November 15th, 2014

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Abhyaas Law Bulletin

For the quintessential CLAT aspirant
The Scoop Of The Month
Justice Mudgal Report names cricketers, officials

The Editors Column

Dear Student,
Welcome to the November edition of the Law
Bulletin.

In the much-awaited hearing on Mudgal

Committee report, the Supreme Court revealed
the names of N Srinivasan, Gurunath Meiyappan,
Raj Kundra and Sundar Raman, who were being
probed by the panel.
However, the Supreme Court took the names of
some cricketers by accident and clarified that they
wanted to name officials and administrators, not
players. The court also asked Harish Salve, the
lawyer of the petitioner to be clear who is a player
and who is not.
The SC asked the BCCI, Srinivasan and other nonplayers who are named in the report to file their
objections within four days of the receipt.
The SC also directed to disclose the findings of
Justice Mudgal committee report on noncricketers and hold on to the findings related to
players. The BCCI was been forced to cancel its
AGM scheduled for November 20.
Petitioner Amit Verma had called for the report to
be made public in the interest of the sport. The
Mudgal committee submitted the final report on
November 3.
The report has been made by a panel headed by
former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana Mukul
Mudgal and also includes Sourav Ganguly.

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This month was an action-packed month, with Sachin

Tendulkars autobiography Playing It My Way
drawing a lot of eyeballs for its explosive content,
especially against former Indian coach Greg Chappell.
Sachin was also in the news for adopting a village in
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, hot on heels of Sonia and
Rahul Gandhi doing the same, in accordance with
Narendra Modis 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana'.
Indian crickets big names are biting their nails as the
Justice Mudgal verdict looks at nailing them. Players,
officials and bookies have been named in this report.
Online sales saw some new records being created as
Chinas online retail giant, Alibaba made the record of
earning 9.3 billion US dollars in sales in a single day.
Alibaba achieved the staggering figure on Singles Day
shopping event which celebrates the bachelorhood of
young single Chinese.

Happy Reading !

Parvathy Bhardwaj
Index:
Page 2: National
Page 3: International
Page 4: Spotlight

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Modi

ignored,

Sharif

invited

by

Shahi

Imam

Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari

triggered a controversy by inviting Pakistan Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as political leaders in
India but not Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the
anointment ceremony of his son.
19-year-old Shaban, who is pursuing Bachelors in Social
Work at a private university, was anointed as the 'Naib
Shahi Imam' (Vice Imam) at a ceremony in the historic
Jama Masjid.
Among those invited by him were BJP leaders Rajnath
Singh, Harsh Vardhan, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and
Vijay Goel, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Congress
leaders
Sonia
Gandhi
and
Rahul
Gandhi.
Sarita Devi faces knockout punch: AIBA
Boxer Sarita Devi, who refused to accept her Asian
Games bronze medal in a protest over the judging can
expect a heavy punishment, the head of the sport's
governing body AIBA said. The world body has hinted
that Sarita's international career may be over.
L. Sarita Devi lost in the semifinals of the women's
lightweight competition at Incheon, South Korea, in
September, and tried to give her medal to her
opponent at the presentation ceremony as a protest.
Devi and three coaches received indefinite bans taking
in the current women's world championships in South
Korea pending a final ruling of a disciplinary
commission. AIBA president CK Wu said that the
commission will make its ruling "very soon" and
forecast a strong penalty.
"She will be heavily punished, there will be zero
tolerance. It was totally unacceptable behaviour for any
competition in any sport, I think her boxing career is
finished. Every athlete should fully respect the decisions
of referees and judges. So this boxer is facing very
severe punishment. She has damaged her own country,
India has been damaged," Wu said in a telephone
interview from Jeju, South Korea, ahead of the AIBA
congress.
"If you accept being the winner, you have to accept
being the loser. If everyone behaved like that, what
type of competition will we have?," he added.
Meanwhile, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said
he was saddened with the news. He added that Sarita
should be given a chance to play again.

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Kerala becomes first state with bank accounts for

all families
Kerala became the first state in the country to
have bank accounts for all families under Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY). A formal
declaration to this effect was made by Kerala
Finance Minister KM Mani at the State-Level
Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting in
Thiruvananthapuram.
Under the PMJDY, Kerala has opened about 13
lakh new accounts and has mobilised 326 crore
rupees through intensive financial literacy
campaigns launched under the aegis of the State
Level Bankers Committee (SLBC).
At present, Kerala has Financial Literacy Centres in
all the 152 blocks and it has helped it to achieve
the target of PMJDY ahead of schedule. 5.25 lakh
rupees debit cards have been issued by all banks.
India-Nepal sign Power Trade Agreement
India and Nepal signed a Power Trade Agreement
(PTA) that allows exchange of electricity between
the two countries. The agreement opened up new
vistas of cooperation between India and Nepal in
power sector.
The agreement aims to enhance the friendly
relations and mutual trust between Nepal and
India through increased cooperation in the field of
transmission interconnection, grid connectivity
and power trade. It also facilitates governments,
public and private enterprises in planning and
construction of interconnection facilities and
power trade.
Tendulkar
releases
his
autobiography
Sachin Tendulkars autobiography Playing It My
Way was launched in Mumbai. The book was
unveiled by Sachin himself in the presence of
some of his former teammates, celebrities and
family members.
Earlier, Sachin gave first copy of the book to his
mother Rajni, while at the launch he presented a
copy to his mentor and childhood coach Ramakant
Achrekar in the presence of his daughter Sara.
The book took the cricketing world by storm by
some of its explosive revelations, revolving mostly
around former Indian coach Greg Chappell, which
invited a host of reactions from people associated
with the team.

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BCCI to initiate legal proceedings against West
Indies Cricket Board
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
decided to initiate legal proceedings against West
Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for abrupt cancellation
of their tour to India. It also decided to suspend all
bilateral tours between BCCI and West Indies Cricket
Board.
BCCIs action was unanimously taken during the allpowerful Working Committee, which met to decide
the future course of action. This decision of pulling
out from the series by the Caribbean team, incurred
heavy losses to BCCI.
Indian Super League ranks among best attended
football leagues in world
The Hero Indian Super League, inching closer to its
halfway mark, has achieved the rare milestone of
having registered the highest average stadium
attendance for any football league in Asia.
At the completion of match 27 on November 9, the
inaugural edition has had an average stadium
attendance of 22,639, positioning ISL as the best
attended league across Asia, ahead of competitions
such as China's CSL, Japan's J-League and South
Korea's K-League.
The attendance in stadia across the country has also
made India score globally amongst the best football
Leagues. ISL ranks the fifth highest football league in
average attendance around the world, behind only
Bundesliga, EPL, La Liga and Serie A, and ahead of
the USA's popular MLS, French Ligue 1 and Mexico's
Liga MX.
The average attendance ranks ISL as the 11th best
attended Leagues across any sport around the
world. The ISL is already the most watched noncricketing sport in India with 275 million viewers
tuning in over the first three weeks alone. The
league has also dominated social media trends
notching up over 5 billion impressions on Facebook
and Twitter.
Spicejet Plane Crashes Into Buffalo at Surat Airport
A SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers on board hit a
buffalo that had strolled on to the runway through a
gap in the airports boundary wall. It killed the
buffalo and caused multi-million dollar damage to
the aircraft. The Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered
separate inquiries by the Director General of Civil
Aviation and the Airports Authority of India.

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International
WHO declares Nigeria as Ebola-Free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared
Nigeria as an Ebola-free country.
It was declared Ebola-free after no new cases were
reported within the 42 day period stipulated by
the WHO for a country to be declared Ebola free.
The last reported case in Nigeria was confirmed on
8 September 2014.
The announcement was made by the WHO
representative Rui Gama Vaz in the capital Abuja.
With this, Nigeria became the second country in
West Africa to be declared Ebola free.
According to WHO, the success of Nigeria was
attributable to ample funding, quick action and
assistance from the WHO, the US Centers for
Disease Control and the non-profit Doctors
Without Borders.
World's first inhalable Ebola vaccine passes
animal tests
Scientists from the University of Texas confirmed
that the Worlds first inhalable Ebola vaccine
passed animal tests.
Professor Maria Croyle along with Dr Gary
Kobinger at the National Microbiology Laboratory
in Winnipeg confirmed the tests.
The vaccine has shown a long-term protection for
non-human primates against the deadly Ebola
virus. Results from a recent pre-clinical study
represent the only proof to date that a single dose
of a non-injectable vaccine platform for Ebola is
long lasting, which could have significant global
implications in controlling future outbreaks.
Alibaba makes record of earning in a single day
Chinas online retail giant, Alibaba made the
record of earning 9.3 billion US dollars in sales in a
single day. This happened on Singles Day shopping
event which celebrates the bachelorhood of young
single Chinese.
It shipped 278 million orders out of which 43
percent were mobile devices. In 2013, Alibaba had
recorded sales of $5.75 billion and shipped 150
million orders on Singles' Day that is the world's
biggest online retail sales day. Alibaba turned
Singles Day into the biggest 24-hour cyber
spending target in the world by offering discounts
on everything from cars to clothes on that day.

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This month in pictures:

BJP candidate Devendra

Gangadharrao Fadnavis was
sworn-in as the CM of
Maharashtra.

Amitabh Bachchan was

summoned by a US Federal
Court for allegedly
instigating violence against
the Sikh community in the
1984 riots.
Spotlight: GNLU, Gandhinagar

MD and CEO of ING Vysya Bank

Shailendra Bhandari resigned
from his post after taking charge
of the Bangalore-based private
lender.

Indian batsman Rohit

Sharma became the first
player to hit two double
centuries in One Day
International Cricket.

Para-swimmer Sharath
Gayakwad broke the 28-year
old record of PT Usha of
winning the most medals at a
multi-discipline event by an
Indian.

Dr. Raghuram Rajan,

Governor of RBI India was
conferred with
Euromoneys Central Bank
Governor of the Year
Award 2014.

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is a statutory university established

by the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat National University Act,
2003. This University is based in the city of Gandhinagar, which is the capital
of Gujarat and is located 30 kilometers north to the metropolitan city of
Ahmedabad. The University started its official functioning in the year 2004
and has five batches of 160 students each, currently under training.
This University was formed in the year 2003 on the five year integrated LL.B
structure preferred by the Bar Council of India. This University offers its
students a course of five years, and upon graduation provides the degrees,
B.A, LL.B (Hons.), B.Com, LL.B (Hons.), B.B.A, LL.B (Hons.), and B.Sc., LL.B
(Hons.). GNLU also offers LL.M course which is devised with a view to
producing competent teachers and researchers.
The total intake for the UG Course is 160 and the admission is through national level CLAT. The University has
its curriculum based on the National Law School model and follows a two semester per year pattern. The
University also encourages and includes additional project work, report writing, research and analysis in its
syllabus. Moot courts and other legal events are held regularly in the university, as a part of the curriculum as
well as an extracurricular activity.
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