The HRD ministry cancels the controversial IIM Fee-Cut imposed by ex-minister M.M. Joshi.
The US Supreme Court confers on the 600 Guantanamo Bay prisoners the right to challenge their detention in US courts. The Bush regime’s right to hold them indefinitely was upheld, though.
The European Court of Human Rights upholds a Ban on headscarves in a case brought by a Turkish student.
Mumbai’s Dr Pavitra Borkar does a Vasectomy on himself, after signing his own consent form.