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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicSupreme Court Bar Association

Topic: Supreme Court Bar Association

ED’s now-withdrawn summons to Arvind Datar: The case, controversy & SC advocates body letter

This is linked to the agency’s probe into allegedly ‘illegal gains’ made by a former Religare chairperson. The firm had approached senior advocate Arvind Datar for a legal opinion.

Why legal fraternity finds SC’s remarks on cases dealing with ‘misleading’ arbitration clauses ‘excessive’

Terming them 'criminal wastage' of judicial time, SC tells courts to invoke suo motu powers in cases where legal firms or counsel design arbitration clauses that deliberately misguide.

A Bar gone ‘cold’—controversy over no farewell for Justice Bela Trivedi, strong rebuke from CJI

The Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association members however say there was no resolution to not give her a farewell. 

Will write to govt seeking review of new criminal laws if SC Bar Association wants me to, says Sibal

Former Congress leader & Supreme Court Bar Association president also said new criminal laws are far more draconian than existing ones and prone to misuse by enforcement agencies.

Nun-lawyer pulls out of SC Bar race after Vatican denies permission — ‘no bar in canon law’

Jessy Kurian, only nun practising law from Saint Ann of Providence, says Church allowed her to become member of National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions in 2008.

Chandrachud felicitated by SC Bar Association — glimpses from warm welcome given to the new CJI

The Chief Justice of India spoke about elevation of SC lawyers to HC judges & plight of women judges at district courts. Attendees included SC judges, attorney general.

Secret to judges’ big-hitting, ‘howzzat’ moments — snapshots from Bar vs Bench cricket match

Lawyers of Supreme Court Bar Association & a group of mostly SC judges took part in an annual friendly cricket match Sunday. ThePrint's Praveen Jain was there to catch the action.

In friendly Bar vs Bench showdown on cricket field, judges trounce lawyers by 72 runs

The friendly T-20 match between lawyers & judges is an annual event. In 2017, while inaugurating that year's match, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar said it acted as 'stress-buster' for them.

With Covid under control, resume physical hearings: SC bar association urges CJI

In a letter to CJI, the association stressed that open court hearing is both the 'convention & constitutional requirement'.

Delhi HC judge recuses himself from case against suspension of SC Bar Association secretary

Justice C Hari Shankar recused himself saying he is closely associated with some parties in the suit, in which secretary Ashok Arora has challenged his suspension.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Hit by mortar shell, but still fighting—BSF heroes of Op Sindoor honoured with gallantry medals

President of India has honoured 16 BSF personnel with gallantry medals for show of exemplary courage in the 87-hour ‘war’ between India and Pakistan that followed the launch of Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.