Justice Ranjan Gogoi bid farwell to Punjab & Haryana HC on Friday to be sworn in as Supreme Court judge, for seven years, today. He may be elevated to CJI in 2018 [ Law et al News ] Oldest and second-oldest pending SC case, from almost four and three decades ago, respectively, were last listed ...

Bombay High Court petitioner lashes out at Sunday’s Sony T.V broadcast of Dirty Picture as being in violation of Section 6 of Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act [ Law et al News ] Katju wants electronic media under Press Council of India Act – rejects self-regulation stance; Feels Mamata sho...

SEBI revises minimum shareholding norms. Onto consent order norms, IPO process revamp and MIMPS next; Avoids GAAR [ Mint ] Katju appeals to Zardari for release of Indian national from Pakistani life-term [ Justice Katju ] SC’s Singhvi and Radhkrishnan agree to review 2G licence cancellation order; r...

Kapadia’s media-trial bench clubs 4 earlier cases, broadens scope of hearing from “regulation of coverage of court proceedings” to “regulation of media per se” [ Mint ] Ex-Noojie starts own food-tour biz in Delhi after six years in Amarchand Delhi’s dispute resolution team [ MyLaw ] Indian elections...

Trilegal partner promotions down to one as Ashwyn Mishra promoted to head corporate M&A practice [Bar and Bench] Luthra and Luthra to represent foreign hedge fund investor and 1 per cent stakeholder in CIL – TCI which alleges mismanagement by CIL board and violation of BIT by Indian govt [ Mint...

In Caesar V taxpayer, lawyers and accountants win as GAAR litigation beckons [ The Hindu ] World class govt walks the walk of global monopoly capital, phases out local cable operators by making CAS mandatory [ Kafila ] UK trainee solicitors to be paid less than minimum wage in their first year [ Law...

Naz rap in SC: Vahanvati concludes blaming 377 on Brit Raj in sexually advanced land evidenced by imaginative heritage sculptures [ Express Buzz ] Karnataka HC CJ Vikramjit Sen questions Katju’s support to journos in Bangalore lawyers V journos [ The Hindu ] Clifford Chance axes 13 out of 1000 Londo...

India’s first compulsory licencing order comes in as “Bullet” Kurian goes out [ Spicy IP India ] Katju: It is sordid that journos are proceeded against instead of being commended for filming porn-watching MLAs [ NDTV ] [ Download a copy of Katju’s letter to the Speaker ] Vahanvati submits ex-CJI KGB...

Ground for Vodafone Review: Kapadia didn’t recuse himself, relied on his son’s employer’s due diligence report to rule in favor of Vodafone [ ET ] PCI chairman Katju tells discourteous journo-attacking Maharashtra govt to count its days in power [ Outlook India ] SC deals with delay, wants all state...