Up Bar Council

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud gave a dressing down to a lawyer for turning up in the courtroom without his band. Neckbands are a part of lawyers' attire, along with their black coats.

Observing that the legal profession needed "mature people", the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India to set up an expert committee for exploring the feasibility of introducin

Members of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh will abstain from judicial work on Monday and Tuesday to protest against an incident of alleged police lathi-charge on lawyers in Hapur.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR over the alleged lathi-charge on lawyers here recently, naming 51 policemen and mentioning 90 unnamed personnel.

Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh are on a three-day strike beginning Monday to protest the alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur district last week.

The Bar Council of India in new rules issued on Wednesday said foreign lawyers and law firms can also advise on international arbitration cases on a reciprocal basis.

In an affidavit filed in the top court, the bar body said it has resolved that if a person takes up a job having no connection with legal or judicial matters, then such person will have to reappear for the AIBE exam.

The Supreme Court rapped the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council for not taking action against advocates who allegedly submitted fake claims, causing a loss of crores of rupees to insurance companies.

The Centre has set up a committee to suggest reforms in criminal laws and sought suggestions from state governments, courts and bar councils, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Acting on complaints by Andhra Pradesh, management boards of Godavari and Krishna on Saturday directed the Telangana government not to go ahead with new projects across the respective inter-state rivers till the proposals were appraised and sanction obtained from the top council of the two states.

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has filed a complaint with the Bar Council of India (BCI) against senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared for Muslim petitioners in the Ayodhya case and tore down papers and maps handed over to him in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the recent killing of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav at the Agra court premises and asked the petitioner to approach the Allahabad High Court.

Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav, who was shot dead by a lawyer on the Agra court premises, was cremated at her native village of Chaandpur in Etah district today.

The mortal remains of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Yadav, who was shot dead on Wednesday, were consigned to flames in her native Chandpur village in Etah district.

The Congress today hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the killing of the state Bar Council president, saying there was not much difference between "jungle rule" and law and order in the BJP-ruled state.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud gave a dressing down to a lawyer for turning up in the courtroom without his band. Neckbands are a part of lawyers' attire, along with their black coats.

Observing that the legal profession needed "mature people", the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India to set up an expert committee for exploring the feasibility of introducin

Members of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh will abstain from judicial work on Monday and Tuesday to protest against an incident of alleged police lathi-charge on lawyers in Hapur.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR over the alleged lathi-charge on lawyers here recently, naming 51 policemen and mentioning 90 unnamed personnel.

Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh are on a three-day strike beginning Monday to protest the alleged police lathi-charge on advocates in Hapur district last week.

The Bar Council of India in new rules issued on Wednesday said foreign lawyers and law firms can also advise on international arbitration cases on a reciprocal basis.

In an affidavit filed in the top court, the bar body said it has resolved that if a person takes up a job having no connection with legal or judicial matters, then such person will have to reappear for the AIBE exam.

The Supreme Court rapped the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council for not taking action against advocates who allegedly submitted fake claims, causing a loss of crores of rupees to insurance companies.

The Centre has set up a committee to suggest reforms in criminal laws and sought suggestions from state governments, courts and bar councils, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Acting on complaints by Andhra Pradesh, management boards of Godavari and Krishna on Saturday directed the Telangana government not to go ahead with new projects across the respective inter-state rivers till the proposals were appraised and sanction obtained from the top council of the two states.

The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has filed a complaint with the Bar Council of India (BCI) against senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared for Muslim petitioners in the Ayodhya case and tore down papers and maps handed over to him in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the recent killing of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav at the Agra court premises and asked the petitioner to approach the Allahabad High Court.

Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Singh Yadav, who was shot dead by a lawyer on the Agra court premises, was cremated at her native village of Chaandpur in Etah district today.

The mortal remains of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darvesh Yadav, who was shot dead on Wednesday, were consigned to flames in her native Chandpur village in Etah district.

The Congress today hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over the killing of the state Bar Council president, saying there was not much difference between "jungle rule" and law and order in the BJP-ruled state.