The Supreme Court has questioned the Bar Council of India over its claim that “criminals have started entering the legal profession” while defending denial of enrollment to law graduates with pending criminal cases. The Court said such a restriction may not be valid without a clear law under the Advocates Act.
Madras High Court Justice GR Swaminathan G.R. Swaminathan criticised Madurai authorities for failing to light the Karthigai Deepam atop Thiruparankundram Hillock despite clear court directions issued. He said he respects court orders unlike those officials, stressing accountability within the Madras High Court system today.
Film producer Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor have approached the Madras High Court over a civil dispute involving 4.7 acres of land purchased by late actress Sridevi in Chennai in 1988. The High Court has stayed proceedings in the lower court and will hear the Kapoor family’s plea on March 26.
