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The Editors Column
Dear Student,
Welcome to the September edition of the Law
Bulletin.
With floods wreaking havoc in Jammu and Kashmir,
the Indian armed forces continued playing saviours,
even as Hafiz Saeed tweeted that this was a
conspiracy of the Indian government. The rescue
operations took a blow as separatists began hurling
stones at the army, something that the Modi
government has chosen not to pay attention to.
Sania Mirza clinched the US Open mixed doubles
tourney, dedicating the win to Telangana. Speaking of
Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao drew
a lot of flak for his controversial statement over
burying two media channels for their insulting the
Telangana assembly, its MLAs, and Telangana's self-
respect.
Kabaddi took the centre stage as the inaugural edition
of the Pro Kabaddi League kick started in great
fashion, with a lot of viewers glued to their TV sets
following the tourney. The inaugural edition was
clinched by Abhishek Bachchans Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Happy Reading !
Parvathy Bhardwaj
Index:
Page 2: National
Page 3: International
Page 4: Spotlight
The Scoop Of The Month
Natures fury scars J&K valley
Jammu and Kashmir is battling one of the worst
floods in decades with rivers in the region in spate
due to days of incessant rain. Over 250 people
have died and thousands are stranded across the
state, including Srinagar.
The Army, IAF and NDRF are doing a massive
round-the-clock rescue and relief operation, with
86 aircrafts and 30,000 troops.
As the armed forces continue to carry out massive
relief operations in flood ravaged Jammu and
Kashmir, some separatists, who fear alienation,
are making continuous efforts to disrupt relief
operations in the Valley. Although this is a serious
issue, it has been sidelined for the time being.
An Indian Air Force helicopter, which was involved
in rescue operations in Srinagar was pelted with
stones as it was carrying out rescue mission.
However, the NDA government led by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has decided to ignore
such attempts by separatist elements to disrupt
relief operations in the Kashmir Valley
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Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks called-off
India called-off the Foreign Secretary-level bilateral
talks with Pakistan. The decision was taken by the
Union government after Pakistan High Commissioner
Abdul Basit invited Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat leaders
in Delhi for a meet.
The high-level talk between the Foreign Secretaries of
the two nations was supposed to be held on 25 August
2014 in Islamabad. This Foreign Secretary meet was
supposed to be the first meeting in 18 months.
India said Pakistan that chose either the Indo-Pak
dialogue or dialogue with the separatist leaders.
Foreign Secretary of India, Sujatha Singh on phone said
to her Pakistani counterpart that Pakistans
interference in Indias internal affairs was unacceptable.
Even after seeing the reaction of India, Basit went
ahead to meet Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Shah
Geelani and Yasin Malik.
Indian Army bumps into tunnel along LoC leading to
PoK
The Indian Army discovered a tunnel in the Pallanwalla
sector along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir.
The tunnel, discovered in an incomplete form, was
leading to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
It is located 50 meters inside the Indian Territory and is
about two-and-half feet wide and about three-and-half
feet high.
It was discovered during routine patrolling by the Army
when the land in the search area caved in due to heavy
rains.
It was found in the area where a jawan had died in an
encounter with infiltrators who had sneaked in about
700 meters inside the Indian Territory.
Earlier in June 2012, a 300-meter tunnel was detected
in Samba district in Jammu & Kashmir. In that instance
too, the tunnel was detected when the land caved in
and no exit point was found then either.
Australian PM Tony Abbott visits India
Australian PM Tony Abbott visited held talks on
bilateral, regional and multilateral issues with Narendra
Modi. Four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were
signed. The following are
Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
MOU on cooperation in Sport
Renewal of MOU on cooperation in the field of Water
Resources Management
MoU on Cooperation in Technical Vocational
Education and Training (TVET).
Abbott also returned two stolen antique statues
of Hindu deities to Modi.
One of the idols is a Nataraja, the dancing Shiva
that belongs to the Chola dynasty of 11th-12th
century. The other sculpture is of Ardhanariswara
which represents Shiva in half-female form. It
belonged to the 10th century.
Coal Blocks allocated from 1993 to 2010 are
illegal: SC
The Supreme Court of India in its verdict said that
coal block allocated by the screening committee
from 1993 to 2010, before pre-auction era, was
illegal. It said that the allocations were not fair
and transparent and it also suffered from vice of
arbitrariness.
In its decision, the Apex Court led by Chief Justice
R M Lodha and comprised of Justice Madan B
Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph said that no objective
criteria were followed while allocating and
guidelines were also breached and all allocations
were done in illegal manner.
Apart from this, the Court also said that further
hearing is required so that it can be determined
that whether there is a need for canceling 218
coal block allocations.
Mainly private companies were allocated the coal
blocks in states like Jharkhand, Chattisgarh,
Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya
Pradesh.
Earlier in January 2014, the three-judge Bench of
Supreme Court while reserving the verdict said
that huge investments by companies could not be
a ground for not cancelling the licence.
Textiles Ministry inks MoU with Flipkart;
handloom weavers celebrate
The Union Textiles Ministry signed an MoU with
Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to
handloom weavers. The MoU was signed in New
Delhi to boost the sector and empower the
weavers and boost manufacturing in the country.
Flipkart is a leading online market service
provider.
As per the MoU, the Flipkart would provide online
marketing platform, infrastructural support in
data analytics and customer acquisition to help
weavers to get remunerative prices for their
products and scale up their business.
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ISIS Executes 2nd American Journalist
The group calling itself the Islamic State (also ISIS
or ISIL) has released a video purporting to show
the execution of American journalist Steven
Sotloff,according to the Site Intelligence Group.
Sotloff is the second American journalist brutally
murdered by ISIS in less than two weeks. On Aug.
20, the group released a video showing the
execution of James Foley, during which they also
promised to execute Sotloff if the U.S. did not
cease airstrikes against the group in Iraq.
Obama authorises air strikes against ISIS militants
in Syria
The US President, Barack Obama authorised US air
strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
militants in Syria for the first time. He also asked to
escalate the airstrikes in Iraq. The aggressive
offensive to combat ISIS, announcement came on
the eve of the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attack
of World TRADE Center.
This will be the first open-ended bombing
campaign of the US against jihadist ISIS militants in
Syria. As per the plan, the airstrikes will be a
systematic campaign of against the group.
Obama, in his speech, said that the air strikes were
necessary counter-terrorism action of the country
to prevent the ISIS group to become a threat for
the US in future, thus his order doesnt need
congressional approval. ISIS militants have
captured a swath territory in northern parts of Iraq
and Syria.
Apple launches iWatch and Phone 6
Apple Inc unveiled its iWatch in the United States.
This customisable smartwatch is designed to work
with the iPhone 6. The watch allows you to
connect and communicate directly from your
wrist.
ICC suspends Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal for illegal
bowling action
The ICC suspended Saeed Ajmal from bowling in
international cricket with immediate effect for
illegal bowling action. ICC suspended Ajmal after
the findings of an independent analysis by the
Human Movement Specialists team of ICC
ICICI Bank launches EMI facility on Debit Card
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
(ICICI) Bank launched EMI (equated monthly
installments) facility on debit cards.
With this, the ICICI bank became the first bank in
India to provide such facility on debit card. This was
so far available only for credit cardholders.
The facility will enable the customers to convert
their high value transactions into easy instalments.
It will offer a three-pronged advantage to customers
as they can leverage on their fixed deposits and earn
interest, while they shop and pay in EMI as well as
earn reward points on transactions.
ICICI Bank debit cardholders having fixed deposits of
minimum 10,000 rupees in the savings bank account
can avail themselves of this facility to buy products
on EMIs of 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.
The bank has tied up with Samsung India to offer this
facility across 9000 stores including large format
retailers, multi-brand outlets and standalone stores,
for purchase of Samsung products like mobile
phones, tablets and consumer electronics, among
others.
Sania-Soares clinch US Open Mixed Doubles trophy
Indias Sania Mirza and her Brazilian teammate
Bruno Soares won the Mixed Doubles trophy of the
US Open Tennis. In the title clash, the top seeded,
Indo-Brazilian pair defeated the American-Mexican
team of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez, 6-1, 2-
6, 11-9. The US Open is the fourth and final Grand
Slamof the season.
Jayant bags gold at IWF World Masters
Weightlifting Championships
Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant won the
gold medal for the third time at the IWF World
Masters Weightlifting Championships in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
The 45-year-old lifted a total of 185kg while
competing in 62kg weight category. In snatch, Jayant
lifted 85kg and finally in clean and jerk category, he
showed his best by lifting 100kg.
Jaipur Pink Panthers win Pro Kabaddi League
Jaipur Pink Panther (JPP) owned by Abhishek
Bachchan won the inaugural title of the Star Sports
Pro Kabaddi League. Jaipur Pink Panther defeated U
Mumba 35-24 at the NSCI Stadiumin Mumbai.
International
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Vinod Kumar Duggal
resigned as Manipur
Governor. He was appointed
as governor of Manipur in
December 2013.
Pankaj Advani announced
his retirement from the
professional snooker
Sheila Dikshit submitted her
resignation as Kerala Governor
to The President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee
T M Bhasin is the new
Chairman of Indian Banks
Association (IBA) for
2014-15
Narendra Ambwani was
elected as Chairman of the
Advertising Standards Council
of India (ASCI).
This month in pictures:
The District and Sessions
Court of Imphal, Manipur
ordered release of Irom
Sharmila Chanu
Spotlight: NUJS, Kolkata
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, abbreviated
to WBNUJS or NUJS is an autonomous law university offering courses at
the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is situated in Salt Lake
City of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. NUJS is considered one of the best
amongst the elite national law schools in India built on the five-year law
degree model proposed and implemented by the Bar Council of India.
The University offers a five year integrated B.A./BSc. LLB (Hons.) degree
programme at the undergraduate level and a Master of Laws (LLM)
programme at the postgraduate level. Admission to the former
programme is through the Common Law Admission Test(CLAT).NUJS
also offers MPhil and PhD degrees. It was established in 1999.
The popular press has described NUJS as "one of the top three NLUs, "one of the most prestigious institutions
for legal education in the country", and a University whose students' moot court achievements "put Kolkata
on the world map in less than three years. The five-year undergraduate course is divided into ten semesters
and enrolls 125 students every year. The students represent almost all the States of India and a few join from
foreign countries. This programme offers advanced legal education with an emphasis on critical thinking and
self-enquiry on the one hand and acquisition of practical skills and knowledge on the other.