A Punjab state consumer commission enhanced compensation for an advocate who suffered nerve damage after hip surgery, awarding him an additional Rs 20,000 towards litigation expenses.
Appearing for Rajpal Yadav, senior advocate P S Patwalia sought two weeks to come up with a concrete proposal to pay the outstanding amount and said he will be depositing Rs 2 crore to prove his bona fide.
In an interview to NBC News' Meet the Press, Coxon advocated for measures to put in effect the slowdown including the possibility of a 'kill switch'.
Those booked are Satrup Singh, his father Avtar Singh and mother Baljit Kaur, against whom Sections 115(2), 126(2) and 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita have been invoked.
Malhotra alleged that Dhanda, his son and the others accompanying them then assaulted him and snatched his gold chain
Besides appointing retired Air Marshal Jitendra Mishra as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday inducted three new trustees, including its first woman member. The appoin
The Enforcement Directorate has for a third time sought registration of an FIR against a number of private persons and senior officials of Punjab government allegedly involved in corrupt practices. In a third letter, written to DGP Gaurav Yadav on August 31, t
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a punishment order withholding 50 per cent of a government employee s pension, holding that the disciplinary authority failed to consider his detailed reply and passed a non-speaking order. The court also quashed the a
Prominent Indian criminal lawyer Vijay Aggarwal, known for representing high-profile clients in major financial scam cases, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault in London. The London Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Indian E
In a rare occurrence, the Madhya High Court officially recorded an advocate s absence during a hearing as shock suffered following a defeat in the recently held bar association elections. The Madhya Pradesh Bar Election Association (2026 28) election results w
The Delhi High Court rejected a husband s attempt to dissolve his marriage nearly 18 years after the wedding, claiming that he was under the influence of a sedative substance when the marriage ceremonies were performed. The court held that such an allegation c
The Uttarakhand High Court enhanced the maintenance awarded to a woman and her three-year-old child from Rs 12,000 to Rs 25,000 per month, noting that her husband, an Army sepoy, had substantial earning capacity, while she had no independent income. It added t
A "word against yours" battle is unfolding in Meghalaya after the bar associations of the Meghalaya High Court and Shillong removed top law officer Amit Kumar from their rolls. The action follows a statement by the senior lawyer, who maintains it's his duty to
Ordering the early release of a man serving life imprisonment for a 2006 kidnapping-murder, the Bombay High Court has underlined that punishment must serve a reformative purpose, while noting the convict s efforts to rebuild his life through education and work
Chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI) Manan Kumar Mishra on Saturday apologised to law students over the controversy surrounding the council s actions against the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law and said the developme
The Karnataka High Court has refused to discharge Congress leader Sirajuddin alias Siraj Sheik in an alleged case of hurling casteist abuses at party colleague and former MLA Bhima Naik. Dismissing Sheik s plea challenging a trial court order, Justice M Nagapr
The Student Bar Council, which is the elected student body at NALSAR University of Law, has condemned the Bar Council of India for first issuing the now-withdrawn ban on the outgoing NALSAR batch of 2026 and demanded an apology from BCI chairperson Manan Kumar
The Rohtak District Consumer Commission directed a US-based mobile company to refund Rs 45,500 to an advocate who alleged persistent defects in his phone. The commission held that the company failed to substantiate its claim of unauthorised tampering with inde
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed all state bar councils not to enrol any 2026 law graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad as an advocate until further orders, amid a row over an alleged campaign concerning Chief Justice of India Surya Kant s
Upholding the five-year jail term handed out to a school teacher held guilty of sexually assaulting his minor student in 2016, the Delhi High Court said that a child s trust in a teacher is sacred . Justice Madhu Jain, while hearing the teacher s appeal agains
A Bengaluru court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a key suspect in the alleged contract killing of 35-year-old gym trainer Vijay Kumar, citing the "gravity of the offence". Joseph N, 39, is alleged to be one of five people present at an Anekal drink
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has said that preventive detentions need to be passed with great care and caution as it directed the release of a man accused of giving logistical support to terrorists . Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justic
The Karnataka High Court last week granted bail to a 65-year-old woman advocate who is accused of taking money from a murder accused s mother on the pretext of bribing a judge to secure bail. Advocate Marina Fernandes, who has been in custody for over a year s