TN NLS: The Rs 100 crore Tamil Nadu National Law School Srirangam was yesterday inaugurated and has only five students from Tamil Nadu in its first batch of 71 CLAT-admitted students [News Today/TNNLS Website]

Black gold: 16 files containing details of illegitimate allocations in the Coal scam that mysteriously went missing in the Coal ministry until yesterday*,* have resurfaced, just as mysteriously [TOI]

SC protects whistleblowers under the Prevention of Corruption Act, ruling that leakers’ identities must never be revealed to the accused [TOI]

The Judicial Appointments Bill is one step closer to wiping out the judicial collegium system, as the Union Cabinet yesterday cleared the proposal [Zee News]

Admin Tribunals Act amendment cements eligibility of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) chairmanship to current or ex-higher judiciary members. Amendment also creates power to transfer of cases between tribunals, aimed at speedy disposal [Zee News]

46 death row convicts await gallows at the only Karnataka prison that literally has a gallows facility. 12 were commuted to a life term including a female serial killer dubbed Cyanide Mallika by the press [TOI]