NALSAR student protest controversy: BCI has no disciplinary jurisdiction over law students; power rests with university, educational institution: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Bar Council of India (BCI) has no jurisdiction to take disciplinary action against students pursuing legal education, holding that such power rests with the university or educational institution in which they are enrolled and that the statutory body’s regulatory authority over an individual comes into […]

Graham Staines murder case: Convict’s remission plea rejected, Odisha tells SC

New Delhi, Sept. 17: The Odisha government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it had rejected the plea of Rabindra Kumar Pal alias Dara Singh for remission of sentence and premature release from prison in the 1999 murder case of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons. A bench comprising Justice […]