‘DJ Parties’ get banned on Nalsar Hyderabad Campus, after a 30 July emergency meeting of the college’s proctoral board where it ‘expressed anguish and disapproval of students indulging in mass intoxication’ during the fresher’s party this year. The board also decided that the college’s cultural committee would be held ‘vicariously responsible’ if any student brings any liquor on campus or is found in an inebriated condition. [Aap Nalsarite Hain]

GNLU Gandhinagar faces allegations of selectively calling for admission candidates who secured marks below the cut-off of 112/200. Senior forest official alleges that his daughter was not informed of such call despite securing 106 marks, which were more than the marks of candidates informed of the call [TOI]

RTI reveals former SEBI whole-time member KM Abraham’s letter to the PM highlighting ‘pressure’ from ‘vested interests’ on SEBI chairman UK Sinha. Sinha sought lenient regulatory enforcement from Abraham in various matters including that of the Sahara Group of Companies, Reliance Industries, Bank of Rajasthan and MCX-SX. Leniency included neglecting to advertise unfavourable court orders in the newspaper for investors’ sake, pushing through the ‘consent mechanism’ for settling infringement cases, and ‘compromise’ in SEBI orders facilitated through out-of-course vetting by the SEBI executive director [Letter]

18 of 21 SC judges retire to get jobs in various gov’t commissions, often recommended by the CJI. E.g.: wwBhandari at ICJ, Mukundakam Sharma at Vasundhara water disputes tribunal, Ashok Bhan at NCDRC chair, AK Ganguly at West bengal HRC chair, Sirpurkar at CAT chair, SB Sinha at TDSAT chair, AK Mathur at the armed forces tribunal chair [Indian Express]

Delhi HC bench of Sikri, Khanna and Shali gives overriding effect to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, answering a division bench reference asking to harmonise the act with the IPC and other personal laws in India. The Act makes marriage with a minor girl ‘voidable’ instead of ‘void’. The court clarified that just because a marriage is not void, the husband does not automatically get custody of his minor wife. The court also held that consummation of marriage with a girl below age 15 is rape despite her consent or religious dicta [TOI]