Some days back we saw that we are not the only ones who are obsessed with rankings. There are people in this world who rank all the big universities in the world. I can only imagine what kind of discussions their students must be having. I am pretty sure they will not be like the ones we have on LI ...
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Hi Folks ! I am in the fourth year of my painstaking 5yr NLU course. If 5th yr gives everyone the creeps, the rueful fourth gives the jitters. “Rueful” ?? YES ! RUEFUL! After 3 of your fun and frolicking years in Law school comes the fourth year with a wave of sorrow and regret. Sorrow- to some for ...
DEDICATION TO EVERY PERSON WHO LOVES WHAT HE/SHE DOES It was Monday and my boss called me. She was an elegant woman who I had come to respect in the last four months of work. Being a woman, I always believed she was more sensitive to the issues at my firm. That thought was about to be broken. In two...
Honor Killing Man is born free, but in chains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduction The number of love marriages might have gone up in the metros, but the dark reality remains different in villages of many states. To be young and in love has proved to be a nightmare for many young boys and girls, who ...
I have been to court numerous times as an intern but when I went to court for the first time as an advocate it was lot different. I was suppose to file a rejoinder and ask the Judge to order the respondent to file the replication to one of the applications which we had filed. The Judge asked me to a...
It was finally Friday. After 40 hours of client billable hours inside the “BEST’” LPO in the world, I was desperate to get out of office .As I swiped out with an extra flourish, the cool Bangalore breeze welcomed me outside. Bangalore in early August is a lot like my home town Silchar in late Januar...
Doctors, Lawyers and Policemen. All three of them are such important part of the society. Doctors take care of the health. Lawyers see to it that all disputes are settled and policemen maintain discipline. Well, atleast that’s what they are supposed to do. We have always heard how the profession of ...
The QLTS (UK) Regulations (2010) were unveiled yesterday. It sets out a list of Jurisdictions from which lawyers are permitted to take the transfer test. http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/qlts/recognised-jurisdictions.page Surprisingly, India has been omitted from that list. It appears that this, in ...
Ashish Alexander, a 2nd year law student at NUJS, Kolkata has won the IDIA Logo Designing Competition . Not only has Ashish given IDIA, its emblem; he has in the process also won the prize money of 5000/-. IDIA congratulates Ashish on his superlative effort. Here is the idea behind the IDIA logo: “T...
30 th August 2010. It has been exactly 45 days, when I entered the Law arena.. To be precise when I came into the breezes of Law school. Though it is not my dream school, but now I realize it is no less than any other. For sure this one and a half month has not given me the true ‘taste’ of a “burden...
All India Bar Examination It is brought to your notice that the Bar Council of India is conducting an All India Bar Examination (AIBE) on December 5 th , 2010 and the said exam shall be mandatory for all the law students graduating from academic year 2009-2010 and onwards and enrolled as advocates u...
Next time visit a prostitute, but only to fight their cause Prostitution, does the word ring a bell for you? If it does, then wouldn’t you just stand up and say loudly, it’s a burning issue and we need to do something about it. And I would laugh at you and say, here we go again. The media loves the ...
The Department of Political Science of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,Punjab is organising a two day Multi Disciplinary Congress on Political Science and Global Governance in collaboration with Indian council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on 26-27 March,2011. The State is a plural body...
Law school faculties are a rare breed. I am sure this post applies to all the faculties but I am in a law school and so will comment only on them. So, where was I? Yes, they are a rare breed. ‘Good’ law school faculties are even rarer. There is a very simple reason behind the situation. Why would so...
Commonwealth games, the event that people have awaited since past couple of years with a strong belief that it will make India a stunning representative in the sphere of cultural togetherness and bonding through the combination and play of various sports with players coming from throughout the world...
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) restrained MSM Discovery, a channel distribution company, from representing Viacom. Viacom 18 Media Private Ltd., Mumbai had filed a petition with the TDSAT alleging that MSM Discovery had materially breached, misrepresented and under re...
In a judgment that can go a long way in clearing the backlog of cases dealing with offences u/s 138 of the N.I. Act, the Delhi High Court directed petitioners (alleged offenders) to not bother the High Court for no reason and go to the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate for the redressal of their ...
The other day I came across an old article about how an Indian Court had enforced a foreign divorce decree. It was an article that made me fail to understand and appreciate at the same time why human beings complicate for the sake of complication (or should we say the lack of innovation?). The probl...
Gotcha! Yea! I know why you opened this post. You are insecure. You wanted to know, “Who does this napster think he is? My college is way better than GNLU.” Well, I have to tell you. I wrote this post just to prove that we are all acceptance seekers. If someone says that your college is the best the...
The reemergence of the Naxalites (rechristened Maoists) after 30 years of near lull has been an issue that has generated a lot of public debate. Despite getting more than its share of media coverage, it has not been easy to construe the pith and substance of the multi-faceted issue. State Supporters...