Delhi law min tarnished personal record : Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti has, to his name, observations by a former CBI special judge in August for tampering with evidence during a trial. The judge observed in her order: “The conduct of accused Pawan Kumar and his advocate (Bharti) is not only hi...

Swatanter Kumar lashes back : Former SC judge and National Green Tribunal head Swatanter Kumar – who was accused of sexual harassment by an ex-intern from NUJS Kolkata according to Friday’s media reports – sent a legal notice to three media houses demanding an apology from them within 24 hours for p...

Madras HC 12-judge-names appeal : The Madras HC through its registrar general will move the SC against its own division bench decision that had stayed the appointment of the 12 recommended Madras HC advocates as judges whose recommendations has courted controversy at the HC [ TOI ] Madras HC advocat...

SC introduces online visitor sign-in : The Supreme Court has introduced an online system to sign in clients and other guests to the apex court via the so-called Supreme Court Visitor Management System (SCVMS). After signing in with details including the name of the court, case and advocate, visitors...

AAP law minister calls for judicial reforms opposed : Somnath Bharti called for a meeting of Delhi’s district judges to encourage reforms but he was faced with opposition in the house and a letter to Delhi HC chief justice NV Ramana from Delhi principal law secretary AS Yadav, who said he saw it as ...

Dismissing a 75-year-old’s petition seeking a ban on the “your lordship” address of judges – which he asserted was a “relic of the colonial era” – the Supreme Court yesterday said: “Don’t address us as lordship. We don’t say anything. We only say address us respectfully.” [ PTI ] Madras HC senior R ...

**Bombay HC new judges The Bombay HC got five new additional judges today in lawyers Vinay Manohar Deshpande, Ajey Gadkari, Nitin Sambre, Girish Kulkarni and B S Colabawalla [ PTI ] **NGT not HC-enough for suo motu The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has no power to take cognisance of cases on its own...

Rajasthan HC judge accused of locking up daughter over ‘wrong’ caste boyfriend Rajasthan high court Justice Raghvendra Singh Rathore has allegedly locked his 30-year-old daughter up at home to stop her marrying a man from another caste, who has now filed a Supreme Court petition against the illegal ...

Nokia assets unfrozen in Delhi HC: The Delhi HC has come to the rescue of Nokia by revoking the Tax Department order freezing its assets. Nokia can now complete its deal with Microsoft to transfer its India assets, including its biggest phone-making factory, to the global software giant [ The Hindu ...

Gujarat gets fourth Lokayukta after decade Gujarat finally has a Lokayukta in retired Gujarat HC judge DP Buch after 10 years of the seat lying vacant and three years of a feud over the issue between state chief minister Narendra Modi and the governor [ PTI ] Constitutional status for JAC The Judici...

SC Singhvi retires, leaves legacy The Supreme Court’s justice GS Singhvi, most famous for his stern treatment of the 2G and the land acquisition cases, retired today just after overturned the progressive Delhi HC judgment that had decriminalised homosexuality [ The Hindu ] Madras HC advocates for Ga...

BCI cozies up to NaMo A delegation led by Bar Council of India (BCI) chief Manan Kumar Mishra met Narendra Modi on Saturday, inviting him to address the valedictory function of the Gujarat bar Council. According to a Gujarat state press release, the BCI respected Modi’s nationalism, while Modi calle...

SC probes PwC accounts, FDI, FEMA fudging A Chief-headed bench will examine an NGO’s allegations of financial and accounting irregularities at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and its locally allied auditing firms. PwC and others “are apparently indulging in activities in violation of various statutes a...

SC wants life sentence for milk-tampering The SC has asked state governments to make laws that punish with life in prison the selling and production of adulterated milk injurious to humans [ TOI ] Kalam faces faulty voting machine Former president APJ Abdul Kalam was yesterday temporarily among the ...

Advocates PIL for Delhi HC sex harass cell Two practicing advocates have filed a PIL for the formation of a sexual harassment committee for the protection of women working in the Delhi HC [ TOI ] Tenndulkar’s Ratna challenge dismissed The Madras HC has dismissed a petition challenging the prestigiou...

Nokia $1bn tax settlement rejected Nokia faces tax liabilities as its offer to settle Rs 6,500 crore liability with Rs 2,250 crore has been rejected by the tax department [ NDTV Profit ] Delhi ‘11 HC blast accused claims wrongfully charged The accused in the September 2011 Delhi HC blasts asked the ...

A permanent office for the 11 year old IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board) is now finally in the works in Kovalam, near Chennai, as the state has also invited applications to fill up its vacancies – after pressure from advocates pointing out its mounting workload [ Business Standard ] Judge...

Vodafone Rs 1300 cr TP writ sent to DRP : The Bombay HC said that the Vodafone transfer pricing tax writ petition of the department’s transfer pricing adjustment of Rs 1,300 crore, should be referred to the tax department’s dispute resolution panel (DRP) [ Mint ] CCI checks Ericsson-Micromax royalti...

SCBA for JudgeCam: SCBA president MN Krishnamani called for the installation of CCTV camera in judges’ chambers in his law day address. “Serious allegations are coming up against judges. The fixing of cameras inside judges’ chambers can be done,” he said. Others, including law minister Kapil Sibal, ...

Tejpal still bail less: Tehelka founding editor Tarun Tejpal’s bail hearing has been postponed till Friday – until then the Goa police could arrest him. [ Bail arguments summary NDTV / Deccan Chronicle ]. The Goa police was represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, as senior KTS Tulsi was on for...