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• 31% of judicial posts in India's high courts remain vacant

  Jan 23 2012 New reports show that 31 per cent of the sanctioned posts in India's high courts remain vacant - a whopping 285 vacant posts at the end of 2011. According to the... more

• Controversy as Indian government seeks to regulate foreign trips of Judges

  Jun 20 2011 The government of India's has stirred up controversy with a move to implement guidelines for judges who go abroad for private visits. The Delhi High Court has stayed... more

• Indian Supreme Court Bar Association election under challenge

  May 31 2011 The recently held Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has been challenged in the Delhi High Court by a group of advocates. The election has been... more

• Delhi High Court stays proposed service tax on lawyers

  May 06 2011 The Delhi High Court and Guwahati High Court has stayed the Central Government’s decision to impose a service tax upon lawyers from 1 May. The Delhi High Court Bar... more

• Trademarks Registry’s 5 offices misplace 44,000 files

  Apr 12 2011 The Trademarks Registry offices located in five major cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmadabad have shockingly revealed through the DIPP (Department of... more

• India: Supreme Court rejects bail plea of BCI member Dhanapal

  Feb 15 2011 The Supreme Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Bar Council of India (BCI) Vice Chairman, R. Dhanapal Raj. A Bench comprising of Justices B. Sudershan... more

• BCI Bribe-Arrest: Delhi High Court stumps BCI Vice Chairman Dhanapal’s bail plea

  Jan 31 2011 The Delhi High Court has refused an anticipatory bail plea of R. Dhanapal Raj, Vice Chairman of the Bar Council of India who was arrested on charges of corruption and... more

• Game over for Tata: Tata loses trademark infringement suit against Greenpeace

  Jan 31 2011 Tata has lost its trademark infringement suit against Greenpeace, for using the Tata trademark in the infamous game (imitation of the legendary Pac-Man) Turtle Vs.... more

• Former RAW officer strips inside Delhi High Court

  Jan 25 2011 Nisha Priya Bhatia, a former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer bared herself inside a courtroom in the Delhi High Court today morning. Justice Ajit... more

• Delhi HC: If jailed politicians can race elections ordinary prisoner can pursue studies

  Dec 14 2010 The Delhi High Court decided to allow an accused doctor to pursue her studies as right to education is our fundamental right. When jailed politicians can contest... more

• Indian government contests PVR's claim in the service tax case

  Aug 25 2010 The Revenue Department has contested the petition filed by PVR Pictures in the Delhi High Court against the Government’s decision to levy service tax on copyright... more

• Delhi and Bombay High Courts favor in-laws under Domestic Violence Act

  Aug 05 2010 Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra of the Delhi High Court recently held that a daughter in-law cannot book her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act, if the parents are... more

• Bar Exam: 9 petitions to be transferred to the Delhi High Court; Conversation with CEO of Rainmaker and BCI Spokesperson

  Aug 03 2010 The Supreme Court today heard the transfer petitions of writ petitions filed against the implementation of the All India Bar Exam (AIBE). 9 petitions have been filed... more

• Service Tax dispute continues: Delhi HC passes orders

  Jun 07 2010 Senior Counsel Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s arguments in an earlier case helped to secure five petitioners favorable stay orders from the Delhi High Court on June 1... more

• Meenakshi Arora withdraws consent to be Delhi HC Judge; CJI wants review of the 5 member list

  Jun 03 2010 Chief Justice of India, S.H. Kapadia (CJI) has recommended that the names of five senior lawyers who were recommended by former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court,... more