Open court: DHCBA called off its Delhi HC desertion strike yesterday after a day-long full court consideration of the lawyers body’s concerns against enhancing the HC’s pecuniary jurisdiction to Rs 2 crore [PTI]

Three day comedy: Network18 TV channel Comedy Central’s 10-day ban gets lifted on day three, after a Delhi HC division bench puts a stay on the I&B ministry’s order banning the channel for “vulgar” and “offensive” content [Indian Television]

Life is short, live it imprisoned: The SC has ruled that life imprisonment really involves incarceration for a convict’s whole life and not just for 14 years. Only the president and the governors can remit the sentence and allow the convict to be released [PTI]

Rajiv Gandhi PIL yojna: Chennai advocate V Santhakumaresan has filed a PIL in the Madras High Court asking for the reopening of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case based on the reported statement of the CBI investigating officer that evidence in the case had not been handed over to the special investigation team [ANI]

Saucy Aussies: Aussie corporate lawyers have resorted to cold-calling clients to drum up new business. A Sydney firm source said: ““they’ll wait for a journalist to publish with an article saying X CEO is thinking about acquiring Y company, and they’ll straight away call them…” [Roll on Friday]