The wedding was apparently an “intimate unostentatious affair, observed one of the guests, getting nostalgic about the times when families did not hire event managers to orchestrate marriages”, gossiped the paper. Meanwhile, Vijay Mallya reportedly made his bungalow available to his “friend and coun...

The next government might inherit the process after senior advocate Fali Nariman and former SC judge KT Thomas declined to be part of the Lokpal search committee that makes recommendations to the selection committee appointing Lokpal members [NDTV]

The Madras HC held, deciding on maintainability, that a lawyer could not file a writ petition to have his name recommended to the judicial collegium for elevation to the bench, even if his CV has all the necessary points. [PTI]

Former add’l district and sessions judge in Jagdalpur, Anestus Toppo, who is now chairman of a Lok Adalat, was suspended by the Chhattisgarh high court for allegedly having been in drunken argument with a senior police officer. The cop later killed his wife, shot his two children (who are recovering...

Madras high court Justice S Tamilvanan passes interim injunction against Zee’s networks for two weeks, after Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni claimed that Zaa, in collusion with a suspended police officer, had been broadcasting false reports that Dhoni was involved in the match fixin...

An Italian judge rejected India’s appeal to return €278m (Rs 2,353 crore) that were made as a guarantee in the €560m helicopter purchase deal that was cancelled after corruption allegations surfaced about its procurement [ Reuters / Mint ] India said it would appeal the order, reported the Times of ...

The JSA partner argues that since Sahara’s investors apparently can’t be traced, “in all likelihood, the investors do not exist” so money laundering laws should be applied to preserve rule of law. @CourtWitness1 responded to the column on Twitter, arguing that Subrata Roy was in jail for “brazen def...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered the director general to investigate the Indian Railways’ ticketing and catering arm Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for allegedly abusing its undoubted and statutorily-created dominant position by charging for compulsory ...

A Coimbatore company alleges that JCB India and another construction equipment maker served it with a ex parte injunction from the Delhi high court in 2011. Now the company is asking the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for a cease and desist against “predation through abuse of judicial process...

Nokia forced into Rs 2,250 cr tax guarantee by SC: The Supreme Court today ordered Nokia to give a Rs 2,250 crore ($368m) guarantee before it can transfer one of its mobile phone factories to Microsoft, which bought the Finnish mobile maker last year with the acquisition held up by the tax dispute w...

Chandigarh pink slips 79 kin-counsel : The Chandigarh administration has shown the door to 79 empanelled advocates who were the kin of advocate generals, a judge, and union law minister Kapil Sibal. Now around 30 counsel are left on the UT administration’s panel [ Hindustan Times ] Madras HC on SMS ...

Bombay HC called up on unpaid Feb salaries : The Bombay high court chief secretary and registrar have been issued notices by the Goa State Human Rights Commission over non-payment of February salaries of all court staff of around 150 at the Bombay high court bench at Goa. The complaint on which the ...

Bombay HC mandates cinemas to offer free online booking : Bombay HC asked the state government to issue a circular asking all movie theatres and multiplexes to set up their own websites for online booking of movie tickets without a convenience charge. A government resolution had already asked all th...

Election Commission wants paid news to be crime : Election Commission said it has proposed to the law ministry to make “paid news” a criminal offence, estimating that Rs 500 crore was currently being spent on paid news [ NDTV ] RamJet accuses Kejriwal of demonic pact with Congress : Senior counsel a...

Subrata Sahara grovels, inked, still jailed : Sahara chairman Subrata Roy (after an advocate bystander apparently threw ink at his face and Roy made an unconditional and grovelling apology before justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar in a packed court room) was sent to Tihar jail for a week by the...

Delhi HC slaps railways with costs for frivolous appeals : The Delhi HC criticised the department of railways for filing “frivolous” appeals to evade coughing up due compensation, and imposed a cost of Rs 20,000 on the Railways officer who had advised moving court in a case where a man was trampled ...

Separate justice dept for budgetary abundance? A PIL filed in the Kerala HC by the HC’s former finance officer alleged that since the administration of justice was presently under the home department a substantial portion of budgetary allocations were being allotted to the police and jail authoritie...

Multi-million rupee job scam in Madras HC : A brother and husband to two Madras HC employees masterminded a multi-crore fake appointment letter scam at the Madras HC with 300 aspirants to posts of junior assistant, driver, office assistant and sweeper in the HC paying him between Rs 2 – 4 lakh each ...

First female judge elevated from Goa : North Goa Principal and District and Sessions Judge Anuja Prabhudessai is set to become the first Goan judge who is a woman to be elevated to the Bombay high court. Once in her two-decade-long judicial career she was suspended for using her discretion in awardi...

Cal client complains HC advocate sexually harassed her : A Kolkata college professor has complained to the Calcutta High Court Bar Association that an advocate whom she had instructed had sexually harassed her during the course of her litigation. The association will now convene an executive committ...