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Wired: Tamilian judgmnents | Criminal politicians judgment | Allahabad HC new CJ | All Boys Clubs

Tamilian judgmnents: The assurance that Tamil Nadu lower courts' judgments will now only be written in Tamil, from Madras HC chief justice RK Agarwal, caused advocates there to end their three-day fast yesterday [PTI]

Criminal politicians judgment: Disqualifying convicted politicians from contesting elections, while they appeal their conviction, is tantamount to judging them without a hearing; and arresting politicians for using illegal means to generate cash is ironical since the amount of cash required to buy votes to win elections cannot be generated legally, argues Gurgaon law firm N South managing partner Ranjeev Dubey [Business World]

Allahabad HC new CJ: Allahabad HC judge LK Mohapatra is now the acting chief justice of that HC after chief justice SK Singh was elevated to the Supreme Court. Singh took oath in the SC today [TOI]

All Boys Clubs: Yet another column discusses the gender-motivated glass cieling in the legal profession – women lawyers are unable to join the ‘All Boys Club’ of senior advocates and judges despite apparently having ‘merit’ because they lack ‘lobbying’ skills. What kind of ‘merit’ and what kind of ‘lobbying’ gets you there? The column discusses the one without touching the other [Yahoo]

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