Bhadra Sinha
Hindustan Times
New Delhi, DL, India
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Govt drafts All India Judicial Services plan
A lawyer with seven-year practice or someone engaged in teaching at a recognised law college or university for the same time would qualify to take the exam, according tothe proposed outline. A candidate is expected to be aged between 28 and 35 to be eligible for the test. → Read More
Bar Council turns down applications for 55 law colleges
The council’s decision came after its members held day-long deliberations on the applications BCI received between July and December 2019. → Read More
Panel to study impact of verdicts on society
At a meeting on Monday last, the Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Bhupender Yadav-led 28 member panel unanimously agreed to start work on the study. → Read More
LLB students to be taught mediation from next year
The chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said this week that the apex disciplinary body for lawyers is in deliberations with top experts in the field of mediation to prepare the curriculum. → Read More
Scrutinise actions of those in power: Justice Chandrachud
It is necessary to scrutinise the actions of those in power so that such abuses don’t occur in the first place, Chandrachud said, delivering the keynote address organised by the International Institute of Human Rights Society to commemorate international human rights day. → Read More
15 states, UTs fail to set up fast-track courts for speedy trial in rape cases
The fact has emerged at a time when there has been a spurt in cases of rape and sexual offences against children, notably the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinary doctor, who was burned to death last week on the outskirts Hyderabad by her attackers, sparking protests and candle-light vigils in the city and elsewhere in India . → Read More
Withdraw cases against tribals in Maoist belt, says C’garh panel
The Justice Patnaik panel was set-up in March with a mandate to review cases involving more than 23,000 tribespeople. → Read More
Government launches drive on fundamental duties
The emphasis on “duties” is part of the yearlong celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Constitution Day that was celebrated on November 26. → Read More
Points of contention in surrogacy bill
The government faced stiff opposition in the Upper House on November 20 when Union health minister Harsh Vardhan proposed the bill for passage on November 21. → Read More
Bar Council seeks de-recognition of 25 law colleges
The BCI, which is the regulator for legal education in the country, has also directed all law colleges to transfer salaries to their teachers electronically to stop the practice of underpaying them. → Read More
Misuse of national emblems to be punished by jail, Rs 5 lakh fine
The Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950, restricts the use of the national flag, the coat-of-arms used by a government department, the official seal of the President or Governor, the pictorial representation of Mahatma Gandhi and the Prime Minister, and the Ashoka Chakra. → Read More
Law students to learn Indian art of advocacy
Ancient Indian logic takes within its sweep the Baudhic and Jain knowledge systems that prescribe ways to arrive at the truth. → Read More
Anti-defection law, floor test in focus as BJP springs a surprise
Technical and legal questions confront the government, which still has time to face a floor test. Its survival will depend on whether Ajit Pawar and his supporters manage to overcome the threat of disqualification under the anti-defection law. → Read More
Supreme Court to deliver verdict in Ayodhya title suit tomorrow
The five-judge bench of the Supreme Court heard a batch of petitions challenging the judgment of Allahabad High Court on September 30, 2010, trifurcating the disputed land in Ayodhya into three equal parts among Ram Lalla, Central Sunni Waqf Board, and Nirmohi Akhara. → Read More
You’re letting people die: SC to states on pollution
The judges said farmers must be given Rs 100 per quintal of paddy procured if they did not burn the residue, and asked the administrations to pay the cost of renting machinery that eliminates paddy stubble for farmers with less than five acres of land. → Read More
‘How can you get parole’: SC rejects petition by Nitish Katara killer Vikas Yadav
Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav were convicted for kidnapping Nitish Katara from a marriage party on February 16-17, 2002 before killing him for his alleged affair with his sister. → Read More
The relationship between judges better than before: SA Bobde
Justice Bobde has been part of benches that have delivered landmark judgements but he will also be remembered for the role he played in defusing tensions between then CJI Dipak Misra and 4 judges. → Read More
‘Judges shouldn’t agonise over social media’, says CJI designate Bobde
Justice Bobde said conversation on social media is akin to discussions that used to take place at tea stalls or clubs. → Read More
Guru Ravidas temple demolished in Delhi forest can be reconstructed: SC
The demolition was carried out by the Delhi Development Authority on orders of the Supreme Court because the 15th-century Guru Ravidas shrine was located in a protected forest. → Read More
‘We don’t accept’: Muslim parties deny Ayodhya case settlement report
The Ayodhya mediation panel had submitted its final report to the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court outlining what had been described as a settlement agreement on Wednesday, hours before the top court concluded the 40-day hearing on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. → Read More