April 15th, 2014

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Abhyaas Law Bulletin

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The Scoop Of The Month

Gavaskar at BCCI helm

The Editors Column Dear Student, Welcome to the April edition of the Abhyaas Law Bulletin. The Supreme Court appointed Sunil Gavaskar as the interim president of the BCCI, till the IPL continues. The SCs decision also came as a breather for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), as both the teams have been allowed to participate in this edition of the League.

The Supreme Court appointed former India skipper, Sunil Gavaskar, as the interim president of the board to discharge the functions of the IPL 2014, until its final order on the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Ibrahim Kalifulla, however, permitted both Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals to participate in this years IPL that commences on April 16. The court directed that other responsibilities of the board be performed by BCCI vice-president Shivlal Yadav. However, there was no word on whether Srinivasan could continue with his ICC commitments or not. As of now, the ICC has raised no objections. The Bench said, We also direct that till we deliver the judgment, none of the employees of India Cements Limited or its associate companies [except cricket players or commentators] will perform any of the duties assigned to them by the BCCI. Appearing for the BCCI, senior counsel Aryama Sundaram took exception to the allegations levelled by senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for the Cricket Association of Bihar, against India captain M.S. Dhoni.

Ahead of the elections, politicians have been busy kicking up storms of multiple varieties. SP leader Abu Azmi said, Any woman married or not, should be hanged if she goes with a man, with, without her consent. This sparked off a controversy, which was duly picked up by the media and dissected. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said, Death sentence for rape is not fair... Boys will be boys... men make mistakes... We'll change anti-rape law if we come to power. In what can be termed as the most baffling tragedy in international aviation, Malaysian Airlines MH 370 disappeared from radar on March 8, somewhere at sea between Malaysia and Vietnam. No debris has been traced till now, although officials claim that they have been receiving pings from what could be its black box, from the Indian Ocean. Happy Reading!

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April 15th, 2014 Sonia has no car; has lent Rs 9 lakh to RaGa Congress president Sonia Gandhi has assets worth over Rs 9.28 crore, though she does not have a vehicle in her name. She has movable assets worth Rs 2.81 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 6.47 crore, according to the affidavit submitted along with her nomination papers she filed for the Rae Bareli seat. Her assets show a six-fold increase from the last elections. Gandhi has given a loan of Rs 9 lakh to her son Rahul. Among the movable assets, she has Rs 85,000 in cash, Rs 66 lakh in banks, Rs 10 lakh worth bonds and shares worth Rs 1.90 lakh. She has mutual funds worth Rs 82.20 lakh, PPF amounting to Rs 42.49 lakh, National Saving Scheme of Rs 2.86 lakh and ornaments worth over Rs 62 lakh. Among the immovable assets, she has declared an ancestral property in Italy worth Rs 19.90 lakh, besides land valued at Rs 4.86 crore in Deramandi village, another land worth Rs 1.40 crore in Sultanpur village. Last time while filing her nomination papers from here in 2009, Sonia Gandhi had declared her assets over Rs 1.37 crore. Shillong polling goes high tech! The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), P Naik launched an SMS-based service named Polling at your Fingertips in Shillong, Meghalaya. This is one of the most innovative steps started for the voters under which they will have to enter their EPIC (Elector's Photo Identity Card) number and send it to the number 9856066666. The EPIC SMS from the voter will provide him all the details of their electoral number, polling stations, timing and date in their mobile phones. The SMS service will be charged at 3 rupees per SMS. RBI extends 80:20 scheme to import gold to five private banks The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the 80:20 scheme to import gold to five private banks. The move was aimed to ease the restrictions on inward shipments of the gold. The five banks which have been allowed to import gold under the 80:20 scheme are HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank. Ludhiana lass Sidhu shoots World Cup silver Heena Sidhu, World No 2 air pistol shooter on 28 March won a silver medal of 10m Air Pistol Women at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, United States. 28-year old Bulgarian shooter Antoaneta Bovena, London Olympic finalist, with 203.6 points won the gold, while Sidhu shot 200.8 points for her silver. The bronze medal went to Serbia's Zorana Arunovic, with 180.9 points. This medal made the Ludhiana lass the maximum medal winner in a World Cup by any Indian pistol shooter. This achievement had also taken her closer to the numero uno spot in her event and this is the third successive medal by Sidhu at the international stage. The first medal came to her in the ISSF World Cup at Munich in November 2013. Apart from this, there was aniother good news from the World Cup. 16-year-old Malaika Goel has been ranked sixth after reaching the finals. London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang missed the finals by one and a half points in men's air rifle, which brought him to sixth position. India triumphs over polio The World Health Organisation (WHO), on 27 March, certified India as a Polio Free country. This made India one of the 11 countries of SouthEast Region to be free from polio virus. An independent panel of 11 experts in public health, epidemiology, virology, clinical medicine and related specialties constituting the South-East Asia Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (SEA-RCCPE) met for two days to review evidence from countries before reaching the decision that all 11 countries of the Region, including India, are now polio-free and have met the requirements for certification. The official certificate was received by Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Union Health Minister in New Delhi. The achievement has also made the SouthEast Asian Region, fourth WHO Region for being certified as polio-free. The WHO South East Asia Region has 11 Member States namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste. Page 2

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April 15th, 2014 IOC sets stage for 30000-crore refinery at Mundra Indian Oil Corp (IOC) announced to set up a 30000crore refinery at Mundra in Gujarat, with 15 million tones capacity. The plant is scheduled to come up by 2021-22. The Adani Groups offered land to IOC to set up refinery at Mundra. The plan to set up a refinery is to increase the processing capacity of IOC to 100 million tones. IOC planned to raise its refining capacity to 100 million tones by 2021-22. Current total capacity of IOC is 54.2 million tones with seven refineries and subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp operates a 11.5 million tones plant. Over Rs. 195 cr cash seized by Election Commission; 11,000 FIRs filed Over Rs. 195 crore of cash has been seized so far by Election Commission (EC) appointed teams, with Andhra Pradesh topping the list. According to official data, the EC-appointed Election Expenditure Observers have so far seized a total of Rs. 118 crore cash in Andhra Pradesh, Rs. 18.31 crore in Tamil Nadu, Rs. 14.40 in Maharashtra, Rs. 10.46 crore in Uttar Pradesh and over Rs. 4 crore in Punjab including numerous other small seizures in rest of the states. Also, the total liquor seized stands at 26.56 lakh litres, Heroin 70 kgs while 11,469 FIRs have been registered against distribution of cash and illegal inducements in various states. RaGa accuses BJP of copying manifesto Rahul Gandhi has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of copying Congress' election manifesto and asked the opposition party to elaborate on its promises to curb corruption. Congress started work on poll manifesto six months back and we went to poor, farmers and labourers before drafting our manifesto to know about their problems and issues and incorporated their suggestions in the manifesto, but what BJP did is they removed Congress symbol and pasted their symbol on our manifesto, Gandhi said. He also claimed that the BJP has made promises for such works, which have already been started by Congress government.

International
Malaysian Airlines plane vanishes with 239 on board A Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 vanished on route to Beijing, on March 8, with 239 people on board. South-east Asian states joined forces to search waters between Malaysia and Vietnam. It had been expected to land in Beijing at 06:30 (22:30 GMT). Malaysia's transport minister had said there was no information on wreckage. The plane went off the radar south of Vietnam, according to a statement on the Vietnamese government website. Its last known location was off the country's Ca Mau peninsula although the exact position was not clear, it said. The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers, including seven children, and 12 crew members. This vanishing prompted several theories, ranging from a terrorist activity to foul play to the aircraft breaking down. Reports also suggested that the pilot was in no state of mind to fly owing to personal issues and that he had tried a few dangerous maneuvers that hed never tried on a flight before. It was concluded that the aircraft ended in the Indian Ocean, indicating that one of the most expensive searches in history had been futile after there were false leads. However, satellite pictures showed some debris in the Indian Ocean, after which search teams were deployed, but it resulted in nothing because of bad weather conditions. A few days later, pings from what was believed to be the aircrafts black box were registered in the Indian Ocean and search parties were deployed again. Considering the amount of time that has elapsed since the flight vanished, the black box would have run out of battery. Google shares drop on worries over ad income Shares in Google have dropped 5% despite the technology giant reporting a first-quarter profit rise of 3%. Profits were $3.45bn (2.05bn), but investors are preoccupied by Google's inability to maintain advertising prices. A widely watched measure, the average "cost per click", was down 9% from a year earlier.

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March10th, 2014

This month in pictures:

Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh passed away at the age of 99.

Yesteryear actress Nanda, well known for Teen Deviyaan and Gumnaam died at the age of 75.

Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the cricketer of the generation.

The SC dismissed Sahara groups plea to release Subrata Roy from jail.

Ratan Tata was honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK's highest civilian awards.

Arvind Kejriwal got slapped, spashed with ink and eggs during his election campaign

Spotlight: Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Symbiosis Law School, Pune originally known as Symbiosis Society's Law College, was established in 1977 under the banner of Symbiosis Society. Active clubs and societies of Symbiosis Law School, Pune include the Human Rights Cell (HRC), The Environment Protection and Consumer Rights Organization (Ecocon), Legal Aid and Literacy Cell, Tech Legal Cell, Alumni Cell, Corporate Cell, Law Hawks Forum, International Cell - ILSA, Sports Committee, Law and Economics cell(LAWECON) Admission for Undergraduate Programmes is through Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET)which is a common written test for the admission processes of Undergraduate Institutes of Symbiosis International University (SIU). The Entrance Test is followed by Group Exercise and Personal Interview . The total intake is 200 seats (inclusive of 150 seats of B.B.A.LL.B and 50 seats of B.A.LL.B). Symbiosis Law School, Pune has been ranked fifth and sixth of India Today and Outlook's ranking respectively. SLS is conferred with the honour of being a core partner in the global network of legal institutes, the Erasmus Mundus, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) a grant for bilateral exchange with Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. Feel free to write to: lawprep@abhyaas.in The Law Bulletin We dont wish to print this journal, save paper, avoid printing. www.abhyaas.in Page 4