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Top 10 Interesting Facts About Supreme Court of India

Top 10 Interesting Facts About Supreme Court of India Indian Judicial system is one of the largest in the world and it is led by the Supreme Court of India which is the apex body in the judiciary system. It came into existence on 26th Jan 2018. It is laid down in Part V of chapter V of the Constitution of India from articles 124 to 127. It functions as the custodian of the Constitution. It is the uppermost body which listens to the appeal against verdicts of the High courts of the state and union territories. The Chief Justice of India works as the supreme governing official at Supreme Court. Interesting Facts about Supreme Court of India 1. The Federal court of India which was established by the Government of India Act 1935 and the Privy Council, which were the supreme judicial body in India pre Independence. Supreme court of India was established on 28 January 1950. 2. From 1937-1950 Chamber of Princes (A part of parliament premises at present) was used as the bench...

Alumni of Government Law College in Mumbai.

Alumni of Government Law College in Mumbai. In this series, we will discuss the Alumni of famous law colleges in India. The first one in the series is Government Law College in Mumbai which has produced some of the most famous jurists that India has ever seen. 1.   Soli Sorabjee Soli Sorabjee pursued his studies in law from Government Law College, Mumbai and was admitted to the bar in 1953. At his law school, Sorabjee was awarded the Kinloch Forbes Gold Medal in Roman Law and Jurisprudence.   In 1971, he was designated as a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He also served as the Solicitor General of India from 1977-1980 and served as the Attorney General of India from 1998-2004.   Some famous and important cases fought by him include - Maneka Gandhi, Keshavananda Bharati, IR Coelho, SR Bommai, BP Singhal etc. 2.           Fali Sam Nariman Fali Sam Nariman got his degree in law in 1950, from th...

5 Most Celebrated Female Lawyers in India

5 Most Celebrated Female Lawyers in India. The field of law has been highly populated with the male lawyers for a very long time, like every other field. But time changes and women started to become educated. They conquered the fields which were meant to be men’s forte. One of them the field of law which was highly male dominated but there are some women advocates who not only empowered themselves but also fought for the rights of others . 1.    Menaka Guruswamy B eing an advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Menaka Guruswamy has dedicated her life to the cause of serving the justice. She believes in the quote, "to advocate, for those who cannot tell their own stories, to defend those whose freedom is in peril, to prod a nation to ask of itself: for whom am I, and for what was I created?". She has worked a lot on Constitutional Law and has played an instrumental role in defending a provision in the Right to Education Act. The law made it compulsory that all p...

Who are Corporate Lawyers?

Who are Corporate Lawyers? The corporate sector has shown a rapid growth in a few decades and because of that corporate laws have been made to make sure that everything is being done in an ethical way in a corporation. To make sure of that, corporate lawyers are there who are the keepers of the corporate laws. While working for a corporation and also make sure that transactions are clear and legal. Also, they make sure that corporation is following the rules and regulations’ set by the government. They have to make sure that if a transaction made by a corporation does not conflict with local, state or central government. To be a good corporate lawyer one should have a good knowledge of the statutory law and regulations passed by the government agencies to guide their clients to achieve their goals within ethical ways . The lawyer has to make sure that a transaction does not conflict with the local, state, or central laws. Unlike the adversarial nature of trial law, corpo...

5 Movies That Showed Almost Real Indian Courtrooms.

Indian cinema always had a great fascination with the courtroom drama and they have also produced some masterpieces in that genre. Some of them were typical Bollywood style movies which were less of a logic but also there are movies which showed Indian courtroom drama almost close to the reality, if not the exact truth. The path a lawyer has to go through to show the truth to the world is really worth a thousand salutes. This blog is kind of tribute to the lawyers. 1.     Pink In this 2016 thriller drama. The legendary Amitabh Bachchan played the role of a criminal lawyer who goes through several situations to save the dignity and honour of three girls who are accused of almost killing a rich brat but reality is whole different This movie showed the importance of a lawyer in a society which needs a lawyer as the saviour of the truth. 2.  Court This Marathi movie shows the story of an old music artist who gets accused of a bizarre ...