Indian high court pending cases increase by 250,000 despite 1.6m cases disposed of in 2010 year. As at year-end 2010 there were 4.24 million cases pending in all high courts compared to 3.96 million in March 2009 [ PIB ] Competition Commission clears Wockhardt baby care division sale to Danone – too...

100 CCTV cameras to be installed in Delhi’s Saket and Dwarka courts [ TOI ] SEBI allows MCX to start currency futures trading, subject to Bombay HC case [ ET ] CBI alleges (strangely unnamed) former law minister subverted process in Justice Yadav cash-in-bag case [ HT ] Back to work after Maharashtr...

Delhi High Court to have “holding area” on lawns in security overhaul post attacks [ TOI ] Bombay HC injuncts Maharashtra court staff from striking [ TOI ] Sahara fundraising was a “public issue” and in SEBI purview, argues regulator [ Hindu ] Telecoms department mulls intervention in Unitech Wirele...

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) transfers 10 members “in public interest”, 2 not in public interest. Wishes members “good luck in their new postings” [ ITATOnline ] Compat stays NSE’s Rs 55.5 crore penalty for abuse of dominant position vs MCX but NSE on hook for more if loses [ Express ] Execu...

Chief justices of Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala and Kerala high courts elevated to Supreme Court (SC) along with Bombay High Court’s Ranjana Desai who will be sworn in tomorrow as the second woman SC justice serving the apex court currently [ The Hindu ] IDIA diversity initiative second free national a...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) orders DLF cease and desist in second project, Gurgaon this time, to rework customer contracts [ ET / Main Order / Supplementary order ] Following Legally India’s July report, Singhania has now filed its COMPAT appeal after losing in its Microsoft competition la...

PIL challenging UK Sinha’s SEBI appointment to be re-filed, exclude finance minister says SC [ Mint ] BCI denied affiliation to 21 colleges in 2010-11, only one in previous year and eight in 2008-9, says Kursheed [ PIB ] Bombay HC rules for clothes seller against BMC in request for licence to sell p...

Bombay High Court turns 150: senior advocate TR Andhyarujina celebrates with an ode and potted history [ Hindu ] Two editorials in Express family papers today condemn SC’s new journalist control rules ; But for Mint and Express other MSM remain strangely mute [ Financial Express / Indian Express ] F...

Supreme Court may ban journalists without law degrees at “sole discretion” of CJI, could bar 80% of correspondents [ Indian Express / Mint / New SC norms ] Karnataka HC instructs former judge to monitor investigation into 10-year-old irregularities in Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) [ Exp...

SC hears PIL to exclude ‘creamy layer’ in SC/ST reservations: oversteps judicial boundary or filling in weakness left by democracy? [ Hindu ] UP gov’t petitions SC to clarify whether Reliance KG gas taxable in state or in Centre [ HT ] Delaying complaint by a few days is not defence to sexual assaul...

Rajya Sabha votes in force for Justice Soumitra Sen’s impeachment for misappropriating Rs 33 lakh in 1983 [ Mint ] NUJS to get involved [ TOI ] Herbert Smith’s India chairman Chris Parsons is cycling 2,500 km through Europe to raise $250,000 for Loomba Foundation, which offers education to Indian po...

Justice Soumitra Sen held court in parliament yesterday in the first day of the impeachment proceedings [ The Hindu / TOI ] SC cautions police that “preventative arrest” only if “an offence cannot otherwise be prevented” [ The Hindu ] Jaipur lawyers were latest to strike for Anna Hazare following si...

MCA wants CCI, departments to harmonise competition law powers under draft “national competition policy”, comments invited [ Mint / MCA draft ] How to impeach a judge: an FAQ on eve of Justice Sen’s possible impeachment [ Rediff / Watch debate live (via Law and Other Things )] SC hears gov’t plea to...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) fines DLF Rs 600 crore (7% of turnover) for abusing dominant position against residential buyers [ PTI / CCI order ] Andaman & Nicobar bar association protests appointment of young Kolkata-based son of senior SC Justice Altaman Kabir as special public prose...

Dinakaran tries to withdraw resignation, not accepted by law ministry [ TOI ] Ultra vires Bombay HC’s powers to grant MCX equity licence, which lies with SEBI [ Financial Express ] P&H HC slaps 16 lawyers with contempt for disturbing court proceedings with protests after loss of temp offices [ ...

Lawyers striking against lower court power transfer interrupts Delhi HC 2G hearing [ ET ] Reliance tells CBI that Swan Telecom was not an associated company at the time of the licence issue [ Hindu ] SC extends stay on “very polluting” Sterlite plant closure [ Law et al ] 561 out of 626 districts ha...

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...

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...

- 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 copy...

- Allen & Overy sues Indian company Nimbus for recovery of legal fees in Singapore High Court [ Bloomberg ] - Land Acquisition act is a fraud devised by “sick minds” and should be scrapped, says SC Justice Singhvi [ ET ] - Vodafone claims no tax liability in SC chapter of Saga [ Mint ] - No pro...