Not sitting pretty: West Bengal advocate general Bimal Chatterjee sparked off courtroom drama in the Calcutta HC with his comments on state election commissioner Meera Pandey’s demand for extra security cover, which he called “arbitrary” and “whimsical”. He said: “Every day, new demands are being made one after another like a beautiful lady.” [NDTV]

Pfizer fires IP: Pfizer’s chief IP counsel told the Indian Pharma Alliance that “the parlous environment for patent rights in India has set the ground to render each and every one of those cited Pfizer patents without meaning in the Indian legal environment” [ET]

Katju probity for IPL probe? Ex-IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi’s counsel Mehmood Abdi suggested PCI chairman Markandey Katju’s name to conduct probe into the IPL spot-fixing scandal. He said: “Justice Katju is known for his professed views and action on issues of probity in public life, corruption, fairness and above all impartiality” [Indiatimes]