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Teaching law in regional languages can improve access to legal system: CJI | India News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: Chief Justice of India Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said law students should be well-versed with regional languages and laws related to regional issues so that people's access to the legal system can be improved.Addressing the third convocation of Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow, Justice DY Chandrachud underscored the importance of imparting legal education in easy language, asserting that it is currently a shortcoming in the legal profession.Citing an analysis done by the research department of the Supreme Court on 81 universities and colleges, the CJI said, "It was found that common people experience hurdles in understanding their rights and schemes meant for them as they do not know English.""This means that in law universities, legal educa...

Senior advocates urge CJI for open court hearing of same-sex marriage verdict review | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and N K Kaul, on Tuesday, made an appeal before chief justice of India D Y Chandrachud, for an open court hearing of several petitions requesting a review of the supreme court's October 2023 decision refusing to legalize same-sex marriage are scheduled to be heard in chambers on Wednesday.In response to the senior advocates' request for an open court hearing in the "public interest," the CJI said that review petitions are considered in chambers, and a constitution bench will address the merits of the pleas.The decision to hear review petitions in open court is also made by judges in chambers, without the presence of lawyers.The supreme court will reconsider its previous judgment on same-sex marriage, with two new judges replacing the rec...

Supreme Court to revisit same-sex marriage ruling on July 10 | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear petitions demanding a review of the apex court's judgement that had refused to legalise same-sex marriage, on July 10.A five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Hima Kohli, BV Nagarathna, and PS Narsimha will preside over the review hearings. var _mfq = window._mfq || []; _mfq.push(["setVariable", "toi_titan", window.location.href]); !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; } (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.p...