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February 15, 2015 ALB20150202

The Editor’s Column

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Welcome to the February Edition of the Law Bulletin.

Fervour gripped the whole of India and newspapers were working extra hours, as the nation was buzzing with the excitement of US President Barack Obama’svisit. He landed in India with a fairly large contingent, that included First Lady Michelle Obama. He was a part of India’s Republic Day celebrations. He later flew to Riyadh to meet newly appointed Monarch King Salman, and pay his respects to the family of the late King Abdullah.Ten passengers died and over 100 were injured after nine bogies of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Intercity Express derailed near the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Meanwhile, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 got underway, as New Zealand and Australia geared up to play hosts after 23 years. In other news, UK is set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.In an historic move, MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man.

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Parvathy BhardwajIndex:Page 2: National

Page 3: International

Page 4: Spotlight

The Scoop Of The MonthObama arrives in India, graces R-Day celebrations

United States President Barack Obama arrived inIndia for a highly anticipated three-day landmarktrip during which the two countries will strive tomake progress on climate change, defence andeconomic cooperation.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at the AirForce Station at Palam to greet the visitingdignitaries. The three shared pleasantries beforePresident Obama sat in his presidential vehicle'The Beast' and left for his hotel ITC Maurya.Obama, who landed in the overcast capital, wasaccorded a red carpet welcome at the start of avisit which is seen as symbolizing a new warmth insometimes strained bilateral ties.The others who were present to greet PresidentObama at the airport included minister of state(independent charge) for power, coal andrenewable energy Piyush Goyal and Indianambassador to the US, S Jaishankar, among others.Meanwhile, security was stepped up along theInternational Border between India and Pakistanand in the national capital in anticipation ofPresident Obama's visit.President Obama, who was the chief guest of thisyear's Republic Day parade, became the first USpresident to attend the Republic Day celebrations.Obama, who visited India in 2010, is also the firstUS president to visit the country twice while inoffice.

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Kejriwal elected Delhi CM, for the second timeArvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet took oath at the RamlilaMaidan -the protest venue of the anti-graftcampaigners over three years ago – even as variousdepartments started work on a roadmap to implementAAP’s 70-point election manifesto.Kejriwal, accompanied by senior leader Manish Sisodia,met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought his helpin addressing various problems facing the city. He alsourged Modi to grant full statehood to Delhi toovercome the perennial problem of multiplicity ofauthorities.Kejriwal, in a meeting with senior party leaders,finalised the list of the cabinet ministers which was latersent to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.Arvind Kejriwal will be heading a seven-member AAPcabinet which will include his close confidante ManishSisodia as Deputy Chief Minister and four new faces,party sources said on Thursday. There will be nowoman in the new cabinet.The party submitted a list of the seven cabinet ministersto Lt Governor Najeeb Jung. The party is understood tohave decided to induct Jitendra Tomar (Tri Nagar MLA),Sandeep Kumar (Sultanpuri Majra) and Asim AhmedKhan (Matia Mahal)- the only minority face- in thegovernment.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) beat Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and Congress by scripting a landslide victory,winning 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assemblyelections, stopping PM Narendra Modi and his, whatlooked like, unstoppable pan-India ride to power.The party said it had invited only Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naiduand seven MPs representing Delhi in the Lok Sabha forthe ceremony at Ramlila Maidan.The BJP’s humiliation was complete with its ChiefMinisterial face Kiran Bedi losing in the traditionalstronghold of Krishna Nagar which was long held byparty veteran Harsh Vardhan. The BJP won a paltrythree seats as all its veterans had to bite the dust. Theparty gambled on Kiran Bedi but relied mostly on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi‘s image, which still did notwork for the party.

PM Modi chairs first NITI Aayog meeting with CMsPrime Minister Narendra Modi, on NITI Aayog's firstmeeting, said states should forge a model of"cooperative federalism" to resolve differences.

Chairing the first meeting of the governing councilof NITI Aayog, he said India cannot advancewithout all its states advancing in tandem.Modi added that he envisioned different statescompeting with each other in promotinggovernance initiatives in a spirit of "cooperative,competitive federalism".NITI Aayog or 'National Institution forTransforming India' Aayog is a policy think-tankwhich has replaced the Planning Commission andaims to involve the states in economic policy-making.The PM asked chief ministers to work with thecentral government to forge a model ofcooperative federalism, whereby the centre andthe states can come together to resolvedifferences and chart a common course toprogress and prosperity, the release added.Modi said that the world has started looking atIndia differently, but "our biggest challenge still ishow to eliminate poverty."Observing jobs cannot be created, and povertycannot be removed without growth, he said: "Firstand foremost we should aim at a high rate ofgrowth."Noting that projects are often held up for want oftimely decisions, Modi asked chief ministers togive personal attention to such factors which slowdown projects.The prime minister emphasized that the centralgovernment wished to empower the states withfinances, with technology and knowledge so thatthey are able to plan better and execute evenbetter.The interaction between the chief ministers wascoordinated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley andthe opening remarks for the meeting were madeby the panel's vice chairman Arvind Panagariya.

Jayanthi Natarajan quits Congress:Former union minister Jayanthi Natrajan resignedfrom the Congress party accusing it of not beingdemocratic. She was Environment and ForestMinister in previous UPA government. In herletter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, shedisclosed that Rahul Gandhi was involved in policydecisions at a micro-level during the UPA-IIregime. Jayanthi Natarajan said that she hasbecome a victim of a false and motivated mediacampaign against her by some Congress leaders.

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19 dead after Taiwanese plane crashesA Taiwanese flight carrying 58 people turned on itsside in midair, clipped an elevated roadway andcareened into a shallow river shortly after takingoff from Taipei, killing at least 19 people andleaving 24 missing.More than half of the passengers aboard TransAsiaAirways Flight GE235 were from China and thedeath toll was expected to rise as rescue crewscleared the mostly submerged fuselage in theKeelung River. Teams in rubber rafts clusteredaround the wreckage, several dozen meters(yards) from the shore.Dramatic video clips apparently taken from cars onTaiwan's National Freeway No. 1 were postedonline and aired by broadcasters, showing the ATR72 prop-jet as it pivoted onto its side whilezooming toward the elevated highway. In one ofthem, the plane rapidly fills the screen as its now-vertical wing scrapes over the road, hitting avehicle before heading into the river.

Christchurch sparkles as World Cricketing War isofficially ‘Open’It’s officially OPEN! Undoubtedly the biggestextravaganza of cricket, the ICC World Cup 2015was declared open at a glittering openingceremony in Christchurch, which kickstarted with awarm induction of debutants Afghanistan into theWorld Cup fold. As colourful and musical as itpromised to be, the opening ceremony of the ICCWorld Cup 2015 enthralled the spectators somuch, that no one budged an inch.Hagley Park was decked up in festivity as Australiaand New Zealand kickstarted their stint as WorldCup hosts after 23 years, a lone bagpiperbeginning the proceedings ahead of the cut throatcompetition that is to follow in the month-and-ahalf to come. The opening ceremony also paidtribute to the 185 people who lost their lives to adevastating earthquake that ripped through thecity in 2011.Among the dignitaries present in the ceremony,apart from the captains, teams and officials wereJohn Key, the New Zealand Prime Minister, MayorLeanne Dalziell, International Cricket Council chiefexecutive David Richardson, who unveiled theCricket World Cup trophy.

9 Censor Board members resign a day after Chief Leela Samson quitsNine Censor Board members put in their papersprotesting what they claimed was the "cavalier anddismissive manner" in which the Board is treated bythe government.The members said the events that led to theChairperson Leela Samson resigning from herposition were merely the "proverbial last straw".Ms Samson, who headed the statutory body underthe Information and Broadcasting Ministry, resignedamid controversy surrounding the clearance ofcontroversial film "Messenger of God" featuringDera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.In a letter, the nine members -- Arundhati Nag, IraBhaskar, Lora Prabhu, Pankaj Sharma, RajeevMasand, Sekharbabu Kancherla, Shaji Karun,Shubhra Gupta and T G Thyagarajan had submittedtheir resignation from the Censor Board.The members said that since the time that they firstjoined the Board, they had been seeking criticalchanges, which were imperative if the functioning ofthe CBFC has to be reformed.No funds have been released for conductingorientation workshops for the panel members, theysaid, adding officers from other departments, whohave no understanding or experience in cinema areappointed as officials.They also claimed that there are several positions inthe regional offices that do not have regularappointments.CSKC Limited is CSK’s new ownerIndia Cements Limited transferred the IndianPremier League (IPL) team Chennai Super KingsCricket (CSK) franchise to its new subsidiary ChennaiSuper Kings Cricket (CSKC) Limited.The decision was taken by India Cements Vice-Chairman and Managing Director (MD) N Srinivasan-led Board of Directors meeting held in Chennai,Tamil Nadu. With this, the company targets to getinto a pure-play cement company.Around 97000 shareholders of India Cements will begiven free shares of Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltdin proportion to the shares they currently hold in thecompany. The promoters together hold a 28.23percent stake in the company.With this decision, CSK will be first franchise team inIPL history to be owned by the shareholders of acompany.

International

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India's Ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign

Secretary .

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajanmade it to the LIMCA book of

records for being the only woman to represent the same Lok Sabha

constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.

Eminent Cartoonist RasipuramKrishnaswamy Laxman died on

due to cardiac. He was 93.

Cueist Pankaj Advani won National Billiards

Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club in Kolkata.

The government appointed L.C. Goyal as the new home

secretary in place of Anil Goswami who resigned.

This month in pictures:

Novelist Vikram Chandra was named among the finalists for prestigious

National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards.

Spotlight: Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur

"Dharma Sansthapanartham” (for the sake of establishing the primacy of thelaws of eternal values) is the motto of Hidayatullah National Law University,Raipur, established by the Government of Chattisgarh in 2003. HNLU is aResidential University and is sixth in the series of National Law Schools in India.HNLU has been included in the list of the Universities maintained by theUniversity Grants Commission under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956 and hasbeen declared fit to receive Central assistance.Admission to the B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Program is made strictly on the basis ofmerit as assessed through a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The intakecapacity for the Degree Program is eighty (80) including reservations.

The HNLU has a three-storied library with an air conditioned reading hall. The HNLU Library has adopted anopen access system so as to make it easier for the readers to access to the library resources thereby savingprecious time. The library has a large collection of law books, case law reports and journals. HNLU has a fullyair conditioned Computer Lab with sufficiently large number of Desktop Computers with Internet connectivity.Computer Lab is at use useful for preparing their project reports and Memorials for Moot Court Exercises. Oneof the features of HNLU is its Six Schools as Centers of Excellence in the respective fields and Six Units/Centersunder each School with total of thirty six units.