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Chief justices of Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala and Kerala high courts elevated to Supreme Court (SC) along with Bombay High Court’s Ranjana Desai who will be sworn in tomorrow as the second woman SC justice serving the apex court currently [The Hindu]
IDIA diversity initiative second free national aptitude test for low-income law aspirants now open, expects 1,500 [IDIA]
Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority and National Legal Services Authority organise training for 15,000 lawyers and launch free legal aid cell in Amity University [TOI]
P H Parekh, Pinky Anand, P P Rao amongst other Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) members attend international conference in Pakistan, discuss bilateral issues and judiciary [The Nation]
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Competition Commission of India (CCI) orders DLF cease and desist in second project, Gurgaon this time, to rework customer contracts [ET / Main Order / Supplementary order]
Following Legally India’s July report, Singhania has now filed its COMPAT appeal after losing in its Microsoft competition law challenge [TOI / Legally India]
Gov’t to introduce new Sports Bill to regulate BCCI and others and put them under RTI [TOI]
Satyam Raja & co remain banged up, bail dismissed by AP HC [TOI]
Shah Rukh Khan’s BMW is a “commercial vehicle” and can claim 50% depreciation tax break, rules Bombay HC [Indian Express]
Miss Universe India and Symbiosis law grad Vasuki Sunkavalli gets tweeting, after brief tutorial from Wall Street Journal [WSJ] (via @gkjohn & @mumbaicentral)
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PIL challenging UK Sinha’s SEBI appointment to be re-filed, exclude finance minister says SC [Mint]
BCI denied affiliation to 21 colleges in 2010-11, only one in previous year and eight in 2008-9, says Kursheed [PIB]
Bombay HC rules for clothes seller against BMC in request for licence to sell pre-cooked food [DNA]
Mining suspended by SC in two more K’tka districts [Hindu]
NUJS Kolkata submits comments on draft national competition policy [Draft]
“Young members of the Bar will be encouraged provided they are prepared to argue their case”: B’lore HC motivational posters catch RamJet’s eye [IBN]
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Bombay High Court turns 150: senior advocate TR Andhyarujina celebrates with an ode and potted history [Hindu]
Two editorials in Express family papers today condemn SC’s new journalist control rules; But for Mint and Express other MSM remain strangely mute [Financial Express / Indian Express]
Former Amarchand COO Bithika Anand’s consulting firm Legal League Consulting enters into strategic alliance with Edge International [Press release]
K’tka HC sets aside compensation for Mangalore Air India crash [IBN]
Chargesheets land on Amar Singh, politicians and aides in nuclear cash-for-votes scam [Hindu]
Special Delhi HC bench to hear Reliance KG basin gov’t ‘cheating’ allegations [UNI]
Hearings close on whether gov’t covertly tried to keep CBI out of RTI ambit, verdict soon [TOI]
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Supreme Court may ban journalists without law degrees at “sole discretion” of CJI, could bar 80% of correspondents [Indian Express / Mint / New SC norms]
Karnataka HC instructs former judge to monitor investigation into 10-year-old irregularities in Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) [ExpressBuzz]
Third CBI 2G chargesheet only ready by mid-September [Hindu Business Line]
Opinion by Christ Univ student: Lokpal bill will head towards death [Indiatogether]
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SC hears PIL to exclude ‘creamy layer’ in SC/ST reservations: oversteps judicial boundary or filling in weakness left by democracy? [Hindu]
UP gov’t petitions SC to clarify whether Reliance KG gas taxable in state or in Centre [HT]
Delaying complaint by a few days is not defence to sexual assault, says Bombay HC [DNA]
SC rules for farmers in Ghaziabad 28,000 acre land acquisition case for leather works, nullifies deal [Law et al]
Who will judge the judges? Good summary of recent judicial activism and corruption at the bench [India Today]
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Rajya Sabha votes in force for Justice Soumitra Sen’s impeachment for misappropriating Rs 33 lakh in 1983 [Mint] NUJS to get involved [TOI]
Herbert Smith’s India chairman Chris Parsons is cycling 2,500 km through Europe to raise $250,000 for Loomba Foundation, which offers education to Indian poor widows’ children; $78k more to hit target [Loomba Foundation]
Justice Yadav arrest stayed by High Court in cash-in-bag scam [TOI]
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) is challenging the Rs 550 crore abuse of dominance penalty before the CCI’s appellate tribunal COMPAT [TOI] Amarchand, Vaish and P&A advising.
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure challenges that company is subject to Right to Information (RTI) for providing “essential public service” [ET]
Bombay club Trilogy fights against late opening police crackdown, Bombay HC agrees dancing is not necessarily obscene [TOI]
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Justice Soumitra Sen held court in parliament yesterday in the first day of the impeachment proceedings [The Hindu / TOI]
SC cautions police that “preventative arrest” only if “an offence cannot otherwise be prevented” [The Hindu]
Jaipur lawyers were latest to strike for Anna Hazare following similar protests throughout country, while Gujarat CJ intervenes [TOI / Law et al]
SC says central universities must fix cut-off marks for OBCs 10 per cent below general category [IndiaToday]
Gov’t says guidelines that judges on foreign trips must “politely refuse” offered cups of coffee were necessary [DNA]
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MCA wants CCI, departments to harmonise competition law powers under draft “national competition policy”, comments invited [Mint / MCA draft]
How to impeach a judge: an FAQ on eve of Justice Sen’s possible impeachment [Rediff / Watch debate live (via Law and Other Things)]
SC hears gov’t plea to undo black money special investigation team (SIT) [Law et al]
Law minister on Anna Hazare: “Nobody has ever been as kind to a person who has been agitating, as we have been. I have not known of anyone released from prison after 6 PM ever in my life as a lawyer.” [ET]
CJI Kapadia, Manmohan Singh agree that corruption can not be rooted out with magic wand [India Today]
74-year-old wins writ petition back pay 20 years after early retirement caused by clerical error [TOI]
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Competition Commission of India (CCI) fines DLF Rs 600 crore (7% of turnover) for abusing dominant position against residential buyers [PTI / CCI order]
Andaman & Nicobar bar association protests appointment of young Kolkata-based son of senior SC Justice Altaman Kabir as special public prosecutor for the islands [Andaman Chronicle]
Kasab sentencer Ranjana Desai to become second woman on apex bench; Gujarat & Karnataka CJ also elevated to SC [DNA / Hindu]
Laws under which Lokpal activist Anna Hazare was detained today (FYI: s107, 141 of CrPc for breach of peace, etc) [ET]
Man in his will gifts 1 acre farmland to Supreme Court for mysterious reasons [TOI]
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Dinakaran tries to withdraw resignation, not accepted by law ministry [TOI]
Ultra vires Bombay HC’s powers to grant MCX equity licence, which lies with SEBI [Financial Express]
P&H HC slaps 16 lawyers with contempt for disturbing court proceedings with protests after loss of temp offices [TOI]
Government wants Bombay High Court to establish anti-seafaring-pirate court [Indian Express]
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Lawyers striking against lower court power transfer interrupts Delhi HC 2G hearing [ET]
Reliance tells CBI that Swan Telecom was not an associated company at the time of the licence issue [Hindu]
SC extends stay on “very polluting” Sterlite plant closure [Law et al]
561 out of 626 districts have constituted “Juvenile Justice Boards” [PIB]
Churchgate’s Mocha and others to challenge in SC Bombay HC upholding of ban on tobacco sales in eateries [DNA]
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Rajya Sabha to impeach corrupt Cal HC judge Soumitra Sen from next week in potential landmark hearings [ET]
Students aggrieved with public office exam scores can now request answer sheets via RTI, says SC [Hindu]
Advocate now claims he was mere conduit in alleged cash-in-bag to P&H HC judge Nirmal Yadav [TOI]
MCX-SX promises to court that promoters will not increase equity beyond 5% [Indian Express]
Stay extended on Ayodhya ruling [DNA]
No audio/video recordings of proceedings allowed: Delhi HC [Law et al]
All Indian courts to convert to open source Ubuntu Linux operating system in future; Court’s e-committee looks super serious [FOSS Everywhere] via @gkjohn
SC justice Altamas Kabir hosted by NLSIU Bangalore in state guest house with stained bed linen and torn towels [Bangalore Mirror]
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LPG cylinder companies claim Competition Commission of India (CCI) failed to maintain confidentiality of business secrets before Delhi HC: “CCI has released my confidential information and great secrets without my permission.” [Law et al]
SC admits two more challenges to Ayodhya Babri verdict: one quotes Hadith [Hindu]
Bombay HC upholds GLC Mumbai first year admissions, despite disagreements over 5% deducation [TOI]
Encounter cops deserve death sentence: SC [Indian Express]
Salman Khan appeal starts today against one-year sentence over chinkara poaching [TOI]
Professor wants Bombay HC to stop people using “wrong word” when singing national anthem (‘Sindh’, rather than ‘Sindhu’) [PTI]
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- One ‘security consultant’ tells CBI that Chinese hackers may be using sites imitating Indian high courts to hack Indian computers [PTI] via @sunil_abraham
- AZB’s Zia Mody chats about life, family, practice [Bloomberg UTV Video (22 minutes)]
- IT Act does not protect intermediaries against copyright violation in T Series-Myspace dispute [Spicy IP, 2 parts]
- Arbitrators in England can be picked on the basis of religion without falling foul of discrimination laws [The Lawyer]
- 10 retired judges club together in Chennai for another mega lok adalat [PTI]
- Uphill struggle: 31% of judicial posts in HCs and SC are vacant, says Khursheed [TOI]
- Himachal advocate general RK Bawa wins local bar council chairmanship [Law et al]
- President Pratibha Patil tells NLSIU Bangalore to make justice more accessible [TOI]
- 17 Ashurst partners drop down the lock step ladder [The Lawyer]
- 13 lawyers stuck in Madras lift [TOI]
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- Allen & Overy sues Indian company Nimbus for recovery of legal fees in Singapore High Court [Bloomberg]
- Land Acquisition act is a fraud devised by “sick minds” and should be scrapped, says SC Justice Singhvi [ET]
- Vodafone claims no tax liability in SC chapter of Saga [Mint]
- No proposal to improve judicial appointments system says Khursheed but is aware of demands for change [UNI]
- SC allows NMDC to continue operating Bellary mines, private companies banned [The Hindu]
- Justice Syed Rafat Alam is new Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court [Outlook]