SC seeks replies of BCI, state bar councils on plea challenging 'exorbitant' enrolment fees for aspiring lawyers"We will issue notice on this. This is a significant issue. The petition says that the exorbitant enrolment fee violates Section 24 of the ...
10 Apr, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
Kerala actress abduction case: Survivor approaches Bar Council seeking action against Dileep's lawyersThe actress alleged that the lawyers were interfering 'unprofessionally & unethically' in the trial.
05 Apr, 2022, 08.36 AM IST
No SC stay on HC notifications insisting on physical hearingsA section of lawyers wants hybrid hearings -- a combination of physical and virtual hearings -- to continue in view of predictions of medic...
07 Sep, 2021, 06.43 AM IST
All-India Judicial Service likely by March 2022The government is getting ready to set up All-India Judicial Service (AIJS) by March 2022, according to a proposal submitted by the law min...
02 Mar, 2020, 07.17 AM IST
No material impact of flood cess on gold sales: Industry sourcesGoods taxable at 1.5% State GST will attract a cess on value of 0.25%. Gold bullion and jewellery attracts GST (centre plus states) of 3%.
28 May, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
Now advocate ID issued by bar councils valid proof for train travel: RailwaysAn identity card is mandatory for passengers while travelling by train or booking online tickets.
29 Oct, 2018, 05.55 PM IST
- Institution strong enough to withstand a thousand stones: Supreme Court
SC said this while hearing a criminal appeal filed by advocate C K Mohanan against three months imprisonment and fine of Rs 1,000 awarded f...
27 Jan, 2017, 09.07 PM IST
- Online legal research firm Manupatra launches web app
Launched for reaching a wider set of audience, Manupatra's web application is a Net-enabled app that is accessible via the mobile device's ...
21 Jun, 2016, 05.49 PM IST
Bar bribery case: Kerala HC closes proceedings on petitionThe HC closed the proceedings on a petition seeking a High Court-monitored probe into the bar bribery case allegedly involving State FM K M...
03 Aug, 2015, 07.25 PM IST
Justice Ashok Bhushan sworn in Kerala Chief JusticeChief Minister Oommen Chandy, along with some of his cabinet colleagues, was present on the occasion.
26 Mar, 2015, 01.48 PM IST
High Court nod for closure of 700 liquor bars in KeralaHowever, the court allowed 33 bars in four-star and heritage category hotels to function though the state government had banned bars in all...
30 Oct, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
Congress caught in a tangle over whether or not to renew permits of bars in Kerala closed before electionsLeaders of the ruling party are caught in a tangle over whether or not to renew the permits of 400-odd bars closed before the elections.
05 Jul, 2014, 09.19 AM IST
Tharoor makes strong plea for HC bench in Thiruvananthapuram, former SC judge Iyer disagreesShashi Tharoor, who represents Thiruvanthapuram in Parliament, said that majority of the states have multiple benches.
29 Nov, 2013, 03.57 PM IST
- Soaring gold prices bring cheers, but tears too
Gold may be a glittering investment opportunity on account of a sustained upward spiral in prices, but the meteoric ascent has brought tear...
29 Aug, 2011, 01.19 PM IST
- Cong MP sparks bribery row against judiciary
Congress MP K Sudhakaran has alleged that he was witness to a bribe of Rs 21 lakh paid to a Supreme Court judge in the 1990s.
14 Feb, 2011, 06.55 AM IST
- Kerala MP sparks row with allegation against judiciary
Kerala’s poll-eve political duels of the verbal kind have been given a different twist altogether, with a Congress MP claiming in public th...
13 Feb, 2011, 09.57 PM IST
- Speedy justice alone is insufficient : HC Judge
Delivering speedy justice without violating concepts of Judiciary would help in answering the call of our Constitution, Kerala High Court J...
27 Jan, 2008, 06.26 PM IST