Top stories: SCJ Bhandari tipped for Hague; Not so Satanic? 5 new Bombay HC judges; Lawyers must be honest, says SCJ & more

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 members set to retire soon [TOI]

Delhi HC judge Justice Hima Kohli directs DDA to fix ‘address’ goof-up wherein DDA sent allotment letter to wrong address: DDA told to allot flat to petitioner at old cost [Pioneer]

SC judge Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha tells corrupt lawyers to bugger off; says “If you can’t be honest, there is no business for you to work in judiciary” [TOI]

DoT to rope in SC against TDSAT, says it should stay within jurisdiction limits [Mail Today]

Anti-graft warrior Prashant Bhushan files PIL in SC against ex-CJ K G Balakrishnan for alleged corruption: timeline [Firstpost]

Andhra HC CJ & Nalsar chancellor says mediation & alternative methods of justice as the need of the hour [HT]

Comments

hats off 23 Jan 2012, 17:14
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Justice Bhandari has an LLM from Northwestern University USA but don't tell LI... busy telling people not to "waste" a year and do LLMs abroad.
Aha 23 Jan 2012, 18:09
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heres a useful blog post on an indian judge at d ICJ: http://ilcurry.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/indian-judge-at-the-icj-new-developments/
Aha 23 Jan 2012, 18:10
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Also, Re: your comment, I doubt that his LL.M. degree was useful in getting nominated.
@hats off 23 Jan 2012, 21:55
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yes,it was his LL.M that got him nominated.

i would really love for you to you have an LL.M, because that would prove LL.M grads to be the dunderheads LI said they would be.
111 24 Jan 2012, 11:56
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[quote name="@hats off"]yes,it was his LL.M that got him nominated.

i would really love for you to you have an LL.M, because that would prove LL.M grads to be the dunderheads LI said they would be.[/quote]

LOL. well said. But maybe a US LLM is a hint that the judge is probably not a pro-Soviet commie like Krishna Iyer, so US will not oppose the nomination.