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Two women lawyers who helped overturn Section 377 came out as couple
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The last year's historic verdict by the Supreme Court to decriminalise homosexuality had not just been a professional benchmark but also a personal win for two senior women lawyers who spearheaded the fight for equal rights of the LGBTQ community in the coun
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SC to hear plea on Muzaffarpur encephalitis outbreak today
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by two lawyers, in connection with the outbreak of the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district in which 130 children have lost their lives.
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NHRC seeks status report of CBI probe into case against Lawyers Collective
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jun 21 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought in four weeks a status report of the CBI probe into the case against NGO Lawyers Collective and senior advocate Anand Grover for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
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CBI case against Lawyers Collective, Anand Grover for violating FCRA, NGO
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against NGO Lawyers Collective and senior lawyer Anand Grover on charges of violating rules under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.
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Pakistani lawyers protest case against top judge
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 18 (ANI): A leading lawyers' association in Pakistan has strongly protested the filing of a misconduct case against Supreme Court judge Qazi Faez Isa, who had been critical of the country's powerful military establishment over its role in an anti-government prote
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Bar Council of Delhi writes to BCI over 'violence in courts'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): In the wake of gruesome killing of newly elected chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council Darvesh Singh Yadav, the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) on Saturday wrote to the Bar Council of India (BCI) regarding the security and safety of lawyers inside and outside
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Ankit Saxena Honor Killing: AAP appoints 2 public prosecutors, advocates d
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Jun 13 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said its government has appointed two leading criminal lawyers as Special Public Prosecutors (SPP) in the case of honor killing of a young photographer last year but the two lawyers said they have not been appointed yet.
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Sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey returns to court
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 03 (ANI): Kevin Spacey's lawyers will return to court in the case accusing the Hollywood actor of groping a man at a bar in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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Johnny Depp sued by ex-lawyers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): American actor Johnny Depp was hit with a USD 350,000 lawsuit by a law firm that claimed that the actor failed to pay his bills.
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Protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment case, secti
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A group of women activists and lawyers on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with the sexual harassment case against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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SC refuses to take up urgent mentioning in coming week
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) May 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to take up any mentioning from the lawyers who wanted their cases to be heard on an urgent basis.
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Howrah: NHRC issues notice to DGP for police action against lawyers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Taking suo motu cognisance of the reported police action against lawyers in Howrah, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Director General of Police on Friday.
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