Rajasthan Lawyers Protest

• Jaipur police commissioner transferred, lawyers call off stir

  According to sources, senior police officer posted in the commissionerate, Raghuveer Saini, has been transferred to Discom, Jaipur, and police officers Yogesh Yadav, Narayan Lal and Ravi have been posted in police commisionerate in Delhi.

• Jaipur police continue protest against High Court order on lathicharge

  Several policemen continued their protest for the second day today over the High Court verdict asking government not to give posting to nine senior police officers till judicial probe ordered into police action against lawyers was over.

• Jaipur police chief removed pending enquiry into clashes

  Jaipur top cop removed by Rajasthan High Court pending enquiry into lawyer-police clashes

• Police post, vans set on fire on second day of lawyers' protest in Jaipur

  On the second day of protests by lawyers, police used tear gas and resorted to lathicharge on a group of lawyers demonstrating outside a sessions court in Bani Park, Jaipur.

• Indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ends

  The ongoing indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ended at midnight on Tuesday in a dramatic manner after all judges the state High Court held a meeting and decided to do away with the disputed judicial service exams against which the lawyers were protesting.The Rajasthan High Court had earlier in the day issued notices to agitating lawyers a...

• Rajasthan lawyers call for bandh over judges' recruitment

  Lawyers in Rajasthan will hold a statewide bandh on Friday against alleged irregularities in the recruitment of judges. Over 14,000-lawyers in the state have been on strike for over 2-weeks alleging corruption and serious lapses in an exam to recruit district-level judges. The bandh is to press for their demand to scrap the exam and hold a CBI prob...