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Allahabad HC lawyers on indefinite strike over transfer of Justice Varma

“We are fighting for the common man who comes to court with a belief in the judicial system. If such things (corruption in judiciary) happen, then mafia will run courts in this country,” says HCBA president

Lawyers during an indefinite strike over Justice Yashwant Varma’s transfer to the Allahabad High Court, in Prayagraj, Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

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Published on Mar 25, 2025 10:03 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Justice Varma transfer: Allahabad HC Bar Association calls strike today

The Supreme Court collegium on Monday confirmed its decision to recommend the transfer of Delhi high court's Justice Yashwant Varma to his parent court.

On March 20, the Supreme Court collegium unanimously recommended transferring justice Varma to the Allahabad high court. (Allahabad high court website)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2025 12:16 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Agra lawyers back ‘one campus, one bar’ proposal in poll

Vinod Shukla, secretary of the Agra Bar Association, confirmed that the voting process began on schedule, followed by a counting session. The proposal to merge the various bar associations at the civil court into a single unified entity saw strong backing, with Shukla highlighting its importance for the future of the legal community.

The Agra Civil Court campus currently houses more than six bar association (Sourced)

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Updated on Jan 13, 2025 07:42 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Agra

Ghaziabad: Lawyers’ body forms 51-member committee to lead agitation

Lawyers in Ghaziabad have been on strike since October 29 after a disagreement during a bail hearing allegedly escalated to violence, arson, and sparked off a police lathicharge inside a courtroom

It was also decided in a general meeting on Thursday that any member not cooperating may be acted upon in form of penalty of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,000 or cancellation of chamber or even suspension of membership for five years. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 30, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Allahabad HC to only entertain Bar Association resolutions for ‘no adverse orders’

In the present case, on November 7, the petitioner requested a hearing as the respondent had been repeatedly absent.

Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj (File)

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Updated on Nov 10, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

HC hands over Bar body chief’s charge to vice-president

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal stayed the Bar Council of India order of September 2024, whereby it had intervened in Bar Council Of Punjab and Haryana decision to temporarily remove the president, Vikas Malik.

Vikas Malik was booked in a criminal case by Chandigarh Police on July 1 on the complaint of advocate Ranjit Singh, who had alleged that he was assaulted by a group, including Malik, at the Bar body office. (HT)

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Published on Oct 19, 2024 10:25 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Advocate Dinesh Jangra gets relief from high court in assault case

The bail is subject to conditions, including Jangra’s cooperation with the ongoing investigation, refraining from any inducement or threat to witnesses, and not committing any similar offenses while on bail

The order was passed by Justice Manisha Batra overturning the decision of the additional sessions judge, Chandigarh, which had denied bail application of Dinesh Jangra. (HT File)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2024 06:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary held under PSA charges

The former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary’s family and colleagues said he was arrested on Tuesday night from his house in Srinagar and has been booked under Public Safety Act

A former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary was arrested under PSA charges. (Filr)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2024 09:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Sitting and former SC bar association chiefs clash over senior lawyer’s manhandling

Senior lawyer Gauarv Bhatia reportedly had his band snatched inside a district court in Greater Noida on March 20 where lawyers were observing a strike

The Supreme Court of India. (PTI File Photo)

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Published on Apr 02, 2024 09:13 AM IST

ByUtkarsh AnandUtkarsh Anand

BJP MLAs stage demo in Karnataka assembly protesting case booked against lawyers

BJP MLAs trooped into the well of the Karnataka Assembly here protesting the registration of a case against 40 lawyers in Ramanagara district.

Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly R Ashok, former state CM Basavaraj Bommai and other leaders protest against the state government, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/For representation)(Savitha)

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Published on Feb 21, 2024 10:18 AM IST

PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S

Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association cancels membership of three lawyers

The members include Gurvinder Singh Sandhu, Vikram Kumar and Dhrupwinder Brar; The cancellation of membership does not hinder their appearance before the high court in any manner

As per the statement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, these members allegedly misbehaved and manhandled some senior lawyers when a meeting was going on at the Main Bar Room. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Jan 05, 2024 09:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Calcutta HC bar union withdraws call to boycott court of justice Gangopadhyay

Earlier, the bar association had written to high court chief justice T S Sivagnanam stating that its members won’t attend the bench of justice Gangopadhyay

Justice Gangopadhyay is presently hearing a series of petitions related to the multi-crore recruitment scam in West Bengal government schools (HT File photo)

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Updated on Dec 22, 2023 06:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kolkata

HC Bar body puts judge’s boycott decision in abeyance

The General House of the Bar body met on Friday and decided that the resolution passed on May 26 be kept in abeyance till September 23

On May 26, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has decided to boycott the court of justice Anil Kshetarpal over alleged “misbehaviour complaints”. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jun 03, 2023 02:52 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Gunshots ring out at Saket court in big security breach

Gunshots were fired at south Delhi?s Saket Court complex as a suspended lawyer in uniform opened fire at a woman over a financial dispute. The attacker was identified as Kamleshwar Kumar Singh, who was barred from practising law in 2022. This is the fourth incident of firing in court complexes in Delhi in under two years, highlighting security breaches and gaps in police arrangements. The incident also triggered a political tussle, with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party blaming the lieutenant governor for failing to manage law-and-order in the city.

Paramilitary personnel outside the Saket Court on Friday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2023 11:58 PM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

In a first, Navi Mumbai gets digital court in India

Residents and advocates will no longer have to go to Thane for their cases, spending time and money.

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Updated on Apr 08, 2023 12:20 AM IST

ByG. Mohiuddin Jeddy

Harpreet Brar appointed addl judge of high court

The Centre on Friday notified appointment of senior advocate Harpreet Singh Brar as an additional judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court.

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Updated on Apr 01, 2023 01:31 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Madras HC says Bar Association polls are tainted; issues guidelines

The court listed election of non-practising advocates with tainted backgrounds to the association/bar councils as one of the malice infecting the system.

Madras high court has said that the sanctity of Bar Council elections are not maintained.

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Published on Feb 10, 2021 09:03 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chennai

Asked to clarify stand on Kashmir, J&K High Court Bar Association cancels election, forms ad hoc body

The bar association deferred the voting scheduled on Tuesday after Srinagar district magistrate Shahid Choudhary asked it to explain its position for advocating the “peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute”.

The Srinagar district administration has ordered that no elections would be allowed till the Bar association clarifies its stand on whether it considers Kashmir a dispute or an integral part of India and also provides details of its registration.(Representational photo)

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Published on Nov 12, 2020 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Srinagar | ByAshiq Hussain

HC Bar: Council changes poll panel

The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) has changed the election committee constituted for the Punjab and Haryana high court Bar body polls, which are slated for September 30. The development came after the previous committee — headed by senior advocate KS Sidhu — refused to hold the election as per the council’s directive, citing Covid-19 outbreak.

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Updated on Sep 13, 2020 12:03 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Delhi courts may open on a rotational basis from September 1, says HC

The high court also said to begin with, only one-fourth of a court’s total capacity, in terms of benches and judges, may resume functioning.

Health workers at the CWG Village Covid Care Centre celebrate Independence Day.

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Updated on Aug 15, 2020 11:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRicha Banka, New Delhi

Physical hearings in top court likely next week

The move comes almost five months after the court stopped physical hearings on account of the lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease, and almost two -and-half months after the lockdown was removed, although some restrictions continue.

The meeting between the seven-judge committee and the bar leaders was held on Tuesday through videoconferencing.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2020 02:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAbraham Thomas

Bar association urges PM Modi to amend law to allow citizens to seek damages from China

The virus, developed with a remarkable ability to mutate, spread and afflict, and with unprecedented rate of mortality, has been deliberately and consciously wreaked upon the world by the Government of China, as part of its design, he alleged in the letter.

Terming the pandemic a “handiwork” of China, President of the Association Adish C Aggarwala said the government should bring an ordinance to amend the CPC Section which will enable Indians to seek damages from China for the disease that has brought the economy to a grinding halt and claimed 2,752 lives.(PTI)

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Published on May 17, 2020 02:53 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

‘Remarks by SC judge praising PM improper,’ says Bombay Bar Association

The resolution said that BBA deprecates the conduct of Justice Mishra for making “obsequious remarks “ which were ‘improper and unnecessary’.

Prime Minister Narender Modi(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 06, 2020 04:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

HC Bar Association protests at transfer of justice Muralidhar

The executive committee of the DHCBA passed a resolution on Wednesday in an urgent meeting convened at 3pm after the recommendation of the Collegium was out in the public domain.

The decision of the Supreme Court Collegium to transfer Delhi high court judge, justice S Muralidhar, to the Punjab & Haryana high court was condemned by the legal community((delhihighcourt.nic.in/))

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Published on Feb 20, 2020 03:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

112% jump in divorce cases in four years in Muktsar

In a worrying trend, the number of divorce cases has increased by 112% in just four years in Muktsar district. While 215 divorce petitions were filed in various courts in the district during 2015-16, the figure increased to 456 in 2018-19, according to information procured through an application filed by an activist under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

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Published on Feb 03, 2020 10:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Muktsar | BySarbmeet Singh, Muktsar

Himachal govt orders removal of hooters from VIP vehicles

The Himachal Pradesh government has directed the removal of hooters and sirens from all its vehicles. The general administration department issued the directions two months after the Himachal Pradesh high court asked the government to check the misuse of hooters fitted on vehicles of dignitaries, including ministers and bureaucrats.

Government vehicles with red beacons parked outside the Dharamshala Vidhan Sabha.(HTfile photo)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2019 03:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByGaurav Bisht, Shimla

Bar Council resolution forchanges in practice rules

In the wake of recent clashes between Delhi Police and lawyers in the Capital’s district courts, the council has also proposed introducing minimum qualification for candidates keen to be representatives in bar associations and councils.

The resolution also makes it compulsory for lawyers to attend continuous legal education programs to be organised by bar councils or bar associations.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2019 01:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByBhadra Sinha

High court seeks response from HP govt over use of hooters

The government has been asked respond to the notice within four weeks

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Updated on Sep 24, 2019 09:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shimla | ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

Haryana tribunal row: Striking lawyers manhandle journos covering litigants’ plight

On Thursday morning, a senior citizen litigant, who was not allowed to enter the court despite repeated requests, starting crying and threatened to kill herself.

Two days after a spat with employees, lawyers at the Punjab and Haryana high court manhandled journalists, including a female reporter, on Thursday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2019 11:24 AM IST

Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Haryana Tribunal row: HC defers implementation of notification

The tribunal was notified by the Centre on July 24 and justice (retired) Sneh Parashar of Punjab and Haryana high court was appointed as chairman of the same.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred implementation of Centre’s notification on Haryana State Administrative Tribunal (SAT).

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Updated on Aug 02, 2019 10:25 PM IST

Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

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“We are fighting for the common man who comes to court with a belief in the judicial system. If such things (corruption in judiciary) happen, then mafia will run courts in this country,” says HCBA president

The Supreme Court collegium on Monday confirmed its decision to recommend the transfer of Delhi high court's Justice Yashwant Varma to his parent court.

Lawyers in Ghaziabad have been on strike since October 29 after a disagreement during a bail hearing allegedly escalated to violence, arson, and sparked off a police lathicharge inside a courtroom

In the present case, on November 7, the petitioner requested a hearing as the respondent had been repeatedly absent.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Anil Kshetarpal stayed the Bar Council of India order of September 2024, whereby it had intervened in Bar Council Of Punjab and Haryana decision to temporarily remove the president, Vikas Malik.

The bail is subject to conditions, including Jangra’s cooperation with the ongoing investigation, refraining from any inducement or threat to witnesses, and not committing any similar offenses while on bail

The former Jammu and Kashmir Bar body general secretary’s family and colleagues said he was arrested on Tuesday night from his house in Srinagar and has been booked under Public Safety Act

Senior lawyer Gauarv Bhatia reportedly had his band snatched inside a district court in Greater Noida on March 20 where lawyers were observing a strike

BJP MLAs trooped into the well of the Karnataka Assembly here protesting the registration of a case against 40 lawyers in Ramanagara district.

The members include Gurvinder Singh Sandhu, Vikram Kumar and Dhrupwinder Brar; The cancellation of membership does not hinder their appearance before the high court in any manner

Earlier, the bar association had written to high court chief justice T S Sivagnanam stating that its members won’t attend the bench of justice Gangopadhyay

The General House of the Bar body met on Friday and decided that the resolution passed on May 26 be kept in abeyance till September 23

Residents and advocates will no longer have to go to Thane for their cases, spending time and money.

The Centre on Friday notified appointment of senior advocate Harpreet Singh Brar as an additional judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court.

The court listed election of non-practising advocates with tainted backgrounds to the association/bar councils as one of the malice infecting the system.

The bar association deferred the voting scheduled on Tuesday after Srinagar district magistrate Shahid Choudhary asked it to explain its position for advocating the “peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute”.

The high court also said to begin with, only one-fourth of a court’s total capacity, in terms of benches and judges, may resume functioning.

The move comes almost five months after the court stopped physical hearings on account of the lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the Coronavirus disease, and almost two -and-half months after the lockdown was removed, although some restrictions continue.

The virus, developed with a remarkable ability to mutate, spread and afflict, and with unprecedented rate of mortality, has been deliberately and consciously wreaked upon the world by the Government of China, as part of its design, he alleged in the letter.

The resolution said that BBA deprecates the conduct of Justice Mishra for making “obsequious remarks “ which were ‘improper and unnecessary’.

The executive committee of the DHCBA passed a resolution on Wednesday in an urgent meeting convened at 3pm after the recommendation of the Collegium was out in the public domain.

In the wake of recent clashes between Delhi Police and lawyers in the Capital’s district courts, the council has also proposed introducing minimum qualification for candidates keen to be representatives in bar associations and councils.

The government has been asked respond to the notice within four weeks

On Thursday morning, a senior citizen litigant, who was not allowed to enter the court despite repeated requests, starting crying and threatened to kill herself.

The tribunal was notified by the Centre on July 24 and justice (retired) Sneh Parashar of Punjab and Haryana high court was appointed as chairman of the same.

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