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Dec 19, 2023

In a First, Delhi High Court Bar Association Honours Litigants in Landmark Cases; Confers 'Fight ...

The Delhi High Court Bar Association with Live4Freedom LLP organised first edition of 'Fight for Justice Awards 2023' to honour litigants who have won cases resulting in landmark judgments.
Former Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. Ramana, was the Chief Guest of the event which will be held annually.
Justice Ramana was joined by Delhi High Court Bar Association's President, Senior Advocate Mohit Mathur; Vice President, Advocate Jatan Singh and Hony.
Awardees of the first Fight for Justice Awards, 2023 are as follows: Criminal Cases Category: Asha Devi (Mother of Nirbhaya who was gang raped in 2012), Women Cases Category: Shayara Bano (woman who fought the case against the practice of triple talaq), Administration and Governance Cases Category: Commander Annie Nagaraja and Commander Priya Khurana (women who fought case regarding permanent commission to female officers of armed forces in India), Labour Cases Category: Bezwada Wilson (Indian activist and one of the founders and National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan who fought for rights of manual scavengers) and others.
The nominees for the eight categories were shortlisted through a rigorous process by a team of legal researchers comprising of Ananya Khanna (Law Researcher a/w Justice Siddharth Mridul) High Court, Aehsas Puri (Law Researcher a/w Justice Hima Kohli), Siddharth Singh (Independent Counsel), Abhishek Budhiraja (Law Researcher a/w former Justice Poonam A Bamba) and Rohit Sharma (Independent Counsel).
The eight categories are: Criminal Cases Category, Women Cases Category, Administration and Governance Cases Category, Labour Cases Category, Environmental Cases Category, Specially Abled Person Cases Category, Child Rights Cases Category and Lifetime Achievement Category.

Dec 18, 2023

Delhi Riots Cases: Amit Prasad Resigns as Special Public Prosecutor

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad, who had been appearing for Delhi Police in the Delhi Riots 2020 cases, resigned from his role as the special public prosecutor (SPP).
As SPP, Amit Prasad was the face of the prosecution in the Delhi Riots matters and had argued in the much-highlighted conspiracy case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the murder case of Akbari Begum and the Sedition case against Sharjeel Imam.
Prasad was also appointed as SPP in the Shraddha Walkar murder case for which he will continue to appear.

Vikas Malik is President of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association

Advocate Vikas Malik won the president's post in the election held for the executive body of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association by clinching 1,536 votes. Malik defeated Onkar Singh Batalvi by 688 votes.
For the post of vice-president, Jasdev Singh Brar was elected with 1,618 votes and for the post of secretary, Swaran Singh Tiwana won by securing 2,142 votes. Parveen Dahiya was elected as joint secretary by securing 1,604 votes. The post of treasurer was won by Sunny Namdev, who polled the highest 2,673 votes.
Advocate Rohit Khullar was elected as the new president of the Chandigarh District Bar Association (DBA) in the elections held at District Courts Complex, Sector 43.
Chandan Sharma was elected as vice-president by bagging 867 votes and Parminder Singh secretary with 402 votes. The post of joint secretary went to Simranjit Kaur, who got 978 votes, while Vijay Kumar was elected as treasurer with 1,095 votes.

Dec 12, 2023

Article 370 was a Temporary Provision, Says SC as it Upholds its Abrogation

The Supreme Court (SC) unanimously upheld the Centre's abrogation of Article 370, stating that the article was a temporary provision and the state of Jammu & Kashmir did not retain any element of sovereignty after its accession to India in 1948. It said that Article 370 was a feature of asymmetric federalism.
However, the court said that the Centre amended the laws in J&K beyond its power. It directed the Election Commission (EC) to hold polls in J&K by September 30, 2024.
The apex court also upheld the reorganisation of Ladakh as the Union Territory, as Article 3 allows it.

Dec 11, 2023

E. K. Kumaresan is Additional Advocate General of Meghalaya

The Governor of Meghalaya appointed Advocate E. K. Kumaresan as the Additional Advocate General in Supreme Court to represent the State of Meghalaya. He enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1993 and started practising at the Madras High Court and later started appearing in the Supreme Court as well.

Dec 10, 2023

Rishab Gupta, Dipen Sabharwal, Manish Aggarwal Feature in Global Arbitration Review '45 under 45'...

Indian lawyer Rishab Gupta featured in the '45 under 45' list by Global Arbitration Review (GAR).
This was the third edition of the list by GAR; the other two were published in 2006 and 2011. Notably, Rishab is the first India-based practitioner on the list.
The edition also features two practitioners of Indian origin who are based in the United Kingdom - Dipen Sabharwal and Manish Aggarwal.
Sabharwal is a Partner at White & Case and also serves as Country Practice Head of India country practice group. Aggarwal is a Partner in London Office of Three Crowns.
Gupta is an independent counsel based in Mumbai and a barrister and full member of Twenty Essex.

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