Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC to hear petitions against scrapping of collegium system August 21, 2014 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on SC to hear petitions against scrapping of collegium system Four PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court for declaring the NJAC move as unconstitutional The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a batch of petitions challenging the 121st constitutional amendment by which collegium system for appointment of judges in higher judiciary was scrapped and a new mechanism under National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) […] Read more » Bar Council of India Chief Justice Appointment collegium system judges appointment panel judicial appointments Judicial Appointments Commission petitions against scrapping of collegium system Ravi Shankar Prasad Union Cabinet
Top Law News Bar Council of India has become ineffective: SC May 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 7 Comments on Bar Council of India has become ineffective: SC Bar Council of India has been questioned by the Supreme Court or not taking action against erring lawyers, saying it has become “ineffective” and courts become victims because of such legal practitioners. “Bar Council has become ineffective. No action is taken against erring lawyers and we have to suffer. We are actually the victim and lawyers […] Read more » anticipatory bail plea Bar Council of India Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Dipak Misra legal education legal practitioners Supreme Court
Top Law News Thousands of lawyers abstain from judicial work in Bihar March 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thousands of lawyers in civil courts across the state and also in Patna High Court abstained from their judicial work on a call from the Bar Council of India (BCI) to protest lathi charge on lawyers in Jaipur and Chandigarh recently. Judicial work in civil courts and Patna High Court remained paralysed as lawyers abstained […] Read more » Bar Council of India Danapur Civil Court Jaipur and Chandigarh lawyers in civil courts Mr Prashant Pratap Patna City Civil Court Patna High Court Patna High Court Yogesh Chandra Verma
Top Law News Bar Council should attention to uniform policy on legal justice: SC March 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bar Council should attention to uniform policy on legal justice: SC Supreme Court of India Judge Justice Chelameswar said a uniform policy on legal justice should engage the attention of the Bar Council. Addressing a seminar on ‘Offences against women and children and terrorism-Challenges ahead’, organised by the Bar Council of India and Bar Council of State of Andhra Pradesh here, he called upon members of […] Read more » Bar Council of India Delhi gangrape incident Indian legal system Justice Chelameswar Offences against women and children Supreme Court of India Judge terrorism uniform policy on legal justice
Top Law News Legal education will remain under purview of BCI: Khurshid September 24, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister Salman Khurshid today made it clear that legal education would remain within the purview of Bar Council of India, saying the apex lawyers’ body could decide best what is necessary in this area. His comments came in wake of strong opposition from the apex lawyers’ body about a proposed Bill of the HRD […] Read more » Bar Council of India BCI's control over legal education Bill of the HRD Ministry chemistry Higher Education and Research HRD minister Kapil Sibal Indian Law Institut Law Minister Salman Khurshid legal education Legal education will remain under purview of BCI: Khurshid Management mathematics people enrolling to legal education physics read law not to crack law Supreme Court Bar Association
Top Law News Permanent Lok Adalat valid, its decision binding: SC August 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of setting up of Permanent Lok Adalat and making its decisions binding on parties with the provision that they cannot be challenged in courts. A bench of justices R M Lodha and Anil R Dave justified setting up of such bodies on the lines of Lok Adalat […] Read more » Bar Council of India justification for Permanent Lok Adalat Legal Service Authority Act Lok Adalat nature of orders given by Permanent Lok Adalat need of Permanent Lok Adalat Permanent Lok Adalat Public Utility Service supreme court order on Permanent Lok Adalat validity of lok adalat validity of Permanent Lok Adalat
Top Law News Delhi’s lower court lawyers to strike work Jan 20 January 19, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers in all districts courts have decided to abstain from work on January 20 to enforce a nationwide protest against the Centre’s proposal to establish an ombudsman consisting of judges to hear complaints against lawyers. The Co-Ordination Committee of all bar associations of Delhi district courts said in a statement that the Bar Council of […] Read more » Bar Council of India Co-Ordination Committee Delhi district courts
Top Law News Bar Council of India introduces age bar for admission in law colleges August 2, 2009 / October 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on Bar Council of India introduces age bar for admission in law colleges The Bar Council of India, the primary body which regulates the legal education sector in India has introduced age bar for admission into law colleges in India. As per the new rule, students applying for the 5 years integrated law course will not be eligible if above the age of 20 and students applying for […] Read more » admission in law colleges age bar for age bar for admission in law colleges Bar Council Bar Council of India
