Rakesh Kishore, a septuagenarian lawyer who is ‘unknown’ in legal circle and ‘invisible’ in society

Rakesh Kishore, a septuagenarian lawyer who is ‘unknown’ in legal circle and ‘invisible’ in society

Lawyers stage a protest against the suspended advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to throw a shoe at CJI BR Gavai, in New Delhi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI Advocate Rakesh Kishore, 72, who threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai earlier this week, is largely unknown in … Read more

Macrons to offer ‘scientific’ court evidence to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says

Macrons to offer ‘scientific’ court evidence to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, Melanie Stewart-Smith and Victoria FarncombeFame Under Fire podcast Getty Images Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman. Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they … Read more

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Belgian court rejects Choksi’s bail plea, says his lawyer

Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi. | Photo Credit: ANI A Belgian court on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) rejected the bail plea of Mehul Choksi, the diamond merchant who is a prime accused in the ₹13,000-crore PNB fraud case, his lawyer said. The diamantaire was arrested in Antwerp by the Belgian police on April 12 based … Read more

Surgery for actor Darshan planned on December 11, lawyer tells Karnataka High Court

Surgery for actor Darshan planned on December 11, lawyer tells Karnataka High Court

The doctors have planned to perform a surgery for Darshan’s back pain on December 11, the High Court of Karnataka was informed on Monday.  Senior advocate C.V. Nagesh, appearing for the actor, made this submission before Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty during the hearing of the petitions filed by Darshan and other accused persons in the Renukaswamy … Read more

Trump hush money judge urges prosecutors to rein in Michael Cohen

Trump hush money judge urges prosecutors to rein in Michael Cohen

The judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s criminal trial on Friday urged prosecutors to tell the former U.S. president’s estranged former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his expected testimony next week. Todd Blanche, Trump’s defense lawyer in the case stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, … Read more

Aman Wadud: Assam’s advocate fighting the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Aman Wadud: Assam’s advocate fighting the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Lawyer Aman Wadud wants to be the voice of his people and change the narrative. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When the first list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released in Assam in 2018, it excluded 4 million residents. They had to reapply to be included and submit their biometrics. That day, … Read more

Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet

Supreme Court stays arrest of woman lawyer who went to Manipur as part of fact-finding team and held press meet

A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on July 11 stayed the arrest of a woman lawyer who took part in a fact-finding mission to violence-hit Manipur and subsequently held a press meet for the National Federation of Indian Women. Appearing before a Bench led by … Read more

Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry

Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry

The role of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), scientists who met regularly during the pandemic, was to provide independent scientific advice to the UK government, not to decide policy, which was the job of politicians and decision makers, taking into account other factors like economics and education, Mr Hill said. Source link

The A4 advantage: A change in paper size should help environment

The A4 advantage: A change in paper size should help environment

Among the many changes last year brought to our lives, a change in paper size and printing formats will hardly seem important. And yet, for the many involved in filing cases in the Supreme Court of India, from plaintiffs to lawyers and, above all, the clerks who handle the paperwork, the decision to allow documents … Read more