Ground for Vodafone Review: Kapadia didn’t recuse himself, relied on his son’s employer’s due diligence report to rule in favor of Vodafone [ ET ] PCI chairman Katju tells discourteous journo-attacking Maharashtra govt to count its days in power [ Outlook India ] SC deals with delay, wants all state...

London law firm debuts at the concept of court processes via Social media. Fraudster served over Facebook [ The Lawyer ] German Bayer will have to bare-all at Controller General of Patents office hearing, setting precedent for other foreign drug manufacturers to follow suit in revealing pricing stra...

Review filed before SC’s Kapadia: Taxmen on Vodafone’s trail [ ET ] Clifford Chance first to put foot in recently opened South Korean door [ The Lawyer ] Internet Democracy India to conduct workshop on interaction of Indian IT law with blogspace in Delhi on 25 February 2012. Trainers shall be law an...

The JSA story: From 68% to 13.5%. How Jyoti Sagar with Berjis Desai created an institution that will survive its founding partners. JSA’s second partner band owns only 0.75 per cent less equity than founding partners. Also, JSA is perhaps the only Indian law firm giving the “geographical split” syst...

IT-dept sprung into action on SC order yesterday, submits probe report on KGB to CBDT today [ Outlook India ] (via @courtwitness1) Coal ministry consults law ministry instead of central vigilance commission, protects corrupt official who was not “caught red-handed” by CBI [ DNA ] Google, Facebook as...

Tamil Nadu’s Rs 100 crore National Law School foundation stone laid [ The Hindu ] SC’s S.H Kapadia asks Vahanvati to show action taken against K.G Balakrishnan on NGO Common Cause’s PIL seeking probe into Rs 40 crore properties amassed by the ex-CJI [ ET ] Teesta Seetalvad not getting any closer to ...

Modi absolved: SC Special Investigation team smells rat in Sanjiv Bhatt’s story of Modi’s law-and-disorder meeting [ Deccan Herald ] Enforcement directorate set to FEMA Google India, with a little help from RBI [ ET (objectionable content even when Yahoo is not same as 20 other accused social-networ...

Tehelka targets Goolam: Chidambaram and Vahanvati’s concurrence and lack of graft evidence may result in Raja going scot-free [ Tehelka ] A copy of the 2G judgment was being circulated two hours before the SC posted it – and there were small differences in the copy. Conspiracy theory, admin error, o...

Justice Markandey Katju tweets and blogs! Settling the question of his identity on Twitter with this original photo [ Twitter ], he then posted seven blog posts with some of his previous writings on caste, Urdu, Sanskrit, liberty, art, terrorism and women’s emancipation [ Blogspot ]. @LegallyIndia w...

Pakistan Supreme Court summons Pakistani PM Gilani over giving immunity to Prez Zardari in graft cases; Bench to slap Gilani with contempt charges, directs PM to appear in person on Feb 13; Gilani’s lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan says he will appeal [ Times of India ] SC erases law; Division bench of justices ...

Massive day in SC tomorrow: 2G scam judgment on Chidambaram will be out at 10:30am, according to causelists [via @courtwitness1 ] Mumbai special TADA court says Abu Salem’s trial to continue; rejects Salem’s application seeking closure of case based on Portuguese SC ruling [ Hindustan Times ] Who bu...

SC rules in favour of Swamy as Justice AK Ganguly holds three months sufficient for sanctioning prosecution against government, upholding citizens’ constitutional right to invoke POCA [ Mint ] Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s criminal proceedings stayed by Gujarat HC in Modi-affidavit case [ Indian Exp...

SEBI changes lock-in periods for preferential allotment of shares [ Press Release / Corporate law blog ] DIPP set to shield Indian gov’t from private party disputes in International forums by excluding bilateral trade pacts clause [ Mint ] WSJ interviews Vodafone tax law firm Dutt Menon Dunmorrsett ...

Black-coat-disguised non-advocates get Delhi Bar Association polls cancelled for bogus-voting. Voting now on Feb 1 [ TOI ] VP Sarathi: former advocate general of Sikkim, faculty at Nalsar Hyderabad and authority on interpretation of statutes, passed away yesterday at his Hyderabad residence [ Law an...

Earlier: journalists thick. Now: Rushdie glorified ‘sub-standard’ writer in Justice Markandey Katju’s opinion [ Hindu ] How to ban a book: Excellent and sound legal analysis, finally [ Indian Express ] Star Group and ABP joint venture slaps legal notice on Facebook, gets allegedly defamatory content...

2G case update: DB Realty MD Vinod Goel hopes HC will come to rescue, joins bandwagon of other ten accused. Submits plea in HC challenging charges framed by trial court as Justice ML Mehta directs CBI to reply by March 13 [ Hindu Business Line ] Mahendra Nath Das’s fate hangs in balance on death row...

SC judge Justice Dalveer Bhandari tipped to represent India at ICJ, The Hague [ TOI ] Hari Kunzru & friends stopped from reading from Satanic Verses. But was it lawful, since only Satanic Verses import banned under Customs Act? [ Outlook ] Five new judges join Bombay HC team; Three other member...

Essar to negotiate payment of sales tax to Guj govt; Essar to approach SC if talks fail [ Livemint ] Justice Mukta Gupta grants bail to Kalmadi after spending 9 months behind bars for playing games with CWG funds [ ET ] No place for NLS in Maharashtra? Tug-of-war between Nagpur, Mumbai & Aurang...

Gujarat HC upholds constitutionality of Lokayukta appointment by governor, dismissing state government’s plea opposing governor Kamla Beniwal. Modi government to approach apex court [ Indian Express ] Ministry of defence today filed caveat in SC against ex-army chief’s writ contesting the ministry’s...

Gujarat govt to work out repayment schedule with Essar Oil regarding Rs 9,100 crore of sales tax deferment benefit after SC directed Essar Oil that it could not longer defer the tax [ Mint ] [Correction: The original report by moneycontrol is understood to have contained errors. The Legally Wired it...