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China's repression in Tibet intensifies as imprisoned tycoon Dorje Tashi b
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Dorje Tashi, one of Tibet's most prominent businessmen, has reportedly suffered a violent assault inside Lhasa's Drapchi Prison, further exposing China's inhumane treatment of Tibetan political prisoners. According to his lawyer, Wang Fei, Tashi was attacked by three fellow inmates, leaving
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Justice Surya Kant takes oath as 53rd Chief Justice of India
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Justice Kant was born on February 10, 1962 in Hisar, Haryana. He started practicing as a lawyer in the Hisar district court from 1984, and shifted to Chandigarh for practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1985.
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Pak: Karachi Bar Association protests 27th Constitutional Amendment as law
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Lawyers from the Karachi Bar Association protested at the Sindh High Court against the 27th Constitutional Amendment, which created the Federal Constitutional Court. Judges and lawyers criticised the move, and two Supreme Court judges resigned. Protests, clashes and strikes disrupted court p
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SIT to be formed to probe lapses in land acquisition court cases: Karnatak
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday announced that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be formed to investigate irregularities in land acquisition cases for the Bengaluru Development and Irrigation departments, and added that officials and lawyers found responsib
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Red Fort blast: NIA court permits meeting between lawyer and accused Jasir
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Special NIA court at Patiala House on Saturday allowed the plea of Red Fort blast accused Jasir Bilal Wani for meeting with his lawyer on alternate days during remand at NIA headquarters. Wani is currently in the NIA's custodial remand.
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Byju Raveendran denies allegations, to move US Court against over USD 1.07
Updated : 4 months ago IST
yju Raveendran has contested a US bankruptcy court default judgment making him liable to pay back over USD 1 billion on a petition filed by BYJU's Alpha and GLAS Trust with his lawyer stating that the court judgement and related orders will be appealed promptly by Raveendran, according to pr
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Delhi blast case: HC refuses plea for lawyer-accused meeting at NIA during
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to issue directions allowing Red Fort terror attack co-accused Jasir Bilal Wani to meet his lawyer at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters. Wani is currently in the NIA's custodial remand.
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"Should we monitor how handkerchiefs to be used?", says SC while dismissin
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The plea was filed by Sakshi Vijay, who said she is the wife of a lawyer, sought uniform and eco-friendly system for the collection, segregation, disposal and recycling of used advocate bands.
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"Judgement not based on facts": Lawyer of jailed ISKCON priest on Sheikh H
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Ghosh said that in cases of death penalty, the accused's lawyer and the prosecution should cross-examine.
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WB: Dilip Ghosh calls for Kalyan Banerjee to be "brought within ambit of l
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The BJP leader said that with the TMC leader being a senior lawyer and an MP, his statements and behaviour is wholly "unexpected" and harms the Constitution and democracy itself.
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As AQI soars, senior lawyer urges hybrid hearings in Delhi HC
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
In a detailed letter addressed to Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Pahwa highlights that the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the 'severe' category, frequently touching 450-600 in several monitoring zones. PM2.5 levels, he notes, have crossed 190 mg/m³, more than
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Pak: Lawyers call resignations a "dark day" as 27th constitutional amendme
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Two Pakistani Supreme Court judges resigned after the 27th Constitutional Amendment was approved, calling it a blow to judicial independence. Lawyers and politicians described it as one of the "darkest days" for the country's judiciary, saying the amendment undermines the court's constitu
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