CCI Member H C Gupta resigns; CBI to question Gupta in Coalgate

Competition Commission of India (CCI) Member, H C Gupta resigned from the post to face charges in the coal blocks allocation scam. CBI has received sanction from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to question Gupta, reports ET. A 1971 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Gupta was serving as a member of the CCI. Notably, he was Secretary in the Ministry of Coal as well as the panel chief...

Ministry of Home Affairs instructs to prosecute Police Officers refusing to register FIR

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory to the States and Union Territories, mentioning that failure on the part of Police Officers to register an FIR on receipt of information about the cognizable offence will invite prosecution. The officer can be prosecuted for offence under section 166A of the Indian Penal Code or departmental action or both.The advisory further clarifies...

CLAT 2013: Revised First Provisional Allotment List released

The revised First Provisional Allotment list has been now published on the CLAT website. The first allocation list was earlier withdrawn owing to many reasons including “Doubts expressed by certain candidates regarding the order of their preferences for Universities and the subsequent allotment of seat”.As first reported by Live Law, four candidates had earlier alleged that they were...

Bar Council of India wants participation in the Collegium System

In a latest development, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has demanded a say in the appointments of judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts, reports Indian Express. In this regard, the BCI has adopted a resolution for approaching the Central Government with a request to allow them participation in the existing “collegium system”.A committee of BCI, comprising chairman Manan Kumar...

CRISIL: Significant Foreign Direct Investment in Retail unlikely

The Government of India had permitted foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi brand retail in late 2011, which was approved by the Cabinet in September 2012. On 6 June 2013, the government issued further clarifications on its policy, particularly relating to the mandatory investments and sourcing requirements to be met by foreign retailers investing in India. According to CRISIL...

Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank penalised by RBI for violating norms

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty on Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank for violating RBI’s instructions. The RBI had earlier carried out a scrutiny of books of accounts, internal control, compliance systems and processes of these three banks at their corporate offices and some branches during March /April 2013 in order to investigate into the allegations...

Breaking: CLAT 2013 First Provisional Allotment list to be revised

CLAT website has notified that the First Provisional Allotment List is being reviewed and revised.  Further, the notification indicated the revised list will be notified “at the earliest”.The notification read as follows:“In view of certain unavoidable important developments after the publication of the first  provisional allotment list such as:(a) The Hon’ble Court’s direction...

National Food Security Bill under Fire

With no political consensus on UPA’s National Food Security Bill in sight, the government is reportedly working towards bringing an ordinance to implement the Bill. The Food Bill aims to supply subsidized food to India’s 67 per cent of the underprivileged population. Primarily, the Bill seeks to provide a uniform monthly legal entitlement to 5 kg food grains per person at Rs. 1-3 per kg....

Breaking: Kerala High Court issues notice to HNLU; Matter listed for June 17, 2013

The Kerala High Court today issued notice to the Hidayatullah National Law University, New Raipur on a Writ Petition filed by four candidates who appeared for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013. The Petition (a copy of which is with Live Law)  alleges that, the Petitioners were wrongly allotted Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna instead of their preferred choice of...

NLSIU student sues Hindustan Pencils for “racist” crayon

Chirayu Jain, a student of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore has filed a complaint against Hindustan Pencils at a consumer court, accusing the company of racism for producing a skin tone crayon, reports The Hindu.Jain found the “skin” coloured crayon to be racially offensive as it is a shade of pink or peach, representative of white skin alone. Jain in...

Indian Legal fraternity to invite Chief Justice of Pakistan to India

The Indian legal fraternity is keen on inviting Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhri to India before his retirement this year in December, reports Pakistan Today. Retired Justice A K Ganguly along with a delegation of Advocates of the Supreme Court are currently in Pakistan to attend the two-day India-Pakistan conference on “Judicial activism, public interest litigation...

Extension of GNLU Director's Tenure Disallowed by GNLU’s General Council

The General Council at Gujarat National Law University at Gandhinagar (GNLU) has rejected the proposal to renew the current Director Bimal Patel’s tenure, which is due to expire in November this year. The proposal, which was made by the Executive Council of GNLU, was turned down by the General Council on the ground that the Executive Council should examine the report submitted by the First...