SC bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna to hear plea seeking verification of EVMs, ET LegalWorld
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna will hear a plea filed by former Haryana minister and five-time MLA Karan Singh Dalal seeking a policy for the verification of Electronic Voting Machines. When the matter came up for hearing on Friday before Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan, the bench said the case […]
SC says fake advocates a serious issue, seeks status of verification in 8 weeks, ET LegalWorld
With a sizeable percentage of 1.5 million advocates in India feared to be fake, the Supreme Court Thursday expressed serious concerns over the delay in weeding out imposters who dupe gullible litigants and asked Bar Council of India (BCI) to file a status report on the verification drive it had undertaken over nine years ago. […]
Bar Council of India launches nationwide verification to combat fake law degrees, ET LegalWorld
The Bar Council of India has directed all State Bar Councils to prioritize and complete a comprehensive verification process of all advocates on their rolls, according to media reports. Any instances of fake or fraudulent enrollment must be promptly referred to the Bar Council of India under Section 26(1) of the Advocates Act, 1961. Noncompliance […]
BCI directs nationwide verification of advocates amid growing fake degree cases, ET LegalWorld
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has taken cognizance of a deeply concerning report from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, identifying 13 instances of fake law degrees. Subsequent internal investigations suggest that this problem is systemic, with evidence pointing to over several hundred additional cases of fraudulent enrollments in Delhi alone. The prevalence of such […]
NCLAT upholds rejection of delayed claim, allows verification during plan implementation, ET LegalWorld
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi upheld an adjudicating authority’s order which rejected a claim which was filed after four years from approval of the Resolution Plan by the Committee of Creditors. However, The appellate tribunal allowed appellants claim subject to verification while implementation of the plan. The adjudicating authority relied on M/S […]