Manu Singhvi disclosures: Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has dsiclosed an undeclared income of Rs 11 crore and deposited Rs 3.26 crore in tax on it, however the income tax department claims that his actual undisclosed income is Rs 22.86 crore taking his tax liability to Rs 7 crore, for the year 2010-11. IT department investigators suspect undisclosed income from other years as well [Express]

Sha(r)king it off: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir says lawyers should foster a more socially responsible image by doing more legal aid work, to avoid being depicted as sharks in cartoons on them [Firstpost]

Burying paid news: The Standing Committee on Information Technology submitted a report to the Lok Sabha on 6 May, on the practice of paid news, and recommended amendments to make the Press Council of India’s decisions binding and paid news an offence. Most media outlets buried the news. [WSJ Blogs]

Malaysia lawyer FIFO ban lifted: Malaysia has lifted its prohibition on foreign lawyers fly-in-fly-out. The Malaysian Bar Council agreed to amend the Legal Profession Amendment Act 2012 on 10 June to lift the ban. The amendment will be implemented by January 2014 [International Lawsociety]

Judge knows best: “The attempt to restore the predominant voice of the political class in judicial appointments and transfers will amount to subverting the basic structure of the Constitution and will be a recipe for disaster,” argues Supreme Court advocate Anil Divan in the Hindu.

HCs v RTI: The high court’s internal administrative decisions cannot be disclosed to an RTI applicant, reiterates the Madras high court [Hindu]