Amit Sibal
Kochhar & Co has forced the makers of the Jolly LLB 2 to partially back down over its allegedly disparaging use of Bata in a trailer and scene, which we had first reported on 22 December 2016.
Saikrishna & Associates won the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) approval for the Walt Disney movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, securing its release in theatres today after the CCI failed to find anti-competitive behavior by the Hollywood producers.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, accused in a defamation case filed by senior congress leader Kapil Sibal’s son Amit, appeared before a court here on Saturday.
Kejriwal appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma after Amit Sibal’s counsel opposed his application seeking exemption from personal appearance as Kejriwal had to attend the convocation function of St. Stephen’s College.
Sibal’s counsel Mohit Mathur opposed Kejriwal’s plea and said whether a college convocation was more important than attending court proceedings.
Kejriwal’s counsel Rahul Mehra told the court that Kejriwal and Sisodia would appear before it at 12.30 p.m. and after that both marked their presence in the afternoon.
Mathur, however, did not oppose the exemption plea moved by Sisodia.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan and Shazia Ilmi, who has quit the Aam Aadmi Party, accused in the case also appeared before court.
Meanwhile, the court recorded the statement of Amit Sibal.
The case was filed by Amit Sibal after Kejriwal, during a press conference in 2013, alleged conflict of interest over his appearing in the Supreme Court for telecom major Vodafone while his father was the union communication minister.
Amit Sibal defamation suit vs Kejriwal: The Supreme Court today issued notice on union telecom and law minister Kapil Sibal’s son, and newly designated senior advocate, Amit Sibal’s challenge to a Delhi high court order that had discharged Delhi chief minister Kejriwal and advocate Prashant Bhushan of Amit Sibal’s defamation suit against them. The suit was a result of Kejriwal stating in a 15 May 2013 press conference that Sibal had been given telecom cases because his father was a telecom minister [DNA India/TOI]
Bhopal district court pendency: Bhopal district courts face pendency of 29,697 cases. District magistrate and registrar APS Chouhan blames it on failing police processes such as tracking accused and getting witnesses to court and to finally depose [TOI]
Rape case high court pendency: Over 23,000 rape cases are pending across Indian high courts, after 8,000 were disposed of in the last three years. The maximum pendency (over 8,000) is in Allahabad high court. Sexual harassment cases numbered 309 on 31 December [Zee News]
SG defines roadblocks for Lokpal Bill: Solicitor general Mohan Parasaran, in an opinion to Delhi’s lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, said that the Jan Lokpal Bill which the Delhi government plans to enact next week would be illegal without Jung’s consent. Parasaran also opined that the Jan Lokpal Bill will be repugnant and contrary to the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act passed by the parliament last year [TOI]
Jailed undertrials can contest polls: The Delhi high court yesterday dismissed a petition seeking restriction on jailed undertrials from contesting elections. The petition was filed by serial PIL-filer ML Sharma [Business Standard]
Apar G and Pranesh P on Forbes 30 under 30: Forbes does a “30 under 30 list” for “individuals who are already forces in their fields”. Advani & Co partner Apar Gupta and Centre for Internet and Society policy director Pranesh Prakash made it under the law, policy and politics category [Forbes India]
Amit Sibal, Cambridge University graduate, Dayan Krishnan, public prosecutor and 1993 NLSIU Bangalore graduate, and Anup Bhambhani, have been designated senior counsel in the Delhi high court.