SC lawyers seek CJI`s intervention to ensure safety of women

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 19:37

Amid outrage over December 16 assault and gang-rape of 23-year-old student, Supreme Court Bar Association has written to Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir for intervention to ensure women`s safety.

Jurists call for united fight against terrorism

Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 22:28

Leading jurists from the Indian subcontinent on Saturday called out for concerted global efforts to combat the menace of terrorism.

Sri Lanka lawyers body petitions court against top judge trial

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 20:35

Apex body of lawyers in Sri Lanka filed a petition in Supreme Court against impeachment of country`s first woman chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake for alleged personal and professional misconduct.

Bar Association chief booked for assaulting school head

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 16:08

The president of Nagpur District Bar Association, Advocate Sudeep Jaiswal, who had landed in trouble after slapping a police constable, was booked for allegedly assaulting Head Master of a local school on Saturday, Police said.

Nagpur: Bar association president booked for slapping constable

Last Updated: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 16:23

The president of Nagpur Bar Association has been booked for allegedly attacking a police constable on duty at the district court premises, police said on Saturday.

Work in J&K High Court affected due to lawyers` strike

Last Updated: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 13:13

Work in Jammu and Kashmir High Court and other subordinate courts in the Valley was affected due to a one-day strike called by the Bar Association.

Odisha HC Bar Association to boycott courts

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 12:02

Responding to the call given by the Bar Council of India, the members of Odisha High Court Bar Association have decided to boycott courts.

Mumbai lawyers protest on jurisdiction issue

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 23:03

Lawyers abstained from work to protest against a Maha govt legislation which limits jurisdiction of civil courts in financial matters to Rs 1 crore.

SC anguish over advocates` conduct quash expulsion

Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012, 21:47

Expressing anguish at conduct of section of advocates, SC quashed a resolution passed by members of SCBA wherein the president PH Parekh was expelled.