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Treat internal financial controls as business necessity, not as compliance burden: ICAI officialStrong internal financial controls are crucial for businesses, not just for compliance, according to the ICAI President. He emphasized that...
Donald Trump revokes executive order against Democratic-leaning law firm after securing $40 million in free legal help for his administrationDonald Trump revoked an executive order against Paul, Weiss after the firm agreed to provide $40 million in free legal services and support...
Donald Trump strikes back: President's executive order sends shockwaves through Jack Smith’s lawyersThe Donald Trump administration has strongly hit back at the law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith through an executive o...
Senior advocate Vrinda Grover not to represent RG Kar victim's family in courts: SourcesSenior Advocate Vrinda Grover and her team have withdrawn from representing the family of the R.G. Kar Medical College rape-murder victim. ...
Like medicos, law students to work at taluka level to provide legal aid: SC judgeSupreme Court judge UU Lalit said he has been in touch with the Bar Council of India in this regard.
Senior advocates must render pro bono legal aid to poor for quality access to justice: SC judgeJustice Lalit, who is the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority, was speaking at a function organised by Karnataka St...
Senior lawyer designation: SC agrees to hear plea for implementation of verdict & guidelinesA bench headed by Justice R F Nariman issued notice to the secretary general of the apex court on an application filed by senior advocate I...
BJP cites Manish Tewari mail to Facebook, he levels counter chargesOn Thursday evening, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya shared on his twitter handle an August 18, 2020 dated mail written by Tewari to Facebook...
Terror-funding case: ED moves Delhi court to quiz Syed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law in TiharThe ED also sought to question Zahoor Watali, an influential businessman allegedly having friendship with Pakistani leaders and Kashmiri se...
CJI Ranjan Gogoi recuses from hearing plea on designation of lawyers as seniorsLawyers have sought abolition of designation of advocates as seniors, on the ground that it leads to an "elite class".
Supreme Court to hear plea on live streaming of top court's proceedingsIn a bid to bring in transparency, the top court had last year allowed the installation of CCTV video recording with audio in trial courts ...
India's case on Kulbhushan Jadhav emboldened by ICJ order: Harish SalveHe said it was a big decision by the government to approach the ICJ as India had a lot at stake. "The government had complete faith in my a...
I&B probe into Rs 6 crore Amitabh Bachchan endorsement deal for DD Kisan leads nowhereIt emerged that the decision to release Rs 8 crore had been taken without a nod from the finance division of the Prasar Bharati.
I&B Ministry seeks report from Prasar Bharati on DD KisanThe ministry has written to the Public Broadcaster after reports appeared claiming that Rs 6.31 crore was the price that Doordarshan was pa...
NCDEX ties up with DD Kisan to provide agri-price informationNCDEX said that apart from news stories, it would also provide expert views, analysis and feature stories on economic turnaround from hinte...
Tender cancellation issue hits PM Modi's Smart City projectThe Narendra Modi government’s ambitious smart city project has run into a hitch with the last-minute cancellation of its first major tende...
US Senate confirms Indian-American Priyavadan Mehta as a federal judgeNominated by President Barack Obama in July this year, Mehta has been a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder since 2010, where he represents client...
Competition Apellate Tribunal suggests Air India's Ex-Executive Director to resolve Jet - Etihad dispute in higher courtThe competition appellate tribunal has advised Air India's Jitendra Bhargava to approach a higher court with his appeal in the Jet and Etih...
Law companies now joining in pro-bono activities, legal eagles offering free services to needyIn popular perception, someone who gives you confusing advice and then overcharges for it.But that image needs to change.
- Ex-British PM Blair sets up consultancy
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and poli...