Chennai , Mar 14( BPNS) Prof Dr.S.Sivakumar, senior professor , Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and Former member of Law Commission of India has been elected as the President of Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CELA). Prof Sivakumar is the second Indian to adorn this prestigious posting after the legal luminary , Prof .N.R.Madhava Menon. He is a […]
Chennai, Feb 27 (BPNS) Senior lawyer of Madras High Court, Advocate Lakshminarayanan was sworn in as the additional judge of the Madras High Court on Monday. Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Justice T. Raja administered him the oath of office at the Madras High Court premises. It may be noted that the Central […]
Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) The executive summary of a 39-volume detailed study on the ‘Police System in India’ which was a massive undertaking of 75 academicians and 75 researchers was submitted to the Prime Minister. The Attorney General of India, R.Venkataramani was also present. The head of the project Dr. S. Shivakumar who is a […]
Chennai, Feb 2 (BPNS) A group of 21 lawyers from Tamil Nadu has written a petition to the President of India, Draupadi Murmu requesting her to reconsider the Supreme Court collegium recommendation of elevating advocate Victoria Gowri as Madras High Court judge. The advocates which include seniors like R.Vaigai, V. Suresh and NGR Prasad have […]
Thiruvananthapuram, January 30,( BPNS) With the speeding bike claiming two more lives at the Kovalam bypass route within the capital city limits, the State Human Rights Commission has stepped in. The Commission has asked the concerned to submit a report on the steps taken by them to control speeding by bikes. It was on Sunday that […]
Chennai, Jan 28 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has released 60 prisoners prematurely as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ scheme to celebrate the 75th year of Indian independence. According to the Tamil Nadu Jail department 11 prisoners were released from Puzhal central prison, 12 prisoners from Cuddalore and 12 prisoners from Coimbatore central prisons, […]
New Delhi, Dec 11 (BPNS) The Vice President of India, Hon. Jagdeep Dhankar released the latest book of Prof Dr. S. Sivakumar, ” The Law Commission of India on Criminal Justice Reforms.” at an August function here. Attorney General of India,Shri.R. Venkataramani on December 2nd at Vice President House. Dr. Sivakumar is a former member […]
Chennai , Dec 6( BPNS) The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has suspended nine lawyers on charges of job fraud and child abduction. They will not be able to practice before any courts and tribunals till the disciplinary proceedings initiated against them are disposed. The Bar Council had taken disciplinary proceedings against the […]
Chennai, Dec 2 (BPNS) Union Law minister Kiran Rijiju said that the use of regional languages in Indian courts will help common people assess justice in their respective languages. He was delivering the convocation address of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) in Chennai on Friday. He said that he was against imposing one […]
Chennai, Oct 18( BPNS) The Justice Arumugasamy commission that probed the death of former Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa tabled its report in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday. The commission has ordered an inquiry on V.K. Sasikala, former aide of Jayalalithaa, former health minister, C. Vijayabhaskar and former health secretary, Dr.J.Radhakrishnan and Dr.C. Sivakumar. It […]
