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Reflecting on nearly five decades in the legal profession, from manual typewriters to AI, Sir Geoffrey warned that the competition to develop national AI capabilities is simultaneously a competition to preserve the influence of established legal systems, and that courts which resist this reality risk making themselves irrelevant.
From Brexit to the erosion of US institutional independence, a former Downing Street Chief of Staff, a former Lord Chancellor and a former US Ambassador agreed that the rule of law must now be actively defended — not assumed — at a time when legal institutions face unprecedented political challenge.
At LIDW26, Mr. Sean West examined how geopolitical fragmentation, legal uncertainty and rapid advances in artificial intelligence are creating an increasingly “unruly” world and reshaping the future of international dispute resolution.
“Instead of tendering an unqualified apology, has tried to contest his act of solemnizing the second marriage during the pendency of the above appeal and stay having been granted therein.”
Day 1 of the 4th IBA India Litigation and ADR Symposium explored key issues shaping India’s legal landscape, including the rule of law, judicial independence, access to justice, and cross-border dispute resolution.
The observations came in an appeal against the Bombay High Court ruling wherein the binding precedent in Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra (2014) 3 SCC 430 was not followed.
“Apology made by the petitioner in person has got no doubt in mind that contemner in the present case has given or tendered a sincere apology and has satisfied the Court of his undertaking to never repeat such an act again.”
“The FIR in question was registered in 2007, but the cancellation report was prepared in 2007/2009 but the same has not been presented till the intervention of this Court.”
“If the State, whose duty it was to bring the offenders to justice, took sides with an accused and permitted him to dictate the manner in which the investigation against him was to progress, it would be antithetical to the concept of ‘the rule of law’.”
“The fundamental right to have access to courts of law is enabled largely through advocates. If advocates are attacked for drafting complaints, the rule of law will suffer.”
In a compelling lecture hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in collaboration with 39 Essex Chambers, Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai, reflected on the judiciary’s vital role in safeguarding the rule of law, particularly in the context of resolving commercial disputes.
Vidhi Tamil Nadu announced the inaugural Rule of Law Annual Lecture, featuring Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (Retd.)
Justice C.T. Ravikumar’s journey from a young graduate in Zoology to a distinguished judge of the Supreme Court exemplifies his dedication, passion, and exceptional legal prowess and serves as an inspiration for aspiring legal professionals.
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur through its Centre for WTO & WIPO Studies, School for Law and Technology
In the instant matter, the State Bar Council of MP issued a communication calling on lawyers in the State to abstain from judicial work in order to protest against the High Court’s scheme mandating the disposal of 25 oldest cases every quarter.
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
The Court stated that even though the right to property is no longer a fundamental right and was never a natural right, it must be accepted that without the right to property, other rights become illusory.
“The opportunity to the petitioner to file a reply to the show cause notice was therefore a mere eye wash, and nothing more.”
No reasonable body of persons or a prudent government or public body can overlook such glaring aspects that a person who is a defaulter of such enormous public money can be recognised to even continue to be a contractor irrespective of its existing contracts which are lucrative toll contracts awarded by public bodies / Governments. Would it not amount to a daylight fraud on the public exchequer ?