Kerala govt pleaders not smart: Dismissing an appeal filed by state government pleaders to get remarks on their lack of “vigilance” expunged, the Kerala high court asked the advocate general to stop appointing “inappropriate hands”. Justice Harun Rashid said that under-qualified government pleaders were filing applications condoning delay in cases after delays of 2,000 to 3,000 days [New Indian Express]

Arbitrary information comm posts: Andhra Pradesh HC set aside the “whimsical and arbitrary” appointment of four information commissioners - who were all members of the Congress party but had not severed their links with the party. The selection procedure laid down in the RTI Act was also not followed [TOI]

Hawking and vending: The Supreme Court has restrained all states and Union Territories from taking any action against urban street vendors and hawkers until the exercise of registration and creation of vending and hawking zones is completed in terms of the 2009 policy on urban street vendors [Express]