The CJI emphasized through the lives of the members of the bar, who fearlessly espouse those causes, "the flame of liberty burns bright even today".
The Maari Gudi temple management at Kapu town in Udupi district of coastal Karnataka has decided not to allow 'people from other faith' to do business on its land during the annual temple festival on the request of certain pro-Hindu organisations.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on lawyers donning the role of priests for effecting registration of marriages, saying such acts "performed in secrecy" in their offices and Bar Association rooms cannot amount to solemnisation.
West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver.
The brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl has polarised the normally peaceful town of Jammu, with the local Bar association calling for a bandh against what it termed the "targeting of minority Dogras" while the state police had lodged a case against lawyers who allegedly tried to prevent it from filing a chargesheet against the accused.
'This society discriminates against a girl from the time she is born, in school, at home, everywhere,' young lawyer Anima Muyarath, who was suspended by the local bar association for a post on her Facebook page, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
The three non-compliant units will not have any voting rights in case there is an election during the BCCI AGM.
A police official said the woman was injured in her abdomen and a hand and has been rushed to a hospital while the accused managed to flee.
The Maharashtra government late on Tuesday night decided to include the dance bars in Mumbai under the recently announced ban on dance bars in the state.
The top court said that every month on 3-4 Saturdays, the advocates are on strike on one pretext or the other and had the lawyers worked on those days, it would have achieved the ultimate goal of speedy justice, which is now a fundamental right.
Legendary pistol marksman Jaspal Rana has expressed grave concerns over the delay in naming the Indian shooting contingent for the Paris Olympics.
About 2,000 petrol pumps, mostly in western and northern India, have run out of fuel stocks as the strike by some truckers' associations entered the second day on Tuesday.
They abstained themselves from courts on Monday to protest against the proposed transfer of two tainted judges to the Gauhati high court.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was cleared Friday of attacking a businessman in a fight over music being played in a bar. The 29-year-old England midfielder was found not guilty of affray by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court over his role in the incident last December, the Press Association reported.
Seven years after they were banned, dance bars can again run in Maharashtra, with the Supreme Court on Tuesday upholding a Bombay high court verdict quashing the state government's order. A bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice S S Nijjar also vacated its stay order on the implementation of the high court judgment
Sakshi, Bajrang accuse WFI of using devious means to get suspension lifted, threaten fresh protest
Members of the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association on Thursday passed a resolution strongly opposing the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Nikhil Kariel to the Patna high court, and also abstained from work for the second half of the day as a mark of protest.
The Kerala government on Saturday dismissed as false allegations of corruption levelled by bar owners against the state Finance Minister K M Mani over reopening closed bars and ruled out any probe into the matter.
The 13 arrested in connection with the death of the Jadavpur University fresher allegedly due to ragging and sexual molestation at the hostel will not be allowed to either enter its premises or the campus, according to a decision by the varsity's executive council.
Bombay high court admitted on Wednesday, a public interest litigation filed by Association of Hoteliers and Restaurant challenging the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra.
But Pune Police Commissioner Dhananjay Jadhav said the police will be unable to give such permission to jewelers.
The Delhi High Court Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the Rohini Court shootout that left three dead and said there was a need for proper and effective deployment of a sufficient number of police personnel in courts.
The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association barred both the teams of the faction-ridden Rajasthan Cricket Association from playing the Twenty-20 Central Zone League tournament, which commenced in Indore on Tuesday. The MPCA's action came following a directive from the Board of Cricket Control in India, sources said.
Contesting on behalf of the BJP-backed Pawar-Bal Mahaddalkar group, Pawar beat the Shiv Sena-backed 'Cricket First' group's candidate Vijay Patil by 176-142 votes.
The apex court will have to re-constitute a five-judge bench to hear the pleas after Dussehra vacation as the ex-CJI Ramana and Justice R Subhash Reddy, who were part of the five-judge bench which had heard the pleas, have retired.
Haryana will meet the winners of the second semi-final between Rajasthan and Karnataka to be played in Rajkot on Thursday.
The lawyers can hold peaceful dharnas and protest marches away from the court premises to find remedies to their grievances, it said.
The NRAI said in a statement that it has not sanctioned any such tournament in the country.
Delhi high court restrained the media from revealing the identity of the victim by any means.
The Bollywood star was banned for five years in 2012 from entering the Wankhede stadium following a fracas with MCA officials after the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.
Gold prices have been on an uptrend in the last few months, rising nearly 28 per cent to $2387 per ounce now. This rise in gold price, according to Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, is attributed to the demand from China amid lack of investor euphoria as regards the yellow metal. "Recent developments show a distinct lack of investor euphoria as regards gold, the question remains what is driving the current rally.
The support for the eight-year-old girl was growing with politicians, cutting across party lines, seeking justice for her.
According to a source in the BCCI, Justice (Retd) DK Jain may just hear out the former India captain in person before taking a final decision on the matter.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deprecated criticism of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and calls for reverting to ballot papers, saying the electoral process in India is a "humongous task" and attempts should not be made to "bring down the system".
'We were activists when we were students. It was as students that we were propelled to fight for justice. Neither of us regret that.' 'Where the country is now, more and more people should become vocal.'
'Rather than criticising the kind of candidates fielded by political parties from our living rooms, NOTA in a sense implores the electorate to say this by turning up in person at a polling booth to ensure their protest is registered.'
Just days after his organisation was declared a terror outfit by the US, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, addressed a seminar at the Lahore High Court spewing venom on India and America.
Once a wanted criminal with a reward of Rs 7 lakh on his head, Sandeep from Sonipat got a six-hour parole for his wedding from a Delhi court.
Recommended by the Athletics Federation of India, Bhanot fought through a 14-strong challenge in the elections to be picked as one of the five vice-Presidents during the AAA council on the eve of the Asian Championships in Wuhan.
Ten militants of a banned Bangladeshi Islamist outfit were sentenced to death ON Thursday by a fast-track court in Dhaka after they were found guilty of involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in 2005 that claimed eight lives.
