Maharashtra and Goa state bar councils and advocates association of western India support BCI’s two-day lawyers’ strike call to oppose higher education bill. 5000 Bombay lawyers meet Bombay HC chief justice Mohit Shah to inform him of tomorrow and day after’s strike [TOI]

India demands ‘data secure status’ in the EU-India FTA, on the basis of the assertion that Information Technology Act 2006 makes India complaint with EU’s data protection directive. It opposes making EU-India FTA conditional upon EU checking for compliance. The status will help Indian and European firms in saving on operational costs under an EU law that provides for stringent contractual obligations for countries without the status. The status will also increase investor confidence in Indian businesses. [TOI]

Canadian parliament enacts Copyright Modernisation Act. Act requires parliament to review Canadian Copyright Act every five years. The Copyright Act was last amended in 1997 [Billboard]

The year 1998 established International Criminal Court Hague’s first sentence comes in a three-year war-crime trial. The trial resulted in jail to a Congolese war lord who used children under 15 years of age in his rebel army in 2002 and 2003 [New York Times]