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Top 3 reasons to work at an LPO. But would you?

by Kian Ganz on in About external articles
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies are giving stiff competition to law firms in the talent hunting stakes, writes the Eco Times today . The article quotes several people working at LPOs, who claim that compared to law firms the companies offer: better growth opportunities, decent working hour...

THE PLAGIARISM MENACE

by sss on in Blawg-osphere
Disclaimer: This is purely a law student’s perspective of plagiarism awareness that has had a sudden impact on the lives of people making submissions of any kind. I am a loyal supporter of originality/original content and always value and appreciate the same. Present: Law schools fortunately/unfortu...

The NALSAR Gender and Sexuality Forum

by Danish Sheikh on in News and current affairs
It started with Foucault. “Do not ask me who I am and do not ask me to remain the same … let us leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order.” A good way, we felt, to headline the invitational notice of a forum whose primary aims include questioning the identities w...

Too interesting consti issues

by Anirban Bhattacharya on in News and current affairs
Hi folks, Those of you who may missed today’s TOI may not have come across an article discussing , among others , two interesting question which are pending adjudication in a PIL before the Delhi High Court. You may read the article http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Can-retired-SC-judges-advi...

Logical Reasoning Unlocked....

by priyam dutta on in News and current affairs
Hi guys! I am Priyam….I belong to that category of unfortunate students who have always found Logical Reasoning, Critical Reasoning and verbal reasoning, massively elusive. Not only would I be confused between answer options, sometimes I would arrive at the conclusion that the question itself was wr...

The curious case of the secret salary

by Anirban Bhattacharya on in News and current affairs
Its that time of the year when suddenly the attendance sheets are almost perfect, the collars crisper, the spirits well guarded and the efficiency or the visuals of professional motion much more swifter. It’s the end of the financial year and thus the time for enhancements in the paypack. And this y...
CRICKET AND IPL : LESSONS FOR LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS Here a few lessons law firms and lawyers need to learn from the way cricket/ IPL is played. 1.) Do one thing. Do it well. Irfan Pathan was a huge success till he did one thing. And you bet he did it awesomely well. Left arm fast medium, 135ks, the ...

AREA OF INTEREST.....ANYONE?

by sss on in Blawg-osphere
Before commencing with this blog post, again I REPEAT : This post is based on the sample crowd of the law school I study in. Situations may differ according to where the person reading this note comes from. Facts: 4 th year of law school having studied 42 varied subjects with litigation and corporat...

The Law School Placement Ordeal

by sss on in Blawg-osphere
Welcome to the Great Law School Placement Ordeal… Over here you can find a blend of the so called successful people with ‘cool’ pay packages along with people who have tried but failed miserably and people who just haven’t bothered…Before embarking on our eventful journey of actually describing this...

Delhi lawyers strike against corruption today

by Neha Chauhan on in News and current affairs
District court lawyers in Delhi are observing a token day-long strike today to protest against increasing corruption in the judiciary as they gear up to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Law Minister Veerappa Moily to discuss the issue. Co-ordination committee chairman and spokesman of all Delhi...

Women Reservation Bill

by Gyan Prakash on in General blogging
Atlast Women reservation bill is passed. A right given to women or politics again by these politicians? Tough to find out the answer. I must say any kind of reservation is not good for any society. We were against the reservation in the higher education institution but all those people who were agai...

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Client

by Anirban Bhattacharya on in News and current affairs
If you have noticed that whenever one sees the usage of the word “Client”, one knows that there just has to be lawyer or an architect involved since no one else in the ‘white collar’ business game ever seems to refer to anyone as “clients”. On a train/plane you are a passenger (unless you are flying...

The legal geeks guide: from slave to king of the Internet

by Ramanuj Mukherjee on in News and current affairs
Did you notice? You sit on your computer thinking of doing something productive, and end up spending a lot of time on the internet – maybe on Facebook, maybe reading tweets, watching videos, looking at funny images and advertisements, sending mails, befriending and chatting with people or even readi...
Yep. So here I am finally starting a new epoch in my not so happening Life. Am finally entering into the mystical and magical realms of the blogosphere. And what a platform to share my blog with all my peers and contemporaries! I say random ramblings because I’ll randomly try to put things here, wil...
Q. Are internships helpful in getting a PPO. How do I go about it? Ans. Yes they are. Why…I’ll tell you later. First get your hands on the PPO thingy. GETTING A PPO 1.) You have to be in the 4th/ 5th year for that. (If you are in the 5 year course that is). 2.) Then, have a portfolio which is perfec...

03-04-10
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Legally Drawn is created by Vasanth Sarathy and is published on his blog www.legallydrawn.com

It is Legally Drawn’s first birthday! Congratulations!

Narco Analysis a need of the hour

by bhumika on in News and current affairs
Narco Analysis a need of the hour In modern times with the advent of technology and increasing knowledge of the same, the criminals are gaining a lot from it. To catch up to the standards of such technically advanced and intelligent criminals, who leave no evidence, Narco Analysis has come as a reli...

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Legally Drawn: Tactical legal contracting

by Vasanth Sarathy on in Uncategorized

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The Bar Council of India (“ BCI ”), in a press release on Saturday, has said that it will file an application in the Supreme Court seeking modification of the order which allowed fresh law graduates to become judicial officers. It said that the BCI and the State Bar Councils are “strongly in favour”...
Thirty years ago, nobody could have accurately predicted the job market of today. The intervening technological progress must be blamed or credited for it. However, we seem to be able today to satisfactorily predict the job market we will have thirty years hence – plenty of machines and Artificial I...
Writing a great legal article is truly amazing. Not only it will be published in a good, well-known website or blog, thereby increasing your brand value and visibility, but also be read by many people who are in need of that information. It may help litigants, researchers, other lawyers or a reporte...

CLAT and the Law of Cognitive Inertia

by JayP on in Career in Law
The distinguished Prof. Shamnad Basheer recently launched an online petition in the form of a poem to make a fervent appeal to the invisible CLAT powers to make the critical shift to a permanent, centralized CLAT body that will conduct the CLAT examination every year. However, every effort till now ...
CLAT 2015 will go down in the history of national competitive exams in India as the most ludicrous and incompetent examination that openly insulted the intelligence of thousands of candidates and played with their careers with an unbelievably sick mentality. The entire CLAT 2015 affair reflected an ...

Connecting Legal field to the fourth estate.

by Nikhil Nair on in Career in Law
Law and journalism are two fields which demand up-to-date knowledge in this proliferating world. Neither of them is stagnant and obsolete. As a first year law student,I used to think that legal profession only meant to argue in courts. It was later that it dawned upon me that legal field has no peri...

Why this Ko-Law-very ??

by Nitin Gaurav Srivastava on in Career in Law
Why This Ko-Law-Very ?? The moment you enter an elite Law school campus,you will be tired of answering this question to everyone, from your Orientation day to Farewell.One simple question -“Why law?” Few oversmart kids would try to impress the first class by saying “Because I couldn’t make it to IIT...
Introduction Law has been the most variegated stream ever since it was incorporated in the human society. When one thinks of a vocation in law the first image that strike its mind is a dexterous person, dressed in black and white, going through some gigantic books, running in and out the court, figh...

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At the outskirts of the Metropolitan court, life is not so fair and lovely

by amrut patil on in Advocates, the bar & litigation
LIFE IS NOT SO FAIR AND LOVELY At the outskirts of the Metropolitan court, I begin my day with the sight of all street smart lawyers who are out for today’s hunt. The hunters instinct is still seen in them when their roving eyes are targeting their next catch cum client. Sipping the cutting chai and...
What happens when you spend 5 years of your law school having the time of your life. Like literally, time-of-your-life!!! [Time of your life- excludes any such activity that requires paying attention in classes, taking internships seriously, taking moots seriously and/or taking anyone/anything serio...

Unlike Katju, I think “lady lawyers” must be banned from the courts

by Kian Ganz on in Advocates, the bar & litigation
A lady (not a lawyer) Retired Justice Markandey Katju published a blog post today entitled “Lady Lawyers” . In typical Katju blogging fashion (whenever not causing a media storm about judicial corruption), it’s a trip down memory lane starting with his time as a lawyer in 1970 Allahabad. Katju is tr...

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What you can repair is what you own

by Abhay on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Last year, European Union has ratified the ‘Right to Repair’ regulation. According to these regulations, the manufacturers of the household electronic appliances i.e. lighting, washing machines, dish washers, and refrigerators, will have to make it easier for the consumers to get them repaired. Thou...

[RTI] 23030 websites/URLs currently blocked in India

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | October 9, 2017 According to the Cyber Laws and E-Security Group under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Group (MeitY), as many as 23,030 websites /URLs are currently blocked in India. This information was received as a reply to a Right to Information application fil...

Digital Security Training in Kochi

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | October 4, 2017 We live in an era where human activity is producing unprecedented amounts of digital data. The popular saying these days is ‘data is the new oil’. The high value of this data along with the lack of awareness among people about rights has prompted corporations and gove...

Summary Report: Digital Citizen Summit, 2017 (September 21-22, 2017; New Delhi)

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | September 27, 2017 The second Digital Citizen Summit was organised on September 21-22, 2017 by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. SFLC.in was an associate partner of the summit. The summit aimed at fin...

Notable technology and rights related litigations

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Notable technology and rights related litigations

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Workshop on Secure Communication

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | September 22, 2017 SFLC.in is organising a workshop on “Secure Communication ” in association with Sukhbir Singh, TOR Developer, on Saturday, September 23, 2017, from 11:00AM-:1:30 PM at the SFLC.in premises at K-9, Second Floor, Birbal Road, Jangpura Extension, New Delhi -110014 nea...

[RTI] Darjeeling Internet Ban: 3 months and counting

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | September 18, 2017 The ongoing Internet shutdown in Darjeeling, West Bengal completes 3 months today. This day, three months earlier, mobile Internet was shutdown in the city due to the ongoing agitation for a separate Gorkhaland. Two days later, on 20th June, the orders were extende...

CCG on the Privacy Judgment

by CCG NLU Delhi on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Written by the Civil Liberties team at CCG A 9 judge bench of the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgment last week, which unanimously recognized the right to privacy as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. The Court found the right to privacy to be a part of the freedoms g...

An update on Sabu Mathew George vs. Union of India

by CCG NLU Delhi on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Today, the Supreme Court heard the ongoing matter of Sabu Mathew George vs. Union of India . In 2008, a petition was filed to ban advertisements endorsing sex-selective abortions from search engine results. Advertisements endorsing sex selective abortions are illegal under Section 22 of the PNDT Act...

Summary Report: Celebrating the Right to be Let Alone [Sep 02, 2017; New Delhi]

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | September 4, 2017 On Sep 2, 2017, SFLC.in organized a discussion titled “Celebrating the Right To Be Let Alone” to commemorate the recent recognition of right to privacy as a fundamental right, discuss the privacy judgment, its key takeaways, the impact it will have on pending Aadhaa...
The sub-committee of Insolvency Law Committee (ILC) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India (MCA) in its report dated October 31, 2020 has proposed the framework for the pre-pack and prearranged insolvency resolution process which the Government may adopt with / without modificatio...
Analysis of the Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Scheme is by way of a General Circular No.16/2017 dated 29 December 2017. It is in exercises of powers u/Ss. 403, 459 and 460 of the Companies Act, 2013. Who can avail the scheme? A company registered under th...
Diwali is one of the most anticipated and celebrated festivals in India. It is also a festival of giving gifts, which is often a challenge for compliance professionals who struggle with policies and nuances of law around this time, on giving gifts that might seem like bribes. Under the Prevention of...

It’s a Yes – for Banks!

by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas on in Corporate law
The RBI has amended the Master Directions on Financial Services provided by Banks. This is a significant move permitting Banks to invest in Category II Alternative Investment Funds. As of June 30, 2017, Alternative Investment Funds ( AIFs ) had raised the cumulative figure of Rs. 48, 129 crores, aga...
Image credit: Scroll.in, September 26, 2017 Sociologists know that the formation and survival of civilization is conditional upon the universal adherence to a framework of acceptable norms and guidelines of human conduct and interaction. Moses therefore set out as God’s message, the directive to lov...
Financial investors in India are scared of regulatory uncertainties. Not that uncertainties are exclusive to our country but it’s a critical risk factor that is assessed by those making substantial investments. Historically, one of the most important regulatory concerns for such investors is related...
India has long recognised the right of foreign creditors to participate in the winding up of Indian companies. As early as 1961, the Supreme Court of India, in Rajah of Vizianagaram (AIR 1962 SC 500) , clarified that foreign creditors have the same right as Indian creditors in winding up proceedings...
Photo credit: Indian Express, August 23, 2017 Through its historic ruling delivered by a five-judge bench in the case of Shayara Bano and Ors v. Union of India on August 22nd 2017, the Supreme Court of India ( SC ) liberated Muslim women from the perpetual fear of arbitrary and whimsical divorce. Th...
The ability to attract large scale Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ) into India has been a key driver for policy making by the Government. Prime Minister Modi seems to be going along the right track, with India receiving FDI inflows worth USD 60.1 billion in 2016-17, which was an all-time high. Henc...
On August 31st 2017, the Supreme Court of India in the case of Innoventive Industries Limited v. ICICI Bank Limited* delivered its first extensive ruling on the operation and functioning of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ( Insolvency Code ). The Court said that it is pronouncing its detail...