senior advocate Archives

News Reports

SC advocate Shashank Jha asks people to contact him if harassed by Delhi Police for bursting crackers, offers free legal help

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2021

Meanwhile, the Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai had said that the AAP-led Delhi government would show "zero tolerance" to violations of the firecracker ban.

Social Media

‘Live without it’: Delhi High Court denies urgent hearing for Adv Sanjay Hegde’s application over suspension of Twitter account

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2021

Delhi High Court denied an urgent hearing for a petition filed by Adv Sanjay Hegde against the suspension of his Twitter account.

Law

Kerala: Woman pretends to be an advocate for 2 years, flees with rare books and documents after anonymous letter exposes her

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2021

27-year-old woman, who had been pretending to be a lawyer for the past 2.5 years, fled from the Alappuzha (Aleppey) court in Kerala after being caught

News Reports

‘Don’t waste your time on a lowly worm’, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani advises lawyer who filed cybercrime case against Kunal Kamra

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2020

After Kunal Kamra posted several tweets which were contempt of the Supreme Court, Advocate Chandani Shah had filed a case against him

Law

Trouble for senior advocate Prashant Bhushan as Bar Council of India directs examination of his tweets and explores disciplinary action

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2020

The Bar Council of India said that BCD must examine the tweets of Prashant Bhushan and proceed as 'expeditiously' as possible.

News Reports

Supreme Court expressed displeasure over filing frivolous PILs, says the whole concept has been lost

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2020

In 1986, the then Chief Justice PN Bhagwati introduced PIL to the Indian judicial system. The original intent was to provide access to justice to aggrieved citizens.

News Reports