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    • Fali Sam Nariman: Till memory fades you will remain in our hearts

      It is impossible for words to measure the man who was a constitutionalist, a humanist, an Indian to the core, and the patriot forever ready to protect the fundamental values which made this nation

    • Women's Day 2023: Women lawyers have to work twice as hard to make a mark, says Anitha Shenoy

      Senior Advocate Anitha Shenoy, a first-generation lawyer who represented five governments at the Supreme Court, says while women lawyers are an integral part of the legal profession, they still do not have equal status

    • Senior advocate caught smoking hookah during Rajasthan HC hearing

      In the video that has gone viral on social media, senior advocate Dhavan can be seen trying to hide his face behind papers as he takes a drag from the hookah. However, the smoke he exhales clouds the screen and ruins his charade.

    • We need wholesale administrative reforms: Harish Salve

      According to a CNBC-TV18 report, the apex court will hear the appeals against the demonetisation scheme on December 2. The court will hear the plea challenging the legality and constitutionality of the scheme.

    • Supreme Court quashes Singur land allotment to Tatas

      Supreme Court today quashed Singur land allotment to the Tatas. The apex court in its statement said that the state --West Bengal - had commuted fraud of power in land allotment citing public good.

    • Essar-Loop case: Special court dismisses Ravi Ruia's plea

      The court rejected Ruia's application in which he had sought modification of the bail condition regarding surrender of his passport.

    • Italian marines case: SC halts court proceedings in India

      The order came in pursuance of an interim order of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) asking India to maintain "status quo" in the case and suspend judicial proceedings till jurisdictional issue about which country has the right to conduct the trial is decided.

    • Coal scam: Naveen Jindal, other accused face court's ire

      "It is too late now. By when you will complete scrutiny of documents," Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said after the counsel appearing for Jindal and other accused sought time to complete scrutiny of documents saying the case records were voluminous and some of them were not legible.

    • SC dismisses 1993 bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon's plea

      Speaking on the case, senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam said, "the SC has rejected all the contentions raised by Yakub Memon. The Maharashtra Governor and the President will have to take the decision on the mercy petition today itself."

    • NJAC: Turf war between government and judiciary

      Will it, or won't it? The biggest legal battle in recent memory has come down to this question. After 4 long months of debate and argument between legal titans on the constitutionality of the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on the matter.

    • SC to hear plea against land ordinance re-issue on Apr 13

      The farmers' organisations, in their plea filed yesterday, challenged the re-promulgated land ordinance, terming it as "unconstitutional" and ultra vires of the Constitution and as a "colourful exercise of power" by the executive usurping law-making powers of the legislature.

    • A briefing that never was

      "Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani will conduct a press conference at 6.30 pm at his 2 - Akbar Road residence here," one of the executives of the firm, which manages the corporate affairs of the group, told mediapersons outside one of the exit gates in the Supreme Court.

    • Plan to put another bail plea in High Court: Mukul Rohatgi

      Mukul Rohatgi, senior advocate who has been arguing on behalf of corporate heavyweights, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Latha Venkatesh and Gautam Broker, spoke about the denial of bail for the heavyweights and their plans going forward.

    • Go after corporates in 2G scam: SC to CBI

      The bench also barred any other courts from passing any order in the 2G spectrum case which could impede investigations.

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