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The Editors Column

Dear Student,

Welcome to the June edition of the Law Bulletin.

India welcomed its 15th Prime Minister in the form of
BJPs Narendra Modi, who took oath to help India
come out of the crisis that its facing. In a swearing-in
ceremony that saw representatives from SAARC
nations and celebrities from all walks of life mark their
attendance, Modi also displayed several shades of
himself, ranging from his adherence to rituals, to
being overcome by emotion.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the seventh edition of the
IPL, becoming the only team other than Chennai
Super Kings, to have more than one edition to their
name.

Closer at home, the people of Telangana celebrated
the formation day of the new state on June 2, 2014,
with fireworks glistening up the Telangana skyline.

The FIFA World Cup has gotten underway in Brazil,
amidst many protests by the locals, demanding more
money be pumped into the basic necessities. In the
big cup of upsets, defending champions Spain have
already been kicked out.

Happy Reading !


Parvathy Bhardwaj
Index:
Page 2: National
Page 3: International
Page 4: Spotlight
The Scoop Of The Month
Modi takes oath as 15th PM of India


Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn-in as the
15th Prime Minister of India. Along with him, 45-
member Council of Ministers that includes 23
Ministers with Cabinet rank, 10 Ministers of State
with independent charges and 12 Ministers of
State also took oath of their offices. Oath was
administered by the President Pranab Mukherjee
in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Prime
Minister and his Council of Ministers were
appointed in term of Article 75 of the Constitution
of India.
With this swearing-in, 63-year-old Modi became
the first Prime Minister of India who was born in
independent India i.e. post 15 August 1947. Of the
45 ministers 43 are also those who were born in
independent India except two. This is the first time
in three-decades that any party has emerged as
the winner in elections with absolute majority.
Besides, this is the first time that, 25% of the
Cabinet post has been allocated to women. Out of
23 Cabinet post, 6 has been allocated to women.
These 6 women are: Sushma Swaraj (first woman
to be External Affairs Minister), Uma Bharti, Dr.
Najma A Heptullah, Maneka Gandhi, Smriti Zubin
Irani and Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
The swearing-in ceremony of Modi and his cabinet
was attended by a strong gathering of 3000 people
that included the heads of SAARC nations, cinema
and religion, industry and politics.
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Telangana: Centre Announces 2 June 2014 as
Foundation Day
The Centre has decided the Foundation Day or
Appointed Day for Telangana to be on 2 June 2014, said
the Union Home Ministry. The new state will start
functioning from that day itself, a spokesperson of the
Home Ministry said. Telangana will become the 29th
state of the Indian union of states.
The then Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
decided the date after consulting with President Pranab
Mukherjee during the day. The Ministry has already
issued a gazette notification following an approval of
the country's Parliament on 20 February. For both the
two new states- Telangana and Seemandhra, the
residual Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad will remain as a
joint capital for 10 years under the security of the State
Governor.
The Union government has decided to give special
category status to Seemandhra for five years, till it
develops its own capital and other immediate
governing necessities. A six-point development
package, including tax exemptions and other sops, has
also been announced to Seemandhra by the Centre.

Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 7 trophy
Riding on Manish Pandey's brilliant 50-ball-94, Kolkata
Knight Riders chased down a mammoth 200-run target
to beat Kings XI Punjab in the final and lift the IPL
trophy.
KKR kept their collective calm in a high-scoring final for
the second time in three years to become one of the
most successful teams of the IPL.
Kolkata sneaked home in the thriller with three balls
and three wickets to spare. With their ninth win in a
row of the edition, Kolkata joined the Chennai Super
Kings, whom they had defeated in the final two years
ago, as the only side to have claimed multiple IPL
trophies.

India wins 12 medals at 16th Asian Junior Athletics
Championship
India won 12 medals overall to finish 5th in final medal
tally at the 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championship
held in Taipei City, China from 12 June to 15 June 2014.
Indias medal tally of 12 medals included 2 Gold, 5
Silver and 5 Bronze.
China topped the list with 24 medals comprising of 12
Gold, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze.

RIL buys 78 percent in Network 18 for 4000 crore
rupees
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced its
decision to buy a majority stake of about 78
percent in Network18 Media and Investments for
4000 crore rupees.
The deal will be done through the Independent
Media Trust (IMT) set up by Reliance. IMT will use
the funds to acquire ownership of about 78
percent in Network18 and 9 percent in TV18.

Flipkart buys Myntra for 300 million US dollar
Domestic e-retailer Flipkart announced that it has
acquired rival and leading fashion e-tailer
Myntra.com for $300 million. This is the largest-
ever deal in the e-commerce market of India.
Both companies will be run independently, with
no immediate plans to merge the fashion business
on the two portals or even join forces in terms of
content or go-to market.

IAF Aircraft MIG-21 crashes in South Kashmir
Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft MIG-21 crashed at
Marhama Sangam on National Highway in
Bijbehara of Anantnag district in South Kashmir.
The pilot, squadron leader Raghu Banshi died on
board in the crash. The body of the pilot was
recovered and carried to an IAF base and the
injured co-pilot was rushed to the Military
hospital in Srinagar. However, no civilian death or
loss of property was reported in the crash as the
plane crashed into the open field.
The MIG plane took off from Quil Pulwama
Airbase, 25 kilometer from the crash point, for a
routine daily exercise.

Gokardham Express derails; kills 20
The Gorakhdham Express derailed at Sant
Kabirnagar district in Uttar Pradesh killing 20
people. It was going from Delhi to Gorakhpur
when it rammed into a stationary goods train near
Khalilabad in Uttar Pradesh. In the accident, six
bogies were derailed and it is feared that at least
20 people have died and 70 were injured.
It is believed that the train came on the same
track as the stationary freight train near Chureb
Railway Station at the Sant Kabirnagar district.
Dead bodies were brought out from the damaged
coaches of the train.
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Taliban gunmen attack Karachi airport academy
in second assault

Pakistan's Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility
for an attack on a security academy at Karachi's
airport, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege
by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan's busiest airport
that killed more than 30 people.
The assault destroyed prospects for peace talks
between the Taliban and the government of Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif and triggered speculation
that the army might opt for an all-out offensive
against militant strongholds.
A group of gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on
an academy run by the Airports Security Force
(ASF) and fled after security forces retaliated. No
one was hurt, officials said.
"We accept responsibility for another successful
attack against the government," Pakistani Taliban
spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told Reuters.
"We are successfully achieving all our targets and
we will go on carrying on many more such
attacks."
Ten militants disguised as security force members
and armed with rocket-propelled grenades broke
into the airport in the first attack, one of the most
brazen in a long-running Pakistani Taliban
insurgency. At least 34 people were killed.

Australia win the Mens Hockey World Cup 2014
Australia won the 2014 edition of Mens Hockey
World Cup for second successive time, beating The
Netherlands 6-1 in the final held at Kyocera
Stadium in The Hague, Netherlands.
Australia won the title for the first time in 1986.
Germany was the only nation to win the title two
consecutive times.
Argentina won the Bronze medal by defeating the
England 2-0 in the finals. This was the first mens
World Cup medal for Argentina.
India defeated Asian Champions South Korea 3-0
to finish a lowly ninth. In 2010 edition held in New
Delhi, India finished eighth. So far India has won its
only Hockey World Cup in 1975.
On the other hand, Pakistan has won the Men's
Hockey World Cup for the maximum number of
times. Netherlands won the 2014 edition of
Womens Hockey World Cup held in The Hague,
Netherlands on 14 June 2014. It defeated Australia
2-0 in the final.
International
Russia and China veto UN resolution against Syria
Russia and China exercised their veto power against
a draft resolution which was intended to refer the
Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court
(ICC). The resolution was double vetoed by the
Russia and China for the fourth time.The draft
resolution was proposed by the France which at the
15-nation UN body. It received 13 votes in favour
and 2 against. The UN resolution was to refer the
situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court
(ICC) for possible prosecution of war crimes and
crimes against humanity committed during the three
year civil war of Syria.
Syria is not a state party to the Rome Statute that
established the ICC, so the only way to refer to the
ICC is by the UN Security Council. Hence, France
circulated the resolution among the council
members on 12 May 2014 to refer Syrian Civil war to
ICC. For adoption of a UN draft resolution, it requires
nine votes in favour and the absence of a negative
vote (veto) by any of the five permanent members of
the Security Council.

Emergency declared in Iraq after militants seized
Mosul
Nuri al-Maliki, the Prime Minister of Iraq has
declared a state of emergency in Iraq after jihadist
militants of al Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant captured the city of Mosul and much
of its province of Nineveh. State of emergency has
broadened arrest powers and allows curfews to be
imposed and a general mobilization of civilians.
Apart from this, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-
Maliki has called upon to United Nations, Arab
League, European Union and others to support Iraq
in its stand on fighting terrorism.
Maliki has also announced that the government
would arm its citizens to fight against the militants
and join the security forces in defending their
country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has
urged all Iraqi political leaders to show national unity
against the militants.The ultras of the Islamic State of
Iraq and Levant (ISIL) overrun the military base and
seized large parts of Mosul after an intense fighting
of four days with security forces. It also forced the
Iraqi military to withdraw its positions in north of the
city.




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BG Srinivas, the President
and member of the board of
Infosys resigned.
Vishal Sikka on 11 June
2014 was appointed as
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Infosys.
Former Intelligence Bureau Chief
Ajit Doval was appointed as the
National Security Adviser.
Mukul Rohatgi was
appointed as the 14th
Attorney-General of India.
Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik
retired from all forms of
cricket. He had played eight
Tests and 37 ODIs for India.
This month in pictures:
APJ Abdul Kalam was
awarded with honorary
degree by Edinburgh
University in Scotland.
Spotlight: Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna


CNLU is located in the ancient city of Patna, capital of Bihar, India. It was
established under the Chanakya National Law University Act, 2006 (Bihar Act
No. 24 of 2006) and included in section 2(f) of the U.G.C. Act, 1956.
Admission to the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Programme is made strictly on the basis of
merit as assessed through a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The total
number of seats is 140 (Out of a maximum of 140 seats 20 seats are meant for
Foreign Nationals/NRI's/NRI Sponsored.). Other than the undergraduate
program, CNLU also offers LLM as well as Post Graduate Diplomas in fields
ranging from, Cyber Law & ADR to Intellectual Property Law.

The University aims at providing quality legal education and promoting legal awareness in the community at
large in order to realise some of the goals envisaged in our Constitution. CNLUs aim is to evolve and impart
comprehensive legal education at all levels to achieve excellence, which can only be done through active
learning through teacher-student interaction and internal and continuous assessment of students. The college
has shown strong Potential by being one of those colleges with tremendous growth in terms of Infrastructure
etc. The students of CNLU have access to many of the online law journals. Many activities take place on the
campus including moot courts. The university boasts of a well equipped library with a huge collection of
books.