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After CJP Protest Crackdown, Lawyers To Recite Preamble At Supreme Court Lawn
More than 650 lawyers on Wednesday issued a statement describing the police crackdown on the CJP-led student march to Parliament as an attack on constitutional values.
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Ghaziabad Court Chaos After Judge vs Lawyer, Cops Chase Away Advocates
Chaos broke out at Ghaziabad district court today after an argument between a judge and a lawyer.
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Section of Calcutta High Court Lawyers Stage Protest Outside Acting Chief Justice's Court
A section of lawyers on Wednesday staged a brief protest in front of the court of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal demanding clarity on assignment of matters to judges, even as the Calcutta High Court Bar Association took a resolution to continue
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Delhi High Court Lawyers Protest Against Judge's Transfer, Work Affected
Day-to-day work came to a standstill at Delhi High Court on Thursday as lawyers abstained from work to protest against the transfer of Justice S Muralidhar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Lawyers To Hold Protest March Today Over Tis Hazari Violence In Delhi
Lawyers of all district courts in the national capital are likely to hold a march from Patiala house court to the Parliament House in continuation of their protest against the Tis Hazari court violence.
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Unruly Lawyers On Camera In Delhi Court Clash. Woman Cop Alleges Assault
A woman police officer in uniform was assaulted and her loaded gun is missing since the clash between policemen and lawyers at Delhi's Tis Hazari court on Saturday, which has led to massive, unprecedented protests and allegations from both groups.
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Lawyers Shut Courts, Want Delhi Police Protesters Arrested: 10 Points
The face-off between the lawyers and police of Delhi escalated today with protesting lawyers forcing all the lower courts shut. A lawyer also sent a legal notice to the Delhi police chief for yesterday's marathon protests, insisting it was illegal and the protesters should be arrested within a week. The chairman of the Bar Council of India has assu...
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"We're Losing Sympathy...": Bar Council After Lawyers Attack Delhi Cop
After the tense series of events following the clash between lawyers and police at Delhi's Tis Hazari Court, the Bar Council of India has written to bar bodies asking them to identify lawyers "indulging in hooliganism" and requested advocates to end their protest, which is "bringing bad name to the institution".
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Lawyers Boycott Courts In Andhra Pradesh, Hold Dharna
Lawyers abstained from work today and organised a dharna in Rajamahendravaram to protest the ransacking of a court in Warangal by advocates from Telangana.
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Exercised My Duty, Says Lawyer Who Attacked JNU Student To NDTV
One of JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar's attackers in court today is a lawyer who said he was detained but "pulled strings" to get away.
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Police post, vans set on fire on second day of lawyers' protest in Jaipur
On the second day of protests by lawyers, police used tear gas and resorted to lathicharge on a group of lawyers demonstrating outside a sessions court in Bani Park, Jaipur.
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Indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ends
The ongoing indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ended at midnight on Tuesday in a dramatic manner after all judges the state High Court held a meeting and decided to do away with the disputed judicial service exams against which the lawyers were protesting.The Rajasthan High Court had earlier in the day issued notices to agitating lawyers a...
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Rajasthan lawyers call for bandh over judges' recruitment
Lawyers in Rajasthan will hold a statewide bandh on Friday against alleged irregularities in the recruitment of judges. Over 14,000-lawyers in the state have been on strike for over 2-weeks alleging corruption and serious lapses in an exam to recruit district-level judges. The bandh is to press for their demand to scrap the exam and hold a CBI prob...
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Telangana lawyers' protest: Judge resigns?
Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy of Andhra Pradesh High Court has reportedly sent in his resignation to the President in protest against the incidents of the last three days. Over 100 courts in the Telangana region, including the Andhra Pradesh High Court, have been shut for the past three days. That's because lawyers belonging to the region say the...
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Drama at Andhra High Court over reservation issue
Over 100 courts in the Telangana region, including the Andhra Pradesh High Court, have been shut for the past three days. That's because lawyers belonging to the region say they want 42 per cent of all jobs in courts in the region. (Read: Telangana lawyers protest for job quota)The government says people from Telangana are already adequately ...
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After CJP Protest Crackdown, Lawyers To Recite Preamble At Supreme Court Lawn
More than 650 lawyers on Wednesday issued a statement describing the police crackdown on the CJP-led student march to Parliament as an attack on constitutional values.
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Ghaziabad Court Chaos After Judge vs Lawyer, Cops Chase Away Advocates
Chaos broke out at Ghaziabad district court today after an argument between a judge and a lawyer.
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Section of Calcutta High Court Lawyers Stage Protest Outside Acting Chief Justice's Court
A section of lawyers on Wednesday staged a brief protest in front of the court of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal demanding clarity on assignment of matters to judges, even as the Calcutta High Court Bar Association took a resolution to continue
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Delhi High Court Lawyers Protest Against Judge's Transfer, Work Affected
Day-to-day work came to a standstill at Delhi High Court on Thursday as lawyers abstained from work to protest against the transfer of Justice S Muralidhar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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Lawyers To Hold Protest March Today Over Tis Hazari Violence In Delhi
Lawyers of all district courts in the national capital are likely to hold a march from Patiala house court to the Parliament House in continuation of their protest against the Tis Hazari court violence.
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Unruly Lawyers On Camera In Delhi Court Clash. Woman Cop Alleges Assault
A woman police officer in uniform was assaulted and her loaded gun is missing since the clash between policemen and lawyers at Delhi's Tis Hazari court on Saturday, which has led to massive, unprecedented protests and allegations from both groups.
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Lawyers Shut Courts, Want Delhi Police Protesters Arrested: 10 Points
The face-off between the lawyers and police of Delhi escalated today with protesting lawyers forcing all the lower courts shut. A lawyer also sent a legal notice to the Delhi police chief for yesterday's marathon protests, insisting it was illegal and the protesters should be arrested within a week. The chairman of the Bar Council of India has assu...
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"We're Losing Sympathy...": Bar Council After Lawyers Attack Delhi Cop
After the tense series of events following the clash between lawyers and police at Delhi's Tis Hazari Court, the Bar Council of India has written to bar bodies asking them to identify lawyers "indulging in hooliganism" and requested advocates to end their protest, which is "bringing bad name to the institution".
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Lawyers Boycott Courts In Andhra Pradesh, Hold Dharna
Lawyers abstained from work today and organised a dharna in Rajamahendravaram to protest the ransacking of a court in Warangal by advocates from Telangana.
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Exercised My Duty, Says Lawyer Who Attacked JNU Student To NDTV
One of JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar's attackers in court today is a lawyer who said he was detained but "pulled strings" to get away.
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Police post, vans set on fire on second day of lawyers' protest in Jaipur
On the second day of protests by lawyers, police used tear gas and resorted to lathicharge on a group of lawyers demonstrating outside a sessions court in Bani Park, Jaipur.
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Indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ends
The ongoing indefinite strike by advocates in Rajasthan ended at midnight on Tuesday in a dramatic manner after all judges the state High Court held a meeting and decided to do away with the disputed judicial service exams against which the lawyers were protesting.The Rajasthan High Court had earlier in the day issued notices to agitating lawyers a...
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Rajasthan lawyers call for bandh over judges' recruitment
Lawyers in Rajasthan will hold a statewide bandh on Friday against alleged irregularities in the recruitment of judges. Over 14,000-lawyers in the state have been on strike for over 2-weeks alleging corruption and serious lapses in an exam to recruit district-level judges. The bandh is to press for their demand to scrap the exam and hold a CBI prob...
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Telangana lawyers' protest: Judge resigns?
Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy of Andhra Pradesh High Court has reportedly sent in his resignation to the President in protest against the incidents of the last three days. Over 100 courts in the Telangana region, including the Andhra Pradesh High Court, have been shut for the past three days. That's because lawyers belonging to the region say the...
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Drama at Andhra High Court over reservation issue
Over 100 courts in the Telangana region, including the Andhra Pradesh High Court, have been shut for the past three days. That's because lawyers belonging to the region say they want 42 per cent of all jobs in courts in the region. (Read: Telangana lawyers protest for job quota)The government says people from Telangana are already adequately ...
