ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

Following a huge backlash over summons issued to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has come up with a circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to lawyers in connection...
Bhima Koregaon violence: Supreme Court denies urgent hearing to Hany Babu plea

Bhima Koregaon violence: Supreme Court denies urgent hearing to Hany Babu plea

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear on an urgent basis, an application filed by former Delhi University Professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, seeking a clarification on whether he could approach the...
The Other Kind of Courage

The Other Kind of Courage

By Inderjit Badhwar In a week dominated by grim headlines—from the collapse of yet another public structure in the capital, to fresh political turmoil and news of deepening divisions—one could be forgiven for thinking that the nation is adrift in...
The Woman Behind the Bridge

The Woman Behind the Bridge

Chenab Railway Bridge By Kumkum Chadha While the country celebrated the inauguration of the Chenab Railway Bridge with much fanfare, the woman behind its engineering stayed away. Dr G Madhavi Latha, a geo-technical expert and professor at the Indian Institute...
ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

Following a huge backlash over summons issued to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has come up with a circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to lawyers in connection...
Calcutta High Court restraints Bengal from paying monthly stipend to sacked non-teaching staff

Calcutta High Court restraints Bengal from paying monthly stipend to sacked non-teaching staff

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal government to stop paying monthly stipends to a group of non-teaching staff who had been sacked after the Supreme Court in April found irregularities in the 2016 recruitment process, Live...
Delhi High Court directs takedown of fake YouTube channel operating in Anchor Anjana Om Kashyap’s nam

Delhi High Court directs takedown of fake YouTube channel operating in Anchor Anjana Om Kashyap’s nam

The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the takedown of a YouTube channel, which was operating in the name of anchor and Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Aaj Tak, Anjana Om Kashyap. The single-judge Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh...
Bombay High Court upholds DCPR Regulation providing rehabilitation for slum dwellers on encroached lands

Bombay High Court upholds DCPR Regulation providing rehabilitation for slum dwellers on encroached lands

The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld Regulation 17(3)(D)(2) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (DCPR) 2034, which provided rehabilitation for slum dwellers on encroached lands reserved as ‘open spaces’ under the DCPR 2034. The Division Bench of Justice...
ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

ED withdraws summons issued to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal following SCAORA letter to CJI BR Gavai

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday withdrew the summons issued to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over a legal opinion rendered in his professional capacity. The move followed a strong-worded letter written by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) to Chief...
Supreme Court closes PIL seeking release of Tamil feature film Thug Life in Karnataka

Supreme Court closes PIL seeking release of Tamil feature film Thug Life in Karnataka

The Supreme Court on Thursday closed a PIL seeking release of Tamil feature film Thug Life in Karnataka. The Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan recorded in its order the submission of the State of Karnataka that it...
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