Kapil Sibal the Telecom Minister of India has been on the news for all the wrong reasons, so to say. This time he spoke about ‘gagging content on internet’ thus setting a new wave of protests from people across the country and worldwide. What an idiot! Nto soon after his infamous comment about the n...
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Two states Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India have, of late, been blowing hot and cold over an issue which is as old as one hundred years. Interesting. What is it? A ‘damned’ dam located on the Western Ghats in Thekkadi, Idukki district of Kerala is the ‘bone of contention’ between the two. It’s ‘damned...
Delhi: City of Ambassadors and politicians (and lawyers) Back when Anna was fasting to death, I was harshly critical of him for holding an elected government hostage. I was firm in my conviction that if you want legislation to be passed, the right way to do it is by communicating your wishes to your...
Sharad Pawar, slapped “Why this kolaveri di ?,” is asked of the overnight celeb slapper. A rhetorical question. No one needs an answer to that one. Aam junta sentiment is all too visible. Wide dissatisfaction over government policies and immense satisfaction over the Sharad Pawar slapping incident, ...
Sharad Pawar, slapped “Why this kolaveri di ?,” is asked of the overnight celeb slapper. A rhetorical question. No one needs an answer to that one. Aam junta sentiment is all too visible. Wide dissatisfaction over government policies and immense satisfaction over the Sharad Pawar slapping incident, ...
“Why is he still alive?” “16 crores? Give me 16 crores instead of him” “We have no security but he has the best security in the country” “It has been THREE YEARS!! Justice delayed is justice denied” Now that the third anniversary of the horrendous 26/11 attacks has dawned, many of today’s conversati...
Govt. Law College (GLC) popularly known as GLC is facilitating placement week for students early this year between 24.Sep to 30.Sep. More than 25 Law firms including Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB, Kanga have already shown interest in campus recruitment programme this year. GLC placement committe is doing...
This is a guest blog post from lawyer Arjya Majumdar who works at a large national law firm in Delhi. It was first published on his Facebook feed and has been edited slightly. Enjoy! At the time of writing this, Mr Hazare, has agreed to the Delhi Police offer of a two-week protest at the Ramlila Gro...
Mumbai reeled yesterday under three bombs that killed, injured and shook the confidence of the city. Reporting a tragedy of such a scale is a difficult task for any journalist but one story that appears irresponsible in the face of evidence has taken hold of the mainstream media.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) Contract: Infrastructure development projects in the past were thought of as a way of providing infrastructure at no extra cost to the public. For this reason the projects used to be generally investigated, designed and financed by the Public Works Department of the ...
“Don’t try to become someone; instead try doing something”, says Fali S. Nariman in his autobiography and these words have had a profound impact on me. In January 2009 I realized that the Fifth Year was at its fag end, and i had to prepare for the future, so i started applying to different law firms...
As India goes crazy about Anna Hazare, a small reminder. In Manipur, a woman called irom Sharmila has been on a hunger strike for 10 years because Media does not highlight that. Let’s now do something for Sharmila…
We won!!! After a massive and unprecedented outpouring of public pressure, the government has given in and met all of Anna Hazare’s demands!! Over 500,000 of us signed the petition - at one point 30,000 people per hour! The petition was widely covered in the national press as evidence that the anti-...
Right now, Anna Hazare , a 73-year-old Gandhian, sits fasting in the burning sun, and he will stay until death — unless the government agrees to consider a powerful law that could rid Indian politics of the scourge of corruption. This “Modern Mahatma” is taking the utmost act of courage and determin...
The budget of 2011 presented on 28 th February of this year by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was reflection of the economy being back to pre crisis trajectory, marking the growth at 8.6% for 2010-11 and provided blueprint for 9% growth rate in the coming fiscal year. Merits: The Government effor...
You can sign the petition here http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rti-in-schools/ It reads: School children in India should be taught on how to draft an RTI (Right to Information) application as a part of their school curricullum. Just as students learn ‘letter writing’ in English, Hindi or other la...
Just take a look around in your friend circle or anywhere else you want to and I am sure you will be easily able to find “I don’t have Facebook” kind of people. I know its difficult but it’s not that hard to spot such odd entities. It’s really strange for someone to not have a Facebook and yes FYI, ...
By introducing all india bar exam no useful purpose has been served in the field of legal reform answer to many question are not correct according to legal india . Many intelligent students did not appear in bar exam due to their family circumstances . a large number of candidates who are said to ha...
Corruption has never been an “alien” for millions of Indians. It has crept so comfortably in our life that we no longer consider it as a major topic to discuss over. Admission of wards into schools and colleges, getting a railway berth, getting a passport, getting a stamp paper, these are very few o...
Who indiscriminatley kills hundreds with a bomb we call Terrorist and who indiscriminatley kills thousands with a TSunami we call God… Amazing na…