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According to Legally India’s monthly visitor stats, 19 per cent of readers are still on Windows XP, and they (and their clients) could very well get into serious trouble 10 days from today.

New Andhra CJ: Andhra Pradesh HC gets a new chief justice in Uttarakhand HC justice KJ Sengupta. Sengupta, who practised as a lawyer in the Calcutta high court and became acting chief justice there on 5 October 2012 [New Indian Express]

Paid Rs 61 lakh: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer emerges as the UK’s highest paying law firm with a base salary of £65,000-£72,500 (Rs 54lakh – Rs 61lakh). It leads Linklaters, Slaughter & May, Allen & Overy, and Clifford Chance in that order [The Lawyer]

SC bars two-finger: The Supreme Court has held that the so-called “two-finger test” on female rape victims violates their right to privacy, and asked the government to provide better medical procedures to confirm sexual assault. Justices BS Chauhan and FMI Kalifulla said that rape survivors are entitled to legal recourse that does not re-traumatise them or violate their physical or mental integrity and dignity [PTI]

Ubuntu-Linux court: Jammu & Kashmir HC organises a “training-cum-awareness” program on the use of the Ubuntu-Linux operating system for judicial officers in the state’s district courts [Greater Kashmir]

Out-of-this-world Nalsar: The Centre for Air and Space Law (CASL) in Nalsar Hyderabad is launching new programs in aviation, space, telecommunications, GIS and remote sensing laws in June 2013 [The Hindu]

Rajya Sabha to impeach corrupt Cal HC judge Soumitra Sen from next week in potential landmark hearings [ET]

Students aggrieved with public office exam scores can now request answer sheets via RTI, says SC [Hindu]

Advocate now claims he was mere conduit in alleged cash-in-bag to P&H HC judge Nirmal Yadav [TOI]

MCX-SX promises to court that promoters will not increase equity beyond 5% [Indian Express]

Stay extended on Ayodhya ruling [DNA]

No audio/video recordings of proceedings allowed: Delhi HC [Law et al]

All Indian courts to convert to open source Ubuntu Linux operating system in future; Court’s e-committee looks super serious [FOSS Everywhere] via @gkjohn

SC justice Altamas Kabir hosted by NLSIU Bangalore in state guest house with stained bed linen and torn towels [Bangalore Mirror]