Derogatory advocate fined: Madras HC fined him Rs 10,000 and dismissed his petition seeking restriction on relatives of politicians from contesting polls, because, according to the court, he had used derogatory language in his petition against a sitting member of parliament [PTI]

Lalu jailed: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Yadav, who was convicted by a CBI court, was today sentenced to five years in jail and a fine of Rs 25 lakh in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam [TOI]

Maha lawyers’ chambers delayed: The high court bar association of the Bombay bench at Aurangabad yesterday protested an administrative delay in handing over an allotted land for construction of 1,200 lawyers’ chambers in Marathwada [TOI]

North face: North Orissa lawyers are unhappy over the state chief minister’s recommendation to the law ministry to have high court benches in southern and eastern Orissa [New Indian Express]

RK Aggarwal Mad HC: Madras high court acting chief justice of more than seven months RK Aggarwal is now its chief justice [Oman Tribune]