2021-11-17 06:19
What is the common man, the consumer of justice, to make out of the transfer of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee? From being at the helm at Madras High Court, which is India’s fourth larg… Read More
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2021-06-23 13:48
Given the socio-political milieu we currently find ourselves enveloped in, ever so often we need reaffirmation that our Constitution is supreme. That it provides the citizens many rights and… Read More
2021-05-12 10:27
For someone who’s love for jazz sometimes outweighed his passion and commitment to the law, it can’t just be a coincidence that Soli J. Sorabjee departed on International Jazz Da… Read More
2021-02-23 07:46
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision titled Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar[1] traced the history of the law of sedition in India. Originally, section 113 of… Read More
2021-02-16 09:23
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, recently, reiterated that Courts ought to be very circumspect in interfering with the arbitral process, especially when exercising their powers unde… Read More
2020-12-14 10:48
The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, (“Ordinance”) promulgated recently is best described as bitter-sweet. On one hand, it has substituted section 43J of… Read More
2020-10-15 11:49
On September 22nd, eight days after her alleged brutal gang-rape, the Hathras brave heart is reported to have recorded her statement before a magistrate. Under law, this statement constitute… Read More
2020-10-01 08:44
The savagely brutal gang rape of a 19 year old Dalit girl in Hathras and her subsequent death should shock every civilised person’s conscience. The cruel and vicious manner in which fo… Read More
2020-08-17 13:04
In 1978, Prashant Bhushan first published a book titled “The Case That Shook India.” A narrative of how, for the first time in independent India, the election of a Prime Minister… Read More
2020-07-20 08:32
The economic fallout of the COVID-19 lockdown, due to the cessation of nearly all commercial activity, is yet be fully ascertained. With “Unlock 1.0” been introduced earlier this… Read More
2020-05-20 07:23
Till very recently, most were unaware of a statute titled the “Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (the “Act”). At th… Read More
2020-04-23 10:05
In early March, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation had commented that “stigma, to be honest, is more dangerous than the virus itself.” His statement was made w… Read More
2020-04-11 06:28
A few days ago, the Union Cabinet decided to suspend the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (“MPLADS”) for a period of two years. It was stated that these funds… Read More
2020-02-24 12:27
News of Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar’s transfer from the Delhi High Court to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana came as an unpleasant surprise to the legal community in Delhi. Universal… Read More
2019-12-23 06:26
November witnessed the brutal gang rape of a Hyderabad veterinarian, followed by her being doused in petrol. Immediately after news came in of a similar occurrence in Buxar district in Bihar… Read More
2019-11-26 12:36
In a country obsessed with the World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business Report”, where India recently jumped-up 23 positions to 77 out of 190 countries, Constitution Day is an… Read More
2019-11-20 11:20
“Hotch-potch”, traditionally refers to a kind of pudding, is a term used in English property jurisprudence to denote a state of “blending and mixing of property belonging t… Read More
2019-10-17 10:47
In July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had unanimously held Pakistan’s actions in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case to be violative of its obligations under the Vienna Convention… Read More
2019-09-19 04:06
A Supreme Court Judge, speaking at a conference on freedom of expression last week, observed that our Constitution doesn’t spell out the right to freedom of opinion. The Judge stated t… Read More
2019-09-11 06:08
With no fresh bidders for beleaguered Jet Airways, even after the third deadline for submitting bids lapsed on 31st August, attention is back to the insolvency proceedings ongoing against it… Read More
2019-09-02 07:53
The 2019 Consumer Protection Act brings about fundamental changes to the existing 1986 legislation. But it also envisages a Central Consumer Protection Authority and vests too much power and… Read More
2019-05-23 05:28
When the curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Institute of Art set down the theme for its annual Gala, who would have thought it would trigger a debate on free speech in Indi… Read More
2019-03-15 06:18
At the recent Supreme Court hearing of the review petitions seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal, arguments based on the doctrine of “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree” were submitted… Read More
2019-01-19 11:49
The timing of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police, earlier this week, relating to certain acts alleged to have taken place at Jawaharlal Nehru University (“JNU”) in 2016 h… Read More
2019-01-12 06:02
Today marks the anniversary of the unprecedented press conference, when four Judges of the Supreme Court, constituting the then Collegium, bemoaned that our “democracy may be in danger… Read More
2018-08-04 07:32
Dismayed by the widespread cases of lynching across the country, the Supreme Court of India observed last month that “it is the responsibility of the States to prevent untoward inciden… Read More
2018-05-26 07:45
A year after real estate legislation came into effect, the follow-up in many States has been dismal
It is a year since the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) cam… Read More
2018-04-24 21:47
Judges of India’s higher judiciary can be removed from office only on the ground of “proved misbehavior” or “incapacity” and through the constitutionally mandat… Read More
2018-04-05 08:00
Principles of ‘Causality’ emanating from the universal laws of ‘Cause and Effect’ apply to the unprecedented and looming impeachment motion against the current Chief… Read More
2018-03-22 14:55
Introduction
Shortly after Indian law enforcement authorities started investigating Nirav Modi, Firestar Diamond Inc., a company owned by him in the United States of America, along with its… Read More
2018-01-19 04:12
Democracy may well be in danger, as exclaimed by four senior (based solely on their appointment date) Judges of the Supreme Court of India. Amongst the many questions being asked after the u… Read More
2018-01-02 11:28
“I have lived a long life and flourished in secular India. And in the fullness of time, I would also like to die in secular India. If God wills.”
These words fo… Read More
2018-01-02 11:24
The launch of lawyer Satvik Varma’s much awaited book Yes I’m Opinionated – Musings of a Lawyer on Governance, Law and Policy took place on Friday at th… Read More
2018-01-02 11:20
A book highlighting the significance of rule of law was recently released in the national capital. The book “Yes I’m Opinionated – Musings of a Lawyer on Governance, Law an… Read More
2017-11-22 13:36
Universal Law Publishing, an imprint of Lexis Nexis releases the book titled – “Yes I’m Opinionated”, Musings of a Lawyer on Governance, Law and Policy on November 24… Read More
2017-09-27 17:45
The 99th Annual General Meeting of Tata Sons Ltd., held a few days ago, was significant for many reasons. Majority shareholders approved to give its preference shareholders voting rights in… Read More
2017-09-01 12:55
Among the downpour of rights that the recent Constitution Bench decision of the Supreme Court of India (“privacy judgment”) has reaffirmed for the citizens, what stands out, like… Read More
2017-08-14 08:33
“Perhaps the only thing we can agree on at this painfully divisive moment in our national history is that all this anger and derision in which we’re marinating isn’t health… Read More
2017-07-29 02:46
On Friday, the Supreme Court of India declined the abortion request of a 10-year-old rape survivor who was reportedly 32 weeks pregnant. Doctors who examined the adolescent opined that an ab… Read More
2017-05-24 12:00
The Director General of Civil Aviation (“DGCA”), India’s aviation watchdog, recently issued a Civil Aviation Requirement (“CAR”) regarding handling of unruly/di… Read More
2017-05-01 09:55
Starting 1st May 2017, the much awaited Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act (the “Act”) comes into effect. The ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation rece… Read More
2017-02-09 11:06
The Supreme Court of India has witnessed two unprecedented events in quick succession. Both relate to the contempt of Court and both concern Judges. In the first, a notice of contempt was is… Read More
2016-12-18 11:41
So far, one of the most positive developments of the Tata-Mistry corporate tussle has been the focus it has drawn on the state of corporate governance in India. The role, powers, functions… Read More
2016-12-04 10:21
Amongst the many shortfalls in corporate governance within the Tata group that Cyrus Mistry’s legal team is sure to highlight, their principal area of attack is likely to be on the Tat… Read More
2016-11-16 12:54
Throughout history, every culture and society has had some kind of a board game that was played by its inhabitants with the earliest trace being found as far back as 4600 years ago. In curre… Read More
2016-11-02 07:53
Cyrus Mistry’s removal as chairman of Tata Sons Ltd. and his subsequent letter to the Board, highlighting amongst other things, the “failure on the part of the directors to disch… Read More
2016-06-01 11:45
Every year, as the summer commences, there seems to be a direct correlation between the temperature in Delhi and turning up the heat on the summer vacations of the Supreme Court and the High… Read More
2016-05-30 09:04
The lingering threat of aircraft hijacking by militant organisations compelled our lawmakers to review our existing legislation and preparedness towards such exigencies. The new Anti-Hijacki… Read More
2013-07-16 15:22
Arvind Kejriwal has fired his latest publicity salvo. He’s termed the Government’s decision to refuse asylum to Edward Snowden as a “cowardly act”, accusing the Gover… Read More
2013-05-29 11:50
The recent controversy surrounding cricket in India and the Indian Premier League has once again brought to the fore two issues about sports betting in India which inevitably get intermingle… Read More
2013-05-08 13:58
As the nation attempts to empower women and struggles to fix the unequal social balance, everyone wants to ride the wave of public discontentment. One is indeed alarmed by the heightened rep… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Jasleen Kaur, a 20 year old student of Delhi’s premier college, recently posted on Facebook that Sarvjeet Singh, a young motorbike riding boy, made lewd and sexually obscene comments t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The assembly elections in Delhi have created a buzz on account of how close a fight it has gotten to be. A lot is at stake for AAP and BJP, the two main parties between whom the battle has b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) order restraining DLF, its promoters and directors (collectively DLF), from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities for three yea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Arvind Kejriwal is back to doing what he’s best at – demonstrating, protesting, rallying, picketing and getting into a face-off with law enforcement authorities. In the past, one… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Cabinet’s decision to send a Presidential Reference to the Chief Justice of India to inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment of a law intern by retired Justice A.K. Gangu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 times… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The recent shocking Mumbai gang-rape incident has once again thrown-up the issue of the accused claiming to be juveniles and wanting protection of the Juvenile Justice (care & protection… Read More
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