Tea cuffs: "One might take tea in a variety of ways, not all of them always elegant or delicate, some of them perhaps even noisy. But we know of no way to drink tea 'suspiciously',” observed a Bombay HC bench while chastising the police for arresting a man for suspicious conduct u/s 151 after they thought he was drinking tea ‘suspiciously’ [PTI/Judgment]

Meghalaya CJI PC Pant: Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant has been transferred from the Uttarakhand HC and has been appointed as the first Chief Justice of the newly established Meghalaya HC [PTI]

Dec 16 rape referred: The Saket fast track court that sentenced the four December 16 gang rape convicts to death has now referred their case to the Delhi high court according to the procedure for confirmation of the sentence [Daily Bhaskar]

Constititonal CJI in JAC: The Chief Justice of India will get constitutional status as the head of the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) which will appoint judges to the higher judiciary, reportedly after continued criticism that the law establishing JAC does not safeguard the CJI’s position [Express]