The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed to provide security to Bar Council of India members after it suspended the licence of lawyers who resorted to vandalism during the strikes in Odisha and also called for stringent action against the erring advocates allegedly involved in the violence.
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction to Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) and Bar Council of India (BCI) to consider the financial difficulties of all the concerned and to provide the financial assistance of Rs 5000 to the petitioner and newly enrolled advocates in Bar council of Delhi during his initial year of practice.
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): The Bar Council of India and All India Bar Association on Monday showed displeasure with senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on his remarks against Supreme Court and Judiciary.
Agartala Feb 18 PTI Tripura Bar Association TBA election was unanimously deferred for an indefinite period due to complaints about the electoral rolls a senior advocate said on FridayThe election to the 15-member TBA was scheduled on February 27 Ten advocates belonging to BJPs Legal Cell had lodged a complaint with Tripura Bar Council alleging that the final voters list was not published as per the guidelinesBased on the complaints Bar Councils chairman Ratan Dutta held a meeting with outgoing president Mrinal Kanti Biswas and secretary Kaushik Indu Returning Officer Sandip Datta Chowdhury was also present in the meetingA detailed discussion on the election process took place in the meeting It was unanimously decided to defer the elections of Tripura Bar Association for an indefinite period due to complaints against the voters list Chowdhury saidThe outgoing committee has been asked to publish the draft electoral rolls afresh by the next 15 days inviting claims and objections he saidOnce the final voters list is prepared it will have to be sent to Tripura Bar Council for final approval The Bar Council has set a target of holding the elections 10 days after final approval of the electoral rolls he said PTI PS SOM SOM
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 11 (ANI): A day after the acceptance of Advocate General (AG) APS Deol's resignation by the Punjab Government, senior advocate Mukesh Berry on Wednesday resigned as Additional Advocate General (AAG) of Punjab.
Chennai Oct 21 PTI The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has prohibited six lawyers from practicing as advocates in all courts tribunals and other authorities in India either in their name or in any assumed name till the disposal of the disciplinary proceedings initiated against them The Bar Council debarred them from practicing after passing resolutions recently While murder cases were pending against two of them another was found to have acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and was engaged in money lending business at exorbitant rates of interest One of the six advocates had used fake stamp papers while a POCSO Act was pending against another The charge against another lawyer was that he had suppressed the fact that he worked as a conductor while studying law PTI CORR SA ROH ROH
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has called for 50 per cent reservation for women in all levels of the judiciary. While speaking at an event, organised by the Bar Council on Sunday, in honour of the nine new judges appointed to the Supreme Court, he also demanded reservation for women across all law colleges in the […]
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Officials of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Saturday met Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana and discussed security review in court premises following a shootout at Rohini court yesterday.
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): A petition was filed in Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to authorities concerned to take requisite measures to ensure the safety and security of District Courts of Delhi in the wake of the shocking and gory shootout inside the Rohini Court on Friday afternoon.