This is a continuation from my previous blog: http://www.legallyindia.com/Blogs/Entry/nalsar-city-of-justice Research Activities: One of the foremost thrust of the university is on research which it undertakes. Whoever said that there no research activity in NALSAR should clearly RE-SEARCH it. First...
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I have been meaning to write for quite some time now, but this was not possible because of my internship. With that over now I shall finally pen what I have to say. Hello: I am a law student. I shall refrain from giving out my name or the name of my institute, might be Jindal, HNLU, RMNLU, NLSIU alt...
(The Private Law School Brat is an exaggerated version of life in Private Law School. All characters and locations are fictional. Really.) Legally India is the best forum for private law school bashing. And why not? Popular perception tells me, if you’re not in a National Law School- you’re a nobody...
okay to begin with world war 3 never happened but well the world war i am talking about surely took place in a conference room about 12000 km away from india in boston park plaza hotel , boston, U.S.A. well when i entered the conference room i was like oh my holy god ( you can replace the word ‘holy...
By- Sagnik Chatterjee The term ‘agent’ is often inappropriately used when the legal relationship entered into by parties is not that of ‘agency’ but that of distributorship and franchise arrangements. In legal terminology a difference exists as to the role of an agent, a franchisee and a distributor...
So you gave CLAT and got through to Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar . Congratulations! I am sure you’ll have a hundred questions about the University. You might even be considering whether to choose GNLU over some other University. Well, I hope this post helps you in deciding. I’ll try ...
Why shall I call myself Holmes? Do I consider myself a keen observer, frowzy and brainy with all those Bohemian habits, am I able to trace the cigarette company from the cigarette ash or can I infer things even from a tiny water droplet stuck on the nasal hair at the end of the rough portion of the ...
LEGALLY INDIA DISCLAIMER: THIS POST WAS A WORK OF FICTION BY A LEGALLY INDIA READER, WHICH WAS LIKELY TO FUNDAMENTALLY OFFEND A LARGE SECTION OF OUR AUDIENCE. AFTER THOROUGH DELIBERATION, WHICH WE DID NOT TREAT LIGHTLY, AND WITH THE CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN REMOV...
First, Seth Godin’s post “ What you can learn from a lousy teacher ”. “If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because he is defending the status quo and demonstrates your failure on whatever report ca...
Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states that “the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” It is quite evident from that this provision keeps every person on equal footing. The provision can be broken into par...
My previous post and a few other articles on LegallyIndia made me think on two questions. But before reading this post further, please go through the two short posts by Seth Godin and then the Bar and Bench article on law school placements: 1. Insist on the coin flip . 2. Unreasonable is the new rea...
Hi, I know you are confused and tensed and that your parents are confused and tensed too. Don’t worry; the master ranks’ issue will be settled in some time. I am here to distribute some free advice. Two things: If you didn’t do well in CLAT, remember: ”You are more than a score, you can do well anyw...
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, term dowry can be defined as the property which a woman brings to her husband in marriage, or the effects which the wife brings to the husband to support the expenses of marriage . Webster dictionary defines “Dowry” as the money, goods, or estate that a woman bri...
THUD!!! What happened my cell phone is on floor oh shit why is it happening with me while picking my NOKIA (Read nokla)and assembling it and in meanwhile shit. i spilled water all over the floor.damn. how can i manage to make so many mistakes at the same time.I ask myself (while i am sweeping the fl...
Right of redemption is the right which every mortgagor possess, which is created by virtue of the mortgage deed. This right is considered to be inalienable, and cannot be taken away from a mortgagor by means of any contract to the contrary. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, term “redemption” can ...
“Jana Lokpal Bill” and “The Independent Commission Against Corruption (IACC) of Hong Kong” Now that the job of drafting of an effective, transparent and accountable LokPal Bill has started. Nation is looking forward at the Joint Committee to draft this bill with enough checks and balances to ensure ...
We are all aware of what an Old Wives’ Tale means. The lame excuses that are often given by our politicians in defence of any questionable behaviour, statement or act on their part, have inspired me to coin the phrase New Wives’ Tale . I have chosen an incident, relatively less detrimental in degree...
Jimmy began with numbers a while ago. [Click here to read]. --- PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for girs. PG for boys. PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for boys. The male lot is a distrusted lot; Jimmy and his friends got to know that day. Also, people love ‘keeping’ girls! ‘Keep’ got a j...
Jimmy began with numbers a while ago. [Click here to read]. --- PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for girs. PG for boys. PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for girls. PG for boys. The male lot is a distrusted lot; Jimmy and his friends got to know that day. Also, people love ‘keeping’ girls! ‘Keep’ got a j...
By - Harshita Jhunjhunwala Psychiatric injury as per the Oxford Law Dictionary is defined as “A recognized psychiatric disorder caused by sudden shock”, when we look at it with regard to tortious claims, psychiatric injury may arise, as result of another’s negligence or may be an effect of a traumat...
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...
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 ...
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 ?? 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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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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...