Log jam? Civil judge’s bigger value jurisdiction from 16 January will cause 50,000 property disputes to be transferred from Bombay High Court to district courts [Indian Express]

Satyam’s Ramalinga Raju faces PwC’s suit in AP High Court for Rs 14,000 crore accounting fraud [Business Today]

Lawyers to observe 20 January as protest day to oppose Sibal’s move to bring legal education under NCHER purview [Deccan Chronicle]

Government notifies 100% FDI in retail, conditions apply to foreigners holding 100% stake in Indian ventures [ET]

Salve, Rohatgi and Subramaniam get interim bail for Sukh Ram and others in telecom scam [Law et al]

Justice Bhandari and Misra order interim unsealing of T Nagar shops in response to merchants’ PIL on occasion of Pongal [Hindu]