Del HC justices Sidharth Mridul and Pradeep Nandarajog partially strike down new law ministry guidelines on judges’ foreign visits; Hold the guidelines as “lowering the dignity of constitutional posts” held by SC and HC judges [Indian Express]
Addressing north-east-Indians by the popularly used derogatory term “Chinki” is now an offence punishable with five years imprisonment, under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act [TOI]
Content sharing website Pinterest encourages users to “pin” images at the cost of legality; Places all liability for resulting legal action against users as well as the website, on the users [Business Insider]
Circular on the website of Delhi University requires disabled candidates to possess disability certificates issued less than three years before seeking admission; Requirement is in violation of the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995; amended rules to Act provide for “permanent disability certificate” or certificate with an expiry date only in special cases [DU Circular][">Amended Rules]
SEBI tells SC that it had served Kolkata realtor Vibgyor for allegedly violating SEBI rules, by issuing securities to the public in a manner similar to Sahara’s issue [Business Standard]
Reformist election commissioner Quraishi retires ruing lack of law to pull up “corrupt journalists” for publishing news furthering the election prospects of any candidate in exchange for payment [The Hindu]
Department of Disability Affairs which was earlier part of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, is now an independent department; Number of disabled persons in India, last recorded 10 years ago, were 2.1 crore [Lawyers Club India]