More drug wars: Global pharma major Merck and domestic co-plaintiff Sun Pharma filed in Delhi HC claiming Glenmark violated two of its diabetes drug patents (Januvia and Janumet) [Financial Times]

Crown jewel auction: Tata's Indian Hotels files injunction to stop auction of its leased Taj Mahal Hotel Delhi [Economic Times]

Stashed cop: A retired police inspector hires senior advocates Harish Salve, Mukul Rohatgi, and Uday Lalit – with a combined fee of Rs 15 lakh per appearance – to defend him in the Supreme Court against the charge of falsely implicating Provogue owner Salil Chaturvedi in a 2005 drug possession case [Pune Mirror]

Karnataka judactivism: Karnataka high court directs filling of vacancies in the state’s consumer forums and takes suo moto cognizance, based on a newspaper report, of the non-implementation of the Right to Education Act in the state – leaving 54,000 children still out of school [New IE]

Shah Commission: Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium makes a presentation in Ahmedabad before Justice MB Shah’s illegal mine probe commission, pledging mine owner’s Rs 100 crore trust fund for the socio-economic development of people living in mining districts [New IE]

Sibal gooses SC: Kapil Sibal said that the Supreme Court has damaged the Indian telecoms sector, ensuring that the "golden goose will not lay golden egg[s] again for a little while" [ZDNet]

Bring home the beacon: Restrict beacons and sirens on cars to select few (including CJI and high court CJs, but not SC judges), say SC Justices GS Singhvi and Kurien Joseph, aided by Harish Salve [Telegraph India]

Public Display Litigation: Mumbai court acquits man for lack of evidence of “indecent behaviour in public”, after Bandra police fined him Rs 1,200 for kissing a girl on the cheek while seeing her off on the road. The amount has been refunded and the man plans to lodge a public interest litigation on the issue next [Express]