CJI flags health impact of Delhi’s toxic air as lawyers seek virtual hearings
The CJI said that two days ago he went for his usual 55-minute morning walk but returned home feeling “discomforted,” a condition that persisted for the next two days.
The CJI said that two days ago he went for his usual 55-minute morning walk but returned home feeling “discomforted,” a condition that persisted for the next two days.
Tension flared outside the Barasat court complex in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday afternoon, after a clash broke out between a group of lawyers and police, leaving a policeman and several journalists injured.
Defying steady rains, a spirited gathering of residents, academicians, lawyers, and civic leaders convened near the historic Midnapore Collegiate School on Sunday, rallying under umbrellas and tarpaulins not just to escape the downpour—but to defend the dignity of their town’s heroic past.
Two groups of lawyers, and Gandhian preachers, on Sunday, joined the dharna being held here for the last two weeks to save “Dol Ka Badh”, a 100-acre urban forest grove in the Pink City.
Intensifying its effort to attract every section of society ahead of the assembly elections in Bihar, the Legal Cell of the Janata Dal (United) organised a conclave of lawyers at the party office in Patna on Saturday.
Observing that if there is there is a law academy for judges, why is it not for lawyers, the bench noted that no action is being taken against erring lawyers by the Bar Council.
The bench said it is a policy decision and the absence of such restrictions would make it difficult for jail authorities to handle affairs at the prisons.
The CM said that justice to the deprived and the oppressed is the most crucial factor in creating a strong society.
The UK government on Tuesday announced that it has set up a special taskforce to increase enforcement action against unscrupulous immigration lawyers who coach illegal migrants to lie in order to win asylum in the country.
The High Court Registry, which had decided to hold hybrid hearings of cases from Monday, has now advised lawyers to opt for virtual mode of hearings, to the extent possible.
