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Supreme Court To Form Special Bench For Bilkis Bano’s Petition Against Rapists

Bilkis Bano Case: A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Ms Bano, represented through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new bench will be formed.
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Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevating 4 Judges To Madras High Court

The four judges are R Sakthivel, P Dhanabal, Chinnasamy Kumparappan and K Rajasekar.
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“Disturbs Seniority”: Supreme Court On Delay In Judges’ Appointment

The collegium, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, said a notification for the elevation of persons recommended earlier in point of time should be issued at the earliest.
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Reputation of women preserved like a jewel in our society; they are hesitant to report sexual offences: Bombay High Court

Women hesitate to report such offences as they fear it would affect not only their own reputation, but also their families’, the Court noted.
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Supreme Court expunges High Court remarks against Karnataka ADGP; says court remarks have far-reaching ramifications due to live broadcast

While this unprecedented transparency in the judicial system brings with it great benefits, it also attaches with it a stricter standard of responsibility on judges, the Court said.
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Bombay High Court refuses to stay Bar Council disciplinary proceedings against advocate Gunratan Sadavarte

The Court held that there was no provision in the administrative law for the court to intervene in proceedings of regulatory bodies, when there was nothing wrong with the decision making process.
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Bombay High Court dismisses plea to cap membership of housing society in Malabar Hills on community basis

The Court turned down the argument of Blue Haven Co-op. Housing Society Ltd. that capping membership of each community at 5 percent will ensure that there is no dominance by any single community in the society.
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8 months after SC lawyer was threatened with gun at South Delhi traffic light, police lodge FIR

The FIR also names a Delhi Police station house officer and sub-inspector for alleged inaction in the case.
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Gujarat High Court imposes ₹5,000 costs on man who sought custody of ‘girlfriend’ married to another man

Published on : 20 Mar, 2023, 10:40 am Gujarat: The Gujarat High Court recently dismissed with ₹5,000 costs, a plea by a man who sought the custody of his girlfriend who, he claimed, was in the “illegal custody” of her husband [Bhagwan Rajabhai Chaudhari vs State of Gujarat]. A division bench of Justices Vipul Pancholi
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Foreign law firms/ lawyers can offer legal advice/ services only to foreign clients on foreign law: BCI clarifies

The bar body also assured that it is dedicated to defending the interests and well-being of lawyers in the country and that the implementation of the new regulations will not have any effect on Indian lawyers.