Muslim minor marriages challenged: Three writ petitions were filed on Wednesday in the Kerala High Court questioning the recent state government circular legalising underage marriages between Muslims older than 16 and providing for their registration [Hindu]

Dodgy degrees: Madras HC lawyer files for bar on graduates from certain Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka law universities from practicing as advocates, alleging that the universities were selling law degrees without them having actually studied at them. The HC issued notices to the Secretaries of the Union Law and Human Resource Development Departments, Bar Council of India (BCI), Law Commission of India and the UGC Chairman [NIE]

Boycott raj: Lawyers boycotted Tamil Nadu courts condemning the arrest of a lawyer who allegedly attacked police sub-inspector Serena last October [TOI]