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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]
LPG cylinder companies claim Competition Commission of India (CCI) failed to maintain confidentiality of business secrets before Delhi HC: “CCI has released my confidential information and great secrets without my permission.” [Law et al]
SC admits two more challenges to Ayodhya Babri verdict: one quotes Hadith [Hindu]
Bombay HC upholds GLC Mumbai first year admissions, despite disagreements over 5% deducation [TOI]
Encounter cops deserve death sentence: SC [Indian Express]
Salman Khan appeal starts today against one-year sentence over chinkara poaching [TOI]
Professor wants Bombay HC to stop people using “wrong word” when singing national anthem (‘Sindh’, rather than ‘Sindhu’) [PTI]
- One ‘security consultant’ tells CBI that Chinese hackers may be using sites imitating Indian high courts to hack Indian computers [PTI] via @sunil_abraham
- AZB’s Zia Mody chats about life, family, practice [Bloomberg UTV Video (22 minutes)]
- IT Act does not protect intermediaries against copyright violation in T Series-Myspace dispute [Spicy IP, 2 parts]
- Arbitrators in England can be picked on the basis of religion without falling foul of discrimination laws [The Lawyer]
- 10 retired judges club together in Chennai for another mega lok adalat [PTI]
- Uphill struggle: 31% of judicial posts in HCs and SC are vacant, says Khursheed [TOI]
- Himachal advocate general RK Bawa wins local bar council chairmanship [Law et al]
- President Pratibha Patil tells NLSIU Bangalore to make justice more accessible [TOI]
- 17 Ashurst partners drop down the lock step ladder [The Lawyer]
- 13 lawyers stuck in Madras lift [TOI]
Ramalinga Raju and six other accused in Satyam scam denied bail as plea of extended trial fails to impress judge [HT]
Mulla & Mulla to appeal against Kerala High Court fixing compensation of Rs 75 lakh for Mangalore air crash victims, citing wrong interpretation of Montreal convention [The National]
SC begins hearing into $2bn tax claim on Vodafone, Harish Salve challenges IT Department’s jurisdiction saying transfer of control of "downstream companies by the two foreign companies cannot be a basis (for I-T Dept) to exercise jurisdiction" [Law et al. news]
Ratan Tata denies 2G bribe allegations after criminal lawyer Majid Menon defending Swan Telecom implies Tata hospital donation like a bribe [TOI / Mint]
SC reserved verdict on the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act [The Hindu]
An NGO via CCI claims Facebook “can potentially engage in anti-competitive and unfair business practices” through e-currency [The Hindu]
Bombay High Court reprimands CBI for delays in probing Adarsh Society missing files controversy, expressing angst over grant of bail to four accused due to CBI’s late filing of chargesheet [ET]
Writ petition to challenge death sentence for drug dealer rejected [DNA]
- Adarsh Society writ to defreeze accounts for paying favourite senior lawyers rejected by Bombay High Court: “Nowhere has the SC held that right to legal representation includes right to counsel of one's choice…” [TOI] (Adarsh has used Vidhii Partners in the past, for example)
- Pak foreign minister justifies slow 26/11 trial her country, draws parallels with Indian judicial delays [India Today]
- Satyam trial unlikely to finish by SC fixed deadline of 31 July with defence still cross-examining witnesses after CBI adopting measure to plug in delays [Mint]
- Cabinet approves govt Lokpal draft over Anna’s, excluding PM from purview; Khursheed fixes 7 year limitation period with bill to hit Parliament monsoon session starting this Monday as Anna’s hunger strike threat looms [NDTV]
- Delhi airport regulator caps decibel levels following high court’s directive on resident’s plea [Indian Express]
- The epic Vodafone tax case to hit Supreme Court in two weeks, Voda AGM told [totaltelecom]
- Tata Nano land judge recuses self after 15 hearings on personal grounds, Justice I P Mukherjee takes over [TOI]
- SC rejects Dinakaran WP, allows Forum for Judicial Accountability to passively monitor Dinakaran proceedings and assist counsel [The Hindu]
- Himachal district court move to Rs 25 cr judicial complex delayed by HC [Indian Express]
- 2G Raja continues offensive: after PM and home min, now points finger at AG Vahanvati [TOI]
- CBI threatened by alleged Dara Singh fake encounter cops, seek witness protection [Indian Express]
- A fake Patna High Court website has scammed Rs 7,000 from applicants for fake high court jobs; Police now investigating [Times of India]
- Raja ups the stakes and drags PM, Chidambaram into heart of 2G case, says they were fully aware of sale of licence-holding companies to foreigners [NDTV]
- “Bhaag bhaag DK Bhose, DK Bhose”: Law grad’s Allahabad PIL against Delhi Belly’s potentially rude hit song being played anywhere outside of a cinema; notice being issued [NDTV] [see also Legally India’s earlier coverage of DSK’s involvement in the many disputes against the film]
- Supreme Court watches two-hour video of Baba Ramdev supporters getting teargassed; Home minister not party to case [The Hindu]
- New Companies Bill will come up before the Monsoon session of Parliament, claims Moily in new garb as corporate affairs minister. [Business Standard]
Round up of the latest and most legal from around the web.
- Supreme Court: Don’t open our judgments on flimsy grounds [The Hindu]
- Deadline for Greater Noida ‘hi tech court’ with video conferencing and servers was March 2010, now slated to be done in two months [Times of India]
- “A Challenge, An Opportunity!” AZB’s Abhijit Joshi talks of motivation and his philosophy behind law firm management following his appointment as AZB CEO. [Moneycontrol.com]
- P&H student files writ v BCI against 20 year age-limit for applying to 5-year LLB courses [Indian Express]
- Supreme Court hikes 1996 chemical company pollution damages from Rs 37 crore to Rs 200 crore for failing to pay [Economic Times]
- New independent environmental regulator for granting industrial environmental clearances [Business Standard]