Young Face(book) ban: The Delhi high court has asked Facebook to ban children below 13 years of age from creating an account. Facebook must now upload a disclaimer stating the age requirement [Hill Post]
Live-in domestic violence: The Domestic Violence Act is not only applicable to married women but also to women in live-in relationships, held the Kerala high court [Hindu BL]
Minor juveniles: The Supreme Court dismissed a plea to bring down the legal age of juveniles under criminal law from 18 to 16 years. Juveniles face lower sentences and imprisonment in a correction home instead of regular prisons for crimes they commit [Daily Bhaskar]
Cops n Lawyers, SIT probe: The Madras High Court has referred a petition seeking a Special Investigation Team probe into the 19 February 2009 violence between police and advocates to the acting Chief Justice to form a three-member bench to hear the case [BS]
CAG appointment: The Supreme Court dismissed former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami’s plea to quash the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India [BS]