This marks a turning point in the fight for gender equality and women’s leadership within the legal profession. For years, the AAB—the bar association for the Karnataka High Court and Bangalore District Courts—has been dominated by men.
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Defending the Right to Defend: Pressures on the Jadgalpur Legal Aid Group
On October 5, 2015, the Bastar Bar Association in its General Body Meeting passed a resolution prohibiting any lawyer who is not enrolled in the State Bar Council or enrolled in the local bar from practicing in the local Court. The Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group which was established in 2013 and has ever since been working for the cause of the Adivasis in Chhattisgarh has been greatly affected by this resolution.