NGT bans sand mining: The National Green Tribunal banned the practice of sand mining from riverbeds without the environment ministry’s clearance, complying with a 2012 order of the Supreme Court and responding to the suspension of young IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal who had conducted a drive again...

Pending (yet) another look: Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam has promised that immediately after disposal of the Mullaperiyar dam case a constitutional bench would be constituted to look into the problem of the Supreme Court’s pending cases [ PTI ] Ragging cured yet? “Ragging on the campuse...

CCI vegetates fair markets: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will examine agriculture markets to ensure that there is no cartelisation or unfair play in the determination of vegetable prices, since prices are soaring despite their tendency to ease during the monsoon season. In 2011, the CCI...

Armed Forces Tribunal: Jharkhand high court Chief Justice Prakash Tatia’s name has been proposed for heading the Armed Forces Tribunal to succeed former Supreme Court justice AK Mathur who retires as the tribunal’s head next week [ PTI ] Intelligent safeguards: The Intelligence Bureau (IB), the RAW,...

SJ Berwin-King Woods exchange $1bn rings : UK firm SJ Berwin’s merger with Asia-Pacific giant King & Wood Mallesons - the first ever merger between a major UK and Asia-Pacific firm - has now been finalised after first speculation in November 2012. The merged firm will operate under separate fin...

Lover’s tiff ends: The Delhi government settled the squabble between the Delhi bar and the bench by accepting the proposal to raise the district court’s pecuniary jurisdiction to Rs 2 crore from Rs 20 lakh [ Indlaw ] Notarised demands : The Notaries Association of India met the law minister to ask f...

CJI slams ex-CJI stay : Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam said about an order of his predecessor Altmas Kabir, who had stayed a lower court’s Rs 100 crore penalty against builders Jaiprakash Associates. “We do not approve of the manner in which the interim orders came to be passed. We do not...

Media friendlier new CJI? New CJI P Sathasivam said in a speech that he was in favour of self-regulation of the media rather than strict controls [ Hindu ] His remarks follow both his predecessors’ significant fall-outs with the media – SH Kapadia constituted a constitutional bench into media conduc...

Delhi HC e-payments : Delhi HC introduces e-payment of court fees of up to Rs 20,000 at a time, less Rs 26 tax and charges [ Moneycontrol ] CJI NEET exam : New CJI P Sathasivam would stop short of an investigation but “we have to inquire” whether the NEET judgment under his predecessor Altamas Kabir...

Altamas Kabir blasts collegium ‘gang’: Justice Altamas Kabir, who retired as the chief justice of India (CJI) yesterday, on 2 July requisitioned a meeting of the SC collegium – himself and justices P Sathasivam, GS Singhvi, RM Lodha and HL Dattu – to propose that they recommend the elevation of an u...

Altamas last goodbye : Chief Justice of India (CJI) Altamas Kabir retired today, giving a speech and usual shindig in the Supreme Court. He makes way for Justice P Sathasivam , who will serve until 26 April 2014 [ Hindu ] Kabir quashes NEET : The Supreme Court (CJI Kabir, on his last day, prevailing...

Young Face(book) ban: The Delhi high court has asked Facebook to ban children below 13 years of age from creating an account. Facebook must now upload a disclaimer stating the age requirement [ Hill Post ] Live-in domestic violence: The Domestic Violence Act is not only applicable to married women b...

Officially Tamil: The Madras high court dismissed two cases after the acting advocate insisted on arguing in Tamil. While it has been a long-standing demand of the state to make Tamil as the official language, the bench told the advocate that constitutionally English is the official language of the ...

Telegram revival PILs: Two public interest petitions in the Madras HC have asked for restoration of the recently discontinued telegram service in India, for the benefit of the “rural masses, lawyers, litigants, armed force and police” [ Hindu ] Separation of vision: The judiciary has the wisdom but ...

Hot coals : Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Siddharth Luthra recused himself from acting for the Centreal Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in the Coalgate scam yesterday. CBI’s previous counsel was senior advocate Uday Lalit, who recused himself after he came under pressure for having represented m...

Electric Jaising-Misra court: Additional solicitor general Indira Jaising appeared yesterday before justice Gyan Sudha Misra for the Union of India (UoI) in the Ishraat Jahaan fake encounter case. When Misra asked for Jaising’s authority to appear, Jaising said she was there for the UoI on the home ...

BCI LLB age-limit challenged : A writ before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC has challenged the BCI’s upper age limit to appear in law entrance tests. BCI has banned those 20 or older from sitting for the five-year degree, and those 30 or above for three-year LLB courses through Clause 28 of S...

DSK Legal promoted Munaf Virjee, Sagar Kadam and Maneesh Upadhyay as associate partners in its Mumbai office [ Bar & Bench ] Permanent constitution bench: Chief Justice of India-designate P Sathasivam has advocated a permanent Constitution Bench for “authoritative pronouncements” on issues such...

Due indiligence: GLC Mumbai and New College Mumbai students could miss the 25 July Bar Exam because their law schools have not yet paid the Bar Council of India affiliation fee. GLC fixing problem at the moment… [ Mumbai Mirror / Bar & Bench ] Judicial eviction: According to SC guidelines frame...

India sides with Obama : Salman Khursheed, former law minister, defends US spies’ electronic snooping , saying it’s not “snooping” and “only computer analysis of patterns of calls and e-mails sent”. Minister gets slammed by rivals [ Hindu ] Niche education : Law colleges have increasingly started of...