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July 10th 2012 ALB20120707

The Editor’s Column

Dear Student,

Welcome to the July edition of the Abhyaas LawBulletin. Finally the ‘God Particle’ is found or so saythe scientists at CERN. This is a very significantdevelopment, something that can help us understandmore about how the universe evolved etc. It isimportant to note that there was a strong Indianconnection to all this so much so that the Boson isnamed after Indian Physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.

The CIC delivered two important judgments thismonth that can usher in greater transparency in policymaking. It directed the Union Government to make allthe Cabinet decisions and file notings relating to a billpublic once the bill is introduced in the Parliament. Italso directed home ministry to disclose file notingsand correspondence related to the mercy petitions ofall death row convicts including Afzal Guru.

Egypt saw its first democratically elected Presidentwhile Antonis Samaras was sworn in as the PM of theGreece. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was sworn in as the 17th

PM of Pakistan after the Supreme court of Pakistandisqualified Yousuf Gilani.

Happy Reading !

(Rakesh Dubudu)

Index:

Page 2: National

Page 3: International

Page 4: Spotlight

The Scoop Of The Month

‘God particle’ (Higgs Boson) found

Scientists at the world’s biggest atom smashingfacility claimed the discovery of a new subatomicparticle on July 4th. They found it to be“consistent” with the long-sought Higgs boson,popularly known as the “God particle” that helpsexplain what gives size and shape to all matter inthe universe.“We have now found the missing cornerstone ofparticle physics,” Rolf Heuer, Director of theEuropean Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN),told scientists amid cheers and standing ovation.“As a layman, I think we did it,” he said. “We’ve adiscovery. We’ve observed a new particle that isconsistent with a Higgs boson.”The Higgs boson, which until now was a theoreticalparticle, is seen as the key to understanding whymatter has mass. It is mass that combines withgravity to give an object weight. The idea is muchlike gravity and Isaac Newton’s discovery of it.Gravity existed even before Newton explained it.But now scientists see something much like theHiggs boson and can put that knowledge to furtheruse. CERN’s atom smasher, the $10-billion LargeHadron Collider on the Swiss-French border, hasfor years been creating high-energy collisions of

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protons to investigate dark matter, antimatter and thecreation of the universe, which many theoriesoccurred in a massive explosion known as the BigBang.Two independent teams at CERN said they had both“observed” a new subatomic particle, a boson. Dr.Heuer called it “most probably a Higgs boson, but wehave to find out what kind of Higgs boson it is.”Asked whether the find is a discovery, he answered:“As a layman, I think we have it. But as a scientist, Ihave to say, “’What do we have?’”The leaders of the two CERN teams, Joe Incandela,head of CMS with 2,100 scientists, and FabiolaGianotti, head of ATLAS with 3,000 scientists, eachpresented in complicated scientific terms what wasessentially extremely strong evidence of a newparticle.Dr. Incandela said it was too soon to say definitivelywhether what has been discovered is indeed the“standard model” Higgs that Scottish physicist PeterHiggs and others predicted in the 1960s. They did thatas part of a standard model theory of physics involvingan energy field where particles interact with a keyparticle, the Higgs boson. “The” Higgs or “a” Higgs thatwas the question. “It is consistent with a Higgs bosonas is needed for the standard model,” Dr. Heuer said.“We can only call it a Higgs boson, not the Higgsboson.”“It is an incredible thing that it has happened in mylifetime,” he said, calling it a huge achievement for theproton-smashing collider built in a 27-km tunnel.The stunning work elicited standing ovations andfrequent applause at a packed auditorium in CERN asDr. Gianotti and Dr. Incandela each took their turn. Dr.Incandela called it “a Higgs-like particle,” and said “weknow it must be a boson and it’s the heaviest bosonever found.” The phrase “God particle” was coined byNobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman but isused by laymen, not physicists, as an easier way toexplain how the subatomic universe works and gotstarted. Dr. Incandela said the last undiscovered pieceof the standard model could be a variant of the Higgsthat was predicted, or something else that entirelychanges the way scientists think of how matter isformed. “This boson is a very profound thing we’vefound,” he said. “We’re reaching into the fabric of theuniverse in a way we never have done before.”

CBI Judge who gave bail to Reddy suspended and arrested by ACBThe Judge of a CBI court , T. Pattabhirama Rao,who was suspended by the High Court , wasarrested by the ACB in the cash-for-bail episodeinvolving mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy inthe Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scandal.

Chennai Corporation told to pay compensation The Madras High Court ordered the cityCorporation to pay compensation of Rs.22 lakh toa young man whose parents were killed when atree fell on their car in which they were travellingnear Dr Alagappa Road at Purasawalkam in 2005.The Court also directed payment of Rs 7.26 lakh asinterest. The petitioner, K. Karthik, was 14 yearsold when on October 12, 2005, when an old treefell on the car amidst heavy rain, killing his fatherC. Krishnamurthy, an assistant director in theHighways Research Station, and mother K Chitra,a school teacher. The Corporation contended thatit could not pay compensation as the fall of thetree on that fateful day was an act of God.Rejecting the contention, Mr Justice PaulVasanthakumar said if an enumeration had beenmade prior to the accident, the dangerous treecould have been cut and removed.

By-poll candidate worth Rs 6,800 crore! “I wanted to be honest,” said G. Deepak Reddy,candidate in the June 12 by-election to theRayadurg constituency in Andhra Pradesh'sAnantapur district. . “So I stated the facts.” Thefacts are as startling as the honesty. The 39-year-old Telugu Desam Party candidate's electionaffidavit states his worth as being close to Rs.6,800 crore, all told. That is the highest figure everdeclared by a candidate in Indian elections —Parliament or Assembly — since the practice offiling affidavits with these details was enforced in2004. The figure is almost four-and-a-half timesthe next in the Top 10 list. That was Rs. 1,522.5crore declared by Srikantadatta NarasimharajaWadiyar, the former Maharaja of Mysore, in the2004 Lok Sabha election. Interestingly, five of thenine asset-toppers, after Mr. Deepak Reddy (seeTable), lost the elections they contested.

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New JEE format for IITs from 2013The prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)have agreed on a compromise formula on thecommon entrance exam for undergraduate coursesafter several weeks of face off with the CentralGovernment, particularly HRD Minister Kapil Sibal. At ameeting of IIT Council in New Delhi ,the directors of allthe 15 IITs agreed to implement the new admissionformat from 2013.The entire process will consists of two exams - mainand advanced - to be held on separate days. While themain exam will be conducted by the CBSE, theadvanced exam that is likely to take place about amonth after the main exam will be conducted by theIITs. The top 1.5 lakh students from the main exammerit list can take the advanced entrance exam. To beeligible for the IIT merit list the score of the advancedtest as well as the condition that the aspirant is in thetop 20 percentile of his/her board will be taken intoaccount."The meeting was successful and unanimousagreement to proceed with admission scheme asrecommended by joint admission board taken. Kanpurfaculty members and other senates gave full supportto this proposal. There is no compromise. It is just asingle proposal with all steps clearly spelt out. Alldoubts have been sorted," said IIT-Kanpur Councilmember G Anandkrishnan.

Peace award for Binayak, Bulu Imam Indian human rights activists Binayak Sen and BuluImam were honoured with the International PeaceAward given by the Gandhi Foundation at the House ofLords.

Sekhar Basu takes over as BARC Director Sekhar Basu, Chief Executive, Nuclear Recycle Boardtook over as Director of BARC from Ratan KumarSinha. Mr. Sinha became Chairman of the AtomicEnergy Commission on April 30, 2012. Mr. Basu is oneof the architects of India’s 80 MWt compactPressurised Water Reactor (PWR), which will powerArihant, the country’s nuclear-powered submarine.

14 more services come under tax-exempt negativelistThe government, included 14 more services in the‘Negative list’ to exempt them from the payment ofservice tax under the new dispensation that came intoeffect from July 1.

International

Samaras sworn in Greek Premier Greek conservative party head Antonis Samaras was sworn in as Prime Ministe at the helm of a three-party coalition that will uphold the country’s international bailout commitments.

Supreme Court strips Gilani of prime ministership Pakistan plunged into fresh political uncertainty onwhen the Supreme Court disqualified Yusuf RazaGilani as Prime Minister after his conviction forcontempt last month. The decision is unlikely totopple the Pakistan People’s Party government butplaces additional pressures on a weak democracythat is fighting battles on several fronts. Thedisqualification brought into sharp focus the clashbetween the judiciary and executive that began in2009 when the Supreme Court annulled anamnesty from corruption cases granted by theMusharraf regime. The amnesty benefitedPesident Asif Ali Zardari among others.

Prince Salman is Saudi Arabian crown prince Saudi Arabia’s ruling family named DefenceMinister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz is the newcrown prince. The royal decree came the day afterthe burial of the late heir to the throne, PrinceNayef, who died in Geneva and was the crownprince only since November. Prince Salman (76) isthe third successor for the 88-year-old KingAbdullah in the past year.

India among top 10 land grabbers, sellers: ReportIndia is among the top 10 nations to acquire landin both domestic and transnational deals,according to a report released this month by theWashington-based World Watch Institute (WWI).It lists India as a big investor in land globally andamong the top 'land grabbers' because what isacquired is agricultural land. The data has beensourced from an international coalition of NGOsand research groups called the Land Matrix projectwho have published the world's largest databaseof land deals struck since 2000. Around 70.2million hectares of agricultural land worldwidehave been sold or leased to private and publicinvestors since 2000.

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Spotlight: NALSAR, Hyderabad

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This month in pictures:

Devendra Kumar Joshi willbe the next chief of Army

Rafael Nadal won the French open 2012. He now has 7 French open titles.

Mohamed Morsy of MuslimBrotherhood was sworn in asEgypt’s first elected President.

Spain won the Euro Cup Football2012.

Alok Misra, CMD of Bank of Indiawas elected as Chairman of TheIndian Banks Association.

Indian American Snigdha Nandipati won the pretigious National Spelling bee Competition.

The Nalsar University of Law, or officially the National Academy ofLegal Studies and Research (NALSAR), is a legal studies institutionlocated in Shamirpet, Hyderabad, India. It was established in 1998 asa state university. The University is fully residential and conductsteaching in law and allied disciplines.NALSAR was ranked the best law school in India in 2008 and hasconsistently been ranked number 2 thereafter. Over the years,NALSAR have emerged as one of the most elite institution for legaleducation in India along with NLS, Bangalore. Admission for the fiveyears B.A,LL.B (Hons.) program is extremely competitive andstudents are selected on the basis of their CLAT(Common LawAdmission Test) Score. In 2011, 80 students were selected from 23,786 CLAT applicant making it one of the toughest law universities toget into along with NLS, Bangalore

NALSAR currently offers 80 seats for its B.A, LL.B (Hons.) programme and 60 seats for LL.M programme.NALSAR has a Student Bar Council in order to promote co-curricular activities and to encourage studentparticipation in administration and management affairs of the University.