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Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has appreciated the Bar Council of India (BCI) for permitting foreign lawyers and law firms to handle international commercial arbitration and non-litigious matters in India, saying that the move would have a positive impact on resolution of international commercial disputes. Speaking at the International Conference on Arbitrating Indo-UK Disputes,…

The Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka on Thursday apprised the Delhi High Court that it has withdrawn its decision to suspend 32 students over non-payment of hiked fees. The single-judge Bench of Justice Sachin Datta was set to deliver its decision on the issue today when it was informed that the school has withdrawn its…

Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai has expressed his strong reservation against judges accepting government posts or contesting elections immediately after retirement/resignation on the grounds that such practices not only raise significant ethical concerns, but invite public scrutiny. Addressing a high-powered roundtable on judicial independence at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on…

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday agreed to hear in the later part of the day, a petition related to the stampede that took place outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bengaluru on Wednesday, claiming 11 lives and leaving several injured. The matter was mentioned this morning before the Bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar…

A Delhi court has allowed a petition filed by former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) for full-term renewal of his passport, which expired in 2018. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts noted on Wednesday that since Kejriwal was not currently seeking permission to travel abroad and was…

The Bombay High Court has allowed animal slaughter during the festival of Bakri Eid on June 7, 2025, and during the Urs from June 8 to 12, 2025. The Division Bench of Justice Neela Gokhale and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla passed the order on Tuesday on an interim application filed by Hajrat Peer Malik Rehan…

The Madras High Court recently remembered late Justice Leila Seth, the first woman Chief Justice of an Indian High Court, who showed the way to a progressive society by openly acknowledging and accepting her homosexual son. While dealing with a case where a homosexual woman was forcefully detained by her family due to her sexual…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain an application seeking urgent intervention of the Court on the reported felling of 875 trees in Himachal Pradesh. Noting that none of the junior benches were authorised to allow any mentioning, the Bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice AG Masih directed the applicant to approach the…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday berated a murder convict for moving the Apex Court again seeking an extension of three weeks to surrender before the jail authorities, even after the top court of the country rejected his plea over the same prayer last month. The Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice SVN Bhatti noted…

The government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed 12 Advocates, including two seniors and one woman, as Additional Advocates General (AAGs) to represent the State in cases before the Allahabad High Court. A notification to this effect was issued on June 3. The lawyers (from both High Court Benches at Allahabad and Lucknow) appointed as AAG…