake didn’t even hit the halfway mark of what it expects to collect by March 31.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
While both India and China have carried out disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, the process of de-escalation is still under discussion & has not been agreed upon.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Young people doing this must continue. It’s often useful. BCI just don’t want widespread public education on common law and keep common people continue to be scared of lawyers and extort money beyond limits. Times are changing BCI, days of lawyers, judges, courts playing God are over.
The BCI filled with these old dickheads shouldn’t teach the young people ethics and morality. The younger generation is far more ethical than you.
Young people doing this must continue. It’s often useful. BCI just don’t want widespread public education on common law and keep common people continue to be scared of lawyers and extort money beyond limits. Times are changing BCI, days of lawyers, judges, courts playing God are over.