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.
The apex court, while referring to the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, said the whole country is suffering and lawyers are also a part of it.
The letter stated that no notification/guidelines/positive measures have been taken by the Government until now for protecting the children from abuse during this period of lockdown and there are children who need care and attention.
The note attached to the cause list of cases issued for Monday by the Punjab and Haryana HC read, 'It is for the information of respected members of the Bar that Hon'ble Justice S Muralidhar has requested that they may try and avoid addressing him as 'your lordship' or 'my lord'.'
A better system of monitoring and supervision aided and assisted by the tools of information technology, better training of officials, better briefing of lawyers, better logistics and financial resources, an efficient pool of more experienced lawyers and timely disposal of court orders coupled with efficient service delivery in different government offices are urgently warranted if we are to become an extended part of the initiative to expedite the disposal of humongous court cases in this country.
Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 permit lawyers who are registered under the Advocates Act to have legal interviews with prisoners and meet them, the court said.
