Milon Banerjee, former A-G, passes away

Former Attorney General, Milon Banerjee died in Delhi after a brief illness. The Hindu has a detailed report on the life of the former AG. He was 80 and is survived by two sons, Debal Kumar Banerji (senior advocate) and Gourab Banerji (Additional Solicitor-General of India). Mr. Banerjee started his law practice in the Allahabad High Court in 1955 and shortly thereafter shifted to Kolkata, where he built up a leading practice in commercial, constitutional and arbitration matters. He shifted to Delhi in 1979 as Additional Solicitor-General of India.

After HC bail, 9/10 Satyam swindlers out

The Times of India reports on the bail of the Satyam scam perpetrators, most notably the brother of former chairman and prime accused Ramalinga Raju, B. Rama Raju.

With Justice Raja Elango of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granting bail to five more in the Rs 7,000 crore ($ 1479 million) Satyam scam, 9 of the 10 accused in the scam that hit the headlines in January  2009 are now out on bail. Only Satyam’s founder chairman B. Ramalinga Raju — the 10th and prime accused — remains technically ‘jailed’ in the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) where he was admitted in September 2009 for ‘chest pain’ and may continue to remain there for some time for Hepatitis C treatment.

Wal-Mart in trouble over Best Price brand name: Anand and Anand argues for the retail giant

Live Mint has reported on US-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. which has run into trouble with the trademark office over the branding of its wholesale stores in India.

The world’s largest retailer, which operates in the country through Bharti-Walmart Pvt. Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture with Bharti Enterprises Ltd, chose to avoid its global brands such as Walmart and Sam’s Club, opting for Best Price Modern Wholesale instead.

But in June, the registrar of trademarks wrote to Bharti-Walmart’s law firm, Anand and Anand, saying it had found “similar” trademarks in its records. It asked the firm to respond in a month.