The legal battle over criminal cases registered against protesters associated with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has widened, with Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar approaching the Supreme Court seeking permission to withdraw or quash cases arising from the protests held in July. The development follows the Centre’s move to seek the quashing of 13...
A fresh leadership dispute has emerged within the Bar Council of India (BCI), with its Co-Chairman and senior advocate Y.R. Sadashiva Reddy calling for the resignation of BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra. Reddy has raised serious concerns over the functioning of the council and cited the recent controversy involving students of the National Academy of...
The controversy surrounding students of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) in Hyderabad has taken a dramatic turn, moving from a campus dispute over the university’s convocation to a wider debate over student expression, institutional authority and the independence of legal education. The dispute began after a section of NALSAR students objected...