Desi “Hacktivists” Anonymous Opindia aim for June 9 mass “occupy protest”; They previously defaced and DDOSed government and corporate websites; Want gov’t to state stand on censorship [The Hindu]

District-wise list of senior lawyers willing to guide students under internship, as promised under rule 26 of BCI rules, is non-existent [Lawctopus]

3,500 central and 25,000 state laws in India, many archaic, provoke law ministry to moot the idea of enacting laws with an expiry date [DNA India]

SC told that it was not within SEBI’s propriety to order Sahara group to refund Rs 17,400 crores to its investors; Sahara was challenging a Securities Appellate Tribunal award from last year, in the SC [Firstpost] [Correction: The earlier version of this item contained an error]

Finance Act 2012 will not retrospectively re-open cases where tax assessment proceedings have become final before 1 April 2012 [Taxmann]

SEBI’s newly notified guidelines on consent mechanism should not apply to 20 pending cases where application of consent has already been received, recommends SEBI high powered committee [Money Control]

HC dismisses petition to enquire into date of birth of India’s next likely CJI – Justice Altamas Kabir – and imposes costs of Rs 20,000; Finds petition motivated, as filed by a litigant who had formerly lost a high court case in Kabir’s court [Business Standard]

Punjab & Haryana HC holds that public servants who can be removed by the gov’t’s subordinate authorities, can be prosecuted without state sanction under the Prevention of Corruption Act [Tribune India]