SC’s Singhvi and Radhakrishnan partially accept Vahanvati’s plea of practical impossibility to auction 2G licences by June 2, yet refuse govt’s prayer for 400 days extension; Re-auction fixed for 31 August 2012 [Hindustan Times]
SC’s DK Jain and Anil Dave ask for ONGC’s reason behind non-assertion of rights in impugned $8.5m Cairn-Vedanta deal; Prashant Bhushan acts for petitioner Anil Kumar Agarwal [Law et al News]
Walmart possibly in violation of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977, on account of bribery allegations against its Mexican subsidiary, faces litigation [Guardian]
Cyber crime lawyer Pavan Duggal explains how Singhvi sex tape has repurcussions not just for Singhvi, but for anyone who forwarded it via email, uploaded or embedded it on social media; There’s a need to tow the delicate line between censure and protection of privacy [Wall Street Journal] [Press Gazette]
How the Delhi High Court and Nirmal Baba used the IT (intermediaries guidelines) rules 2011, and the Banyan Tree test of jurisdiction to gag Indijobs at hubpages.com [India Law and Technology Blog]