Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 24 (ANI): Central government on Friday told Kerala High Court that exemption from lockdown, imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, cannot be granted to lawyers.
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Senior lawyers and Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha have written to President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, alleging 'undemocratic and unconstitutional functioning in Madhya Pradesh, not of a government, but of a one-man show.'
London [UK], April 20 (ANI): Human rights advocates fear that the Chinese authorities have been secretly terrorising lawyers and activists speaking up about the coronavirus outbreak and are being branded as enemies of the state in the process.
London [UK], April 13 (ANI): One of Julian Assange's lawyers, Stella Moris, has made a shocking revelation that the that the WikiLeaks founder has secretly fathered two children with her while hiding out at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Astor (Gilgit) [Paskistan], April 12 (ANI): The Pakistan government and its intelligence agency, the Inter-State Intelligence (ISI), are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to lock up anti-establishment lawyers in the region justifying it as "quarantine".
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The FIR over the congregation at Markaz Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, which has become the epicenter of COVID-19 spread, has been lodged under bailable offenses and the accused in the matter can get bail from the police station itself, say lawyers.
Washington D.C. [USA], April 6 (ANI): American rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, after getting out of the prison, is vowing on his best social media behaviour. His lawyers said that the rapper won't troll other artists, because the federal authorities are watching his actions.
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Lawyers of Maulana Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi have said that Tablighi Jamaat did not defy any order and a false FIR has been registered against its chief.
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): In the wake of the lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 outbreak, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association on Thursday decided to disburse Rs 1,000 each to the lawyers with less than 10 years of court experience.
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of all states seeking financial assistance for young and financially stressed lawyers across the country in the wake of coronavirus.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Advocates Association (TNAA) on Monday wrote to Madras High Court Chief Justice AP Sahi requesting him to temporarily suspend all court proceedings across the state to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The executive committee of the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association (SCAORA) has passed a resolution that its members will not be appearing in the court till April 4 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns in cities.