Today, On 31st October, The Supreme Court ruled that investigating agencies must not summon advocates representing the accused, stressing that “such summons could infringe fundamental rights of the accused” and violate statutory provisions protecting lawyer-client confidentiality under Section 132 and the new BNSS framework.
The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on petitions regarding the Telangana Assembly Speaker’s delay in ruling on the disqualification of BRS MLAs who defected to Congress. Arguments emphasized the need for a timely decision, highlighting the Speaker’s previous controversial statements on potential by-elections and legislative immunity.
NEW DELHI: Senior Advocate Indira Jaising told the Supreme Court on Thursday that she does not support the idea of conducting interviews to designate lawyers as Senior Advocates. She clarified that she never made such a suggestion in 2017, yet the Supreme Court included an interview process in its judgment and assigned 25 marks for it.
