The Supreme Court today (July 14) issued notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) on a plea seeking permission to use advertisements for lawyers till March 2021 so that other paralegal work can be taken up by them to earn their livelihood amid the COVID 19 pandemic.
Justice PR Ramachandran, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, has sent Rs 10,000 to a lawyer, who has been forced to go back to his village and weave baskets for a living, being out of work due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
Trust has come forward to help advocates who need financial help in the fight against COVID. On Wednesday (July 8) advocate Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Advocate Welfare Committee Trust, informed the Delhi High court.
The BCI petition said that advocates keep contributing on a regular basis during the course of their practice, all that ending up in government coffers. In particular, the petition said, advocates generate funds by way court-fee and advocates welfare funds.
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice in a suit filed by Advocate Ashok Arora challenging the SCBA Resolution dated May 8, suspending him from the post of Secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)
The High Court of Delhi has today adjourned the plea seeking financial aid for needy advocates in the form of ex-gratia of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Fives Thousand Only)
The Bar Council of India on 9th of June, 2020 has issued guidelines to all Centres of Legal Education (CLE), in which it was said that “All Students, except Final year students, will be promoted on the basis of performance of previous year’s marks.
The Bar Council of India has unanimously passed a resolution and guidelines with regard to the Online Examinations in the light of detailed guidelines for conducting examinations issued by the University Grants Commission on April 27, 2020.
The Bar Council of India on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution in its General Council meeting conducted via video conferencing, against the electronic media portal “Live Law”.