SC rules in favour of Swamy as Justice AK Ganguly holds three months sufficient for sanctioning prosecution against government, upholding citizens’ constitutional right to invoke POCA [Mint]

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s criminal proceedings stayed by Gujarat HC in Modi-affidavit case [Indian Express]

ICAR begins 3-month probe to ascertain whether BN-Bt cotton intentionally falsely copied from bt cotton or was accidentally contaminated with Monsanto cotton [Mint]

Senior advocate, amicus curiae, Raju Ramachandran tells SC today in anti-death penalty petition that “brainwashed young” Kasab was not part of waging-war conspiracy and not given fair trial [Deccan Herald]

Justice Singhvi taken in by Gov’s defence of Radia whose tapes showed inconsistent starting and ending of conversation, and were “quite possibly” tampered [Times of India]

Sexual harassment of women employees in army, air force, navy soon to be examined by new committee, as per Gujarat HC order [Law et al News]

SC hears Democratic Youth Federation of India’s petition for permanent ban on pesticide Endosulfin that is banned in 81 countries [Law et al News]