SCBA President letter to CJI
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“The purpose of the letter is to promote a unified voice within the Bar, ensuring seamless collaboration and respect of institutional integrity, while maintaining harmony between the Bar and Bench”.

SCBA Elections Women reservation
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The Court directed that SCBA Elections shall be held on 20-05-2025 and the result shall be declared preferably on the same date or on 21-05-2025.

UIA Seminar
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The Union Internationale des Avocats (‘UIA’) has organized a two- day seminar on the theme ‘India Ahead: Exploring legal, regulatory and geopolitical updates impacting FDI in the world’s fastest growing economy’. The seminar will be held at the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’), Delhi High Court, on 29th and 30th March, 2025.

UIA Seminar
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The Union Internationale des Avocats (‘UIA’) has organized a two- day seminar on the theme ‘India Ahead: Exploring legal, regulatory and geopolitical updates impacting FDI in the world’s fastest growing economy’. The seminar will be held at the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (‘DIAC’), Delhi High Court, on 29th and 30th March, 2025.

Supreme Court appearance
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“A right of an Advocate to appear for a party and to practice in the Courts is coupled with the duty to remain present in the Court at the time of hearing, and to participate and conduct the proceedings diligently, sincerely, honestly and to the best of his ability. Rights and duties are two sides of the same coin, and they are inherently connected with each other.”

Senior designation process
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The Bench was dealing with the issue of whether the law and the procedure laid down by the Court regarding the designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 required reconsideration.

Presence of advocates
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“Based on the counsel’s presence in the proceedings, the advocates may be entitled to certain benefits such as allotment of chamber, designation of senior advocates and others. In the long run, if the advocates who are not present in the Court are permitted to mark their presence, it may have adverse impact on those Bar members who are appearing regularly.”

SCBA reforms
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In the previous order, the Supreme Court also directed the Executive Committee to compile all the suggestions received from members of the Bar and place it on record

women reservation in SCBA
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Supreme Court clarified that reservation is only to guarantee a minimum and women members of the SCBA, subject to their eligibility, be entitled to contest the election for all the posts in the Executive Committee.

Advocate Vikas Singh
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Interviewed by Khushi

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The Supreme Court observed that such matters cannot be resolved by the application of judicial standards and have to be taken up on the administrative side of the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court: A three-Judge Bench of L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. is considering a writ petition seeking to