{"id":12120,"date":"2011-07-14T14:11:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12120"},"modified":"2011-07-14T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:41:50","slug":"power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","title":{"rendered":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\/supreme-court-83\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg?fit=119%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"119,90\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Supreme-Court14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg?fit=119%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12121\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg?resize=119%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as an advocate cannot appear in a case on behalf of another person unless permitted by a court.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra in their recent order said that &#8220;a power of attorney holder cannot, unless he is an enrolled lawyer, appear in court on behalf of anyone, unless permitted by the court under Section 32 of the (Advocates) Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Section 32 of the Advocates Act says that notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, any court, authority or person may permit any person, not enrolled as an advocate under this act to appear in a court in any particular case.<\/p>\n<p>The court made it clear that a power of attorney holder could sign sale deeds, agreements and do other acts on behalf of someone else unless prohibited by the law.The court said this while granting four weeks&#8217; time to Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to engage a lawyer to appear and argue on its behalf.<\/p>\n<p>The court disallowed company employee Vishnu Karikar from appearing for it in a case.Karikar claimed that he had the power of attorney of the petitioner company and wanted to personally argue the case on behalf of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as an advocate cannot appear in a case on behalf of another person unless permitted by a court. The apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra in their recent order said that &#8220;a power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[4342,2414,2797,47726],"class_list":["post-12120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-goa-antibiotics-and-pharmaceuticals-ltd","tag-justice-gyan-sudha-misra","tag-justice-markandey-katju","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/Supreme-Court14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd\",\"Justice Gyan Sudha Misra\",\"Justice Markandey Katju\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\",\"name\":\"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/Supreme-Court14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/Supreme-Court14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/Supreme-Court14.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court","description":"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court","og_description":"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court","datePublished":"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court"},"wordCount":227,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg","keywords":["Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd","Justice Gyan Sudha Misra","Justice Markandey Katju","Supreme Court"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court","name":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg","datePublished":"2011-07-14T08:41:50+00:00","description":"The Supreme Court has said that a person holding a power of attorney but not enrolled as","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court14.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/power-of-attorney-no-licence-to-argue-case-apex-court#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Power of attorney no licence to argue case: Apex court"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12280,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-appoints-panel-for-sex-workers","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":0},"title":"Apex court appoints panel for sex workers","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel to conduct a survey of sex workers and rehabilitate them. A bench comprising of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said the panel will be headed by senior counsel Pradeep Ghosh and Jayant Bhushan. It will also include three\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sex-workers.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9720,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-warns-police-against-custodial-violence","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":1},"title":"Supreme Court warns police against custodial violence","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0The Supreme Court Tuesday warned the police that acts of custodial violence will not be tolerated as they cannot behave like the \"oppressors of the people\". An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, while warning the police, said: \"Policemen must learn how to behave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/SUPREME-COURT-OF-iNDIA11.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10534,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-slams-judge-for-superseding-its-order","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":2},"title":"Apex court slams judge for superseding its order","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Tuesday slammed Additional District Judge Archana Sinha for superseding its order in an eviction decree and asked the chief justice of the Delhi High Court to enquire into the matter. \u00a0Judges Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra took offence to Sinha passing a detailed order which frustrated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10438,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rehabilitate-sex-workers-supreme-court-tells-states","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":3},"title":"Rehabilitate sex workers, Supreme Court tells states","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the states to comply with its earlier order on rehabilitating sex workers, failing which it will summon the chief secretaries of the errant states and seek an explanation. The apex court by its February 14 directions had asked the central and state governments to prepare\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10507,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/honour-killings-deserve-capital-punishment-says-supreme-court","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":4},"title":"Honour killings deserve capital punishment, says Supreme Court","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court on Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment. Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra in their ruling said, \u201cHonour killings are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/honor-killing.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10640,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/award-death-penalty-in-staged-shootout-cases-supreme-court","url_meta":{"origin":12120,"position":5},"title":"Award death penalty in staged shootout cases: Supreme Court","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court said Friday that staged shootouts involving contract killings by policemen should be counted in the category of rarest of rare cases and those found guilty should be sentenced to death. \"We are of the view that in cases where a fake encounter is proved against policemen in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Supreme-Court11.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-39u","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}