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Delhi CM Kejriwal urges court to allow more time with lawyer in jail

Jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday moved a city court urging it to allow him to spend more time with his lawyer in order to prepare for cases pending against him in several parts of the country. Kejriwal moved the application claiming that two meetings every week with his lawyer, as permitted by the court, was not sufficient since he was facing multiple cases in various states and needed more time for consultation. The AAP leader urged the court to increase the number of meetings to five per week. The application is likely to come up for hearing before special judge for ED cases Kaveri Baweja on Friday. The court had on April 1 sent Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The ED has accused the AAP leader of being involved in the "entire conspiracy of Delhi liquor scam, in drafting and implementation of the policy, for favouring and benefiting from the quid pro, receiving kickbacks and .

Drugs planted to frame lawyer: Former IPS officer Bhatt gets 20 yrs in jail

A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer. Bhatt, who is already behind bars in a custodial death case, was held guilty of falsely implicating a Rajasthan-based lawyer by claiming, in 1996, that police had seized drugs from a hotel room in Palanpur where the lawyer was staying. Bhatt, who was sacked from the force in 2015, was serving as the superintendent of police of Banaskantha district at the time. Additional District and Sessions Judge J N Thakkar convicted Bhatt on Wednesday under relevant sections of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Indian Penal Code. The quantum of punishment was announced on Thursday.

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Donald Trump barred from attacking jurors, lawyers in hush-money trial

Trump is accused in the case of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, part of an alleged scheme to keep voters in the dark

Prince Harry's lawyer implicates Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping

Prince Harry's lawyer levelled explosive new allegations Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch was aware of cover-ups at his British tabloids that used unlawful techniques to spy on the Duke of Sussex and others. Attorney David Sherborne said Murdoch was among the executives who were aware that public statements made about phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering at News Group Newspapers were untrue. Harry and other claimants, including actor Hugh Grant, sought during the first of a three-day hearing in the High Court to amend their lawsuit against the publisher to include allegations that there was an effort to conceal and destroy evidence. It is inferred that they would not have been carrying out this extensive concealment and destruction strategy without the knowledge and approval of Rupert Murdoch, Sherborne said in a court filing. Defence lawyer Anthony Hudson said the proposed changes to the case were unnecessary and seemed aimed at campaigning against the tabloid press

Impossible to post bond covering $454 mn fraud verdict: Trump's lawyers

Donald Trump's lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. The former president's lawyers wrote in a court filing that obtaining an appeal bond in the full amount of the judgment is not possible under the circumstances presented. With interest, Trump owes $456.8 million. In all, he and co-defendants including his company and top executives owe $467.3 million. To obtain a bond, they would be required to post collateral worth $557 million, Trump's lawyers said. A state appeals court judge ruled last month that Trump must post a bond covering the full amount to pause enforcement of the judgment, which is to begin on March 25. Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in February that Trump, his company and top executives, including his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., schemed for years to deceive banks and insurers by inflating his wealth on financial statements used to .

Tesla investors write to judge who voided Elon Musk's mega-pay plan

The state judiciary's ethics code "prohibits me from considering" the letters from non-parties in the litigation "who claim to hold stock in Tesla,"she wrote to lawyers on both sides

Fali S Nariman: A fearless advocate with unmatched eloquence and tenacity

The illustrious career if Nariram, a stalwart in the field of law, spanned several decades, leaving an indelible mark on India's legal landscape

Gyanvapi built on remains of temple: Petitioners' lawyer cites ASI survey

The ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi complex here suggests that the mosque was built on remains of a pre-existing temple, claimed counsel for the Hindu side Vishnu Shankar Jain on Thursday. Jain told reporters that copies of the survey report consisting of 839 pages were made available to the parties concerned by the court late Thursday evening. The survey report makes it clear that the mosque was built on remains of a pre-existing temple by demolishing it in the past, he said. He also claimed that the survey report has sufficient evidence of existence of a temple over which the mosque was built. A total of 11 people, including from both the Hindu and the Muslim sides, earlier in the day applied in the court to get the ASI survey report on the Gyanvapi complex adjoining the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Will be on verge of victory: Hindu advocate on ASI report in Gyanvapi case

Vishnu Jain told ANI that the ASI survey report will clarify whether it is a 'Shivling' or fountain

Rajasthan HC dismisses PIL challenging swearing-in of deputy CMs

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the "swearing-in" of Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa as deputy chief ministers by claiming that the Constitution does not recognise this post. Petitioner Om Prakash Solanki, a lawyer, had also sought cancellation of the appointments. A bench headed by Acting (designated) Chief Justice MM Srivastava held that there was no substantial material in the PIL and it was only a publicity stunt by the advocate. The court dismissed the PIL and also imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 to be paid by the petitioner to the state government. The PIL was filed on December 16, a day after Kumari and Biarwa took oath along with Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma.

Judiciary pillar of democracy, should have spirit of service: CM Bhajanlal

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Saturday said the judiciary is playing an important role as a strong pillar of democracy and exhorted lawyers to work with a spirit of service by helping provide timely justice to victims. Sharma was addressing the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected executive of The Bar Association Jaipur. "The Indian judiciary is highly respected in the world today due to the important contribution of lawyers in the freedom movement to the making of the Constitution. This pleasant result has been possible only due to the work done by the lawyers in the interest of society," an official statement quoted the chief minister as saying on the occasion. He said advocates have a very high status in the society. "By living in the society, they remain aware of their problems and work with commitment to provide them timely justice. Besides, they also work to connect the society". Sharma said lawyers should perform the duty of providing timely justice to t

SC upholds HC cap order on visits by prisoners' families, legal advisers

Here's a lowdown on the important cases heard in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court today

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Raymond independent directors hire lawyer to protect minority shareholders

Company's interests 'paramount consideration', they say as fight between chairman Gautam Singhania and his estranged wife pulls down market value

Biden administration slow to act as millions booted off Medicaid: Advocates

Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid programme, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is not doing enough to stop. The projections from the health consulting firm Avalere come as states undertake a sweeping re-evaluation of the 94 million people enrolled in Medicaid, government's health insurance for the neediest Americans. A host of problems have surfaced across the country, including hours-long phone wait times in Florida, confusing government forms in Arkansas, and children wrongly dropped from coverage in Texas. Those people were destined to fail, said Trevor Hawkins, an attorney for Legal Aid of Arkansas. Hawkins helped hundreds of people navigate their Medicaid eligibility in Arkansas, as state officials worked to swiftly disenroll about 420,000 people in six months' time. He raised problems with Arkansas' process like forms that wrongly told people they needed to reapply for .

Plea challenging designation of lawyers as senior advocates dismissed by SC

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the designation of lawyers as senior advocates. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul delivered its verdict on a plea filed by advocate Mathews J Nedumpara and seven others. The petitioners had challenged sections 16 and 23 (5) of the Advocates Act, 1961, claiming these "creates two classes of lawyers, senior advocates and other advocates, which in actual practice has resulted in unthinkable catastrophe and inequities which Parliament certainly would not have contemplated or foreseen". While section 16 of the Advocates Act pertains to senior and other advocates, section 23 (5) says senior advocates shall have pre-audience over other lawyers and their right of pre-audience inter se shall be determined by their respective seniority. The plea had claimed that designation of lawyers as senior advocates, which is "creating a special class of advocates with special rights, privileges and status not available to ordinary

Ranbir requests week's time: ED lawyer on summon issued over Mahadev app

"The procedure is that if one does not appear on the called date then we issue the summon again," he added

Rajasthan CM Gehlot issues apology for 'corruption' remark in judiciary

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot submitted an affidavit in the Rajasthan High Court, tendering an 'unconditional apology' for his remarks suggesting widespread corruption in the judiciary