The Law Bulletin… Page 1 www.abhyaas.in Abhyaas Law Bulletin … For the quintessential CLAT aspirant November 10 th , 2012 ALB20121111 The Editor’s Column Dear Student, Welcome to the November edition of the Abhyaas Law Bulletin. Ending months of speculation over the proposed Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finally made the expansion cum reshuffle of his Cabinet. Many new faces were inducted while the younger ones were given important responsibilities. Andhra Pradesh got a lion’s share and is now represented by 11 MPs in the cabinet. Arvind Kejriwal continued his attack on the politicians and exposed the alleged shady deals of both Robert Vadra and BJP President Nitin Gadkari. While the Government ordered an enquiry into Nitin Gadkari’s Purti group, the Haryana Government gave a clean chit to Robert Vadra. Kejriwal also alleged that Mukesh Ambani was influencing the PM and he chooses the ministers than the PM himself. Barrack Obama became the only president of the United States to win a second term under difficult circumstances. He defeated his Republican rival Mitt Romney by an impressive margin in the electoral college by winning most of the swing states. The Nobel Prizes for 2012 are announced and we will look at the complete list of winners next month. Happy Reading ! (Rakesh Dubbudu) Index: Page 2: National Page 3: National Page 4: Spotlight The Scoop Of The Month UPA goes for a major Cabinet Reshuffle Salman Khurshid and Pawan Kumar Bansal emerged as the two big winners from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s revamp of his Council of Ministers on 28 th October. Mr. Khurshid, the new External Affairs Minister, is now in the charmed circle, entering the key Cabinet Committee on Security and becoming a part of the big four in the government, along with those who hold the Finance, Home and Defence portfolios. Mr. Bansal, the first Congress Railway Minister in 17 years (if one omits C.P. Joshi’s one month), will now preside over the reforms the lifeline of the economy is crying out for. But the reshuffle also saw a significant loser. S.Jaipal Reddy’s move from Petroleum and Natural Gas to Science and Technology is being read by his friends as a punishment for his standing up to a major industrial house; by his detractors as his just deserts for holding up decision-making. Facelift In his attempt to give his government a facelift in the run-up to 2014 as the Prime Minister described it ,he sent out four key messages: one, he was willing to give major responsibilities to younger ministers; two, he was keen on moving reforms forward; three, he sent a positive signal to Andhra Pradesh, inducting five ministers and (Contd…)
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The Law Bulletin… Page 1www.abhyaas.in
Abhyaas Law Bulletin … For the quintessential CLAT aspirant
November 10th, 2012 ALB20121111
The Editor’s Column
Dear Student,
Welcome to the November edition of the AbhyaasLaw Bulletin. Ending months of speculation over theproposed Cabinet reshuffle, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh finally made the expansion cumreshuffle of his Cabinet. Many new faces wereinducted while the younger ones were givenimportant responsibilities. Andhra Pradesh got a lion’sshare and is now represented by 11 MPs in thecabinet.
Arvind Kejriwal continued his attack on the politiciansand exposed the alleged shady deals of both RobertVadra and BJP President Nitin Gadkari. While theGovernment ordered an enquiry into Nitin Gadkari’sPurti group, the Haryana Government gave a cleanchit to Robert Vadra. Kejriwal also alleged thatMukesh Ambani was influencing the PM and hechooses the ministers than the PM himself.
Barrack Obama became the only president of theUnited States to win a second term under difficultcircumstances. He defeated his Republican rival MittRomney by an impressive margin in the electoralcollege by winning most of the swing states.
The Nobel Prizes for 2012 are announced and we willlook at the complete list of winners next month.
Happy Reading !
(Rakesh Dubbudu)
Index:
Page 2: National
Page 3: National
Page 4: Spotlight
The Scoop Of The Month
UPA goes for a major Cabinet Reshuffle
Salman Khurshid and Pawan Kumar Bansalemerged as the two big winners from PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh’s revamp of his Councilof Ministers on 28th October.
Mr. Khurshid, the new External Affairs Minister, isnow in the charmed circle, entering the keyCabinet Committee on Security and becoming apart of the big four in the government, along withthose who hold the Finance, Home and Defenceportfolios. Mr. Bansal, the first Congress RailwayMinister in 17 years (if one omits C.P. Joshi’s onemonth), will now preside over the reforms thelifeline of the economy is crying out for.But the reshuffle also saw a significant loser.
S.Jaipal Reddy’s move from Petroleum and NaturalGas to Science and Technology is being read by hisfriends as a punishment for his standing up to amajor industrial house; by his detractors as his justdeserts for holding up decision-making.
FaceliftIn his attempt to give his government a facelift inthe run-up to 2014 as the Prime Ministerdescribed it ,he sent out four key messages: one,he was willing to give major responsibilities toyounger ministers; two, he was keen on movingreforms forward; three, he sent a positive signal toAndhra Pradesh, inducting five ministers and
(Contd…)
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National:
elevating a sixth to the Cabinet to counter thenegative impact of Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s growinginfluence and the Telangana movement on theCongress base in the State. And, four, by appointing aMuslim foreign minister, he underscored India’sessential plurality. Asked about his objective in thechanges made, the Prime Minister said he had tried toput together “a combination of youth, experience andrelevance of portfolios.”
Complete List of Ministers:
Shri A. K. Antony - Minister of DefenceShri Sharad Pawar - Minister of AgricultureMinister of Food Processing IndustriesShri P. Chidambaram - Ministry of FinanceShri Ghulam Nabi Azad - Minister of Health and Family WelfareShri Sushil Kumar Shinde - Minister of Home AffairsShri M. Veerappa Moily - Minister of Petroleum and Natural GasDr. Farooq Abdullah - Minister of New and Renewable EnergyShri S. Jaipal Reddy - Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Earth SciencesShri Kamal Nath - Minister of Urban Development,Minister of Parliamentary AffairsShri Ajit Singh - Minister of Civil AviationShri Vayalar Ravi - Minister of Overseas Indian AffairsShri Mallikarjun Kharge - Minister of Labour and EmploymentShri Kapil Sibal - Minister of Communications and Information TechnologyShri Anand Sharma - Minister of Commerce and Industry & Minister of TextilesShri C. P. Joshi - Minister of Road Transport and HighwaysKumari Selja - Minister of Social Justice and EmpowermentShri G. K. Vasan - Minister of ShippingShri Pawan K. Bansal - Minister of RailwaysShri M. K. Alagiri - Minister of Chemicals and FertilizersShri Praful Patel - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesShri Shriprakash Jaiswal - Minister of CoalShri Salman Khursheed - Minister of External Affairs
Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo - Minister of Tribal Affairs, Minister of Panchayati RajShri Beni Prasad Verma - Minister of SteelShri Jairam Ramesh - Minister of Rural DevelopmentShri K. Rahman Khan - Minister of Minority AffairsShri Dinsha J. Patel - Minister of MinesShri Ajay Maken - Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty AlleviationShri M. M. Pallam Raju - Minister of Human Resource DevelopmentShri Ashwani Kumar - Minister of Law and JusticeShri Harish Rawat - Minister of Water ResourcesSmt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Minister of Culture
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
Smt. Krishna Tirath - Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentProf. K. V. Thomas - Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionShri Srikant Jena - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Chemicals and FertilizersSmt. Jayanthi Natrajan - Ministry of Environment and ForestsShri Paban Singh Ghatowar - Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region andMinistry of Parliamentary AffairsShri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Ministry of PowerShri K. H. Muniappa - Ministry of Micro Small and Medium EnterprisesShri Bharatsinh Solanki - Ministry of Drinking Water and SanitationShri Sachin Pilot - Ministry of Corporate AffairsShri Jitendra Singh - Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State of the Ministry of DefenceShri Manish Tewari - Ministry of Information and BroadcastingDr. K. Chiranjeevi - Ministry of Tourism
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Black money probe: first international success for ED
For the first time, the Enforcement Directorate (ED)has been able to convince Switzerland to give it accessto attach the accounts of an Indian company, CityLimouzines, under the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA). The company was allegedlyinvolved in running a racket of ponzi schemes invarious cities and has stashed away crores of rupees inblack money in its Swiss bank accounts. The companyused to offer astronomically high interest rates oninvestments and plundered investors of crores ofrupees. The ED has attached two bank accounts heldby Sayed Mohamed Masood, chairperson of CityLimouzines and other companies of the City Group.The balance in both the accounts is $1.25 million.Officials said huge transactions took place from boththe accounts. They said more domestic andinternational attachments were likely in the nearfuture. So far, during the investigation of the casesagainst the directors of the City group of companiesand Mr. Masood, the ED has issued 14 attachmentorders and attached Rs.130-crore worth of movableand immovable assets in the name of the directors andthe Masood family. Apart from Mr. Masood, his wifeChand Masood Sayed, daughter Jabeen Masood Sayedand son Jibran Masood were also found to ownproperty worth crores of rupees, now being seized bythe ED. The group of companies was underinvestigation in various States. Mr. Masood and thedirectors of the company have been booked forcheating and criminal conspiracy. Even the EconomicOffences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police had beenconducting investigation against the companies formore than two years. ED officials said thebreakthrough was achieved after they were able toconvince Switzerland that the money in the accountswere ‘proceeds of crime’.
Honour for Aamir, Star India CEO for Satyamev Jayate
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes willhonour actor Aamir Khan and Star India CEO UdayShankar for their efforts to create awareness on socialdiscrimination through television show SatyamevJayate.Aamir Khan made his debut on the small screenwith the social issue-based show where he highlightedfemale foeticide, dowry, inter-caste marriage andother issues. The show, which was on air for 13 weekson Star India, was a narrative of real stories fromacross the country that touched millions of people.
Supreme Court declines to interfere with sale of liquor by State
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with anorder of the Madras High Court dismissing a publicinterest writ petition questioning Tamil Nadu’sliquor policy of taking over retail liquor vending inthe State through TASMAC. A Bench of JusticesD.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur dismissed a specialleave petition filed by ‘Traffic’ K.R. Ramaswamyagainst the High Court judgment. Senior counselM.N. Krishnamani, appearing for Mr. Ramaswamysubmitted that the State government throughTASMAC directly involving in marketing and sellingof liquor violated Article 47 of the Constitution,dealing with Directive Principles of State Policy.(Article 47 says: “the State shall endeavour tobring about prohibition of the consumption,except for medicinal purposes, of intoxicatingdrinks and drugs which are injurious to health.”Justice Jain asked the counsel, “where is theconstitutional prohibition {under Article 47} thatthe State should not engage in sale of liquor. If yougo by the Directive Principles, then no publicservant can drink. Can it be done? Otherwise nopublic sector can function.” When counselexpressed concern that the State had openedliquor shops at every nook and corner in the Stateand this was responsible for increasing number ofaccidents due to drinking, Justice Jain observed inlighter vein “there is a liquor shop in the name ofevery God.”
Supreme Court orders release of journalist held for blast on Israeli diplomat’s vehicle
The Supreme Court ordered the release on bail ofjournalist Sayed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi,arrested on March 7 in connection with theexplosion in the vehicle carrying the wife of anIsrael Embassy diplomat in the capital on February13. He was remanded in custody under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A three-judgeBench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and JusticesS.S. Nijjar and J. Chelameswar granted bail toKazmi, subject to the satisfaction of the ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate (CMM) “upon suchconditions as may be deemed fit and proper,including surrender of passport, reporting to thelocal police station, and not leaving the city limitswhere the appellant would be residing.
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Spotlight: GNLU, Gandhinagar
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Justice Sharad Bobde wassworn in as the CJ ofMadhya Pradesh High Court.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bullwon the 2012 Indian GrandPrix.
Justice Yatindra Singh took overas the CJ of Chattisgarh HighCourt .
Aishwarya Rai wasconferred with the FrenchHonour ‘Knight of theOrder of Arts and Letters’.
Dr. C.L.Laxmipathi Gowda,scientist of (ICRISAT), receivedthe 2012 International CropScience award .
Sachin Tendulkar wasawarded with the ‘Order ofAustralia’Honour.
This month in pictures:
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is a statutory university establishedby the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat National University Act,2003. This University is based in the city of Gandhinagar, which is the capitalof Gujarat and is located 30 kilometers north to the metropolitan city ofAhmedabad. The University started its official functioning in the year 2004and has five batches of 160 students each, currently under training.
This University was formed in the year 2003 on the five year integrated LL.Bstructure preferred by the Bar Council of India. This University offers itsstudents 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 toproducing competent teachers and researchers.
The total intake for the UG Course is 160 and the admission is through national level CLAT. The University hasits curriculum based on the National Law School model and follows a two semester per year pattern. TheUniversity also encourages and includes additional project work, report writing, research and analysis in itssyllabus. Moot courts and other legal events are held regularly in the university, as a part of the curriculum aswell as an extracurricular activity.
