The lawyer,nay,elf, had spent himself, scheming to scuttle, using precedents so subtle. Pining for leisure, and a game of pleasure, he thought to himself: “ I might as well play cricket, I’ll get to bat and bowl, it’ll clear the emotional thicket, which has been ravaging my soul. ” A match was then ...

“The legal profession in so-called advanced countries is a product of Industrial Revolution whereas in India it is a product of Independence Revolution” — Mr Lalit Bhasin These are the words that made me think. Should foreign law firms be allowed in India? Are they necessary? Just as I questioned my...

This post is written to provide a cynical view of the categories of people one comes across in a Law School. 1. The Making Contacts Specialists : These people love to volunteer at moots, Conferences and other academic activities organized by their colleges. You will then find them going on a sociali...

We all want to be successful. No one can deny it. Although our definitions of success are often very different from one another. When I decided to do law, I wanted to be successful. I wanted enough money for survival and normal luxuries and also serve the society. I had a dream. My dream was my defi...

There was a lot of coverage on the IDIA initiative ( Click here to read about the initiative ). I like what they’re trying to do here. However, the numbers are stacked wildly against anyone trying to bring in change. There are three hurdles one has to get through to become a student of law at a top ...

Well, I saw Inception the other day. Brilliant movie. Awesome storyline and brilliant performances. One strange thing that caught my attention in the movie was how Mal Cobb dies. She commits suicide but Mr. Cobb ( Dicaprio) is the one who gets into trouble. When I saw this, I was strangely reminded ...

The State of World Population Report suggests that In India 1. A Rape is committed every 54 minutes; 2. Molestation every 26 minutes; 3. Kidnapping or abduction every 43 minutes; 4. Eve-teasing every 51 minutes; 5. Dowry death every 1 hour 42 minutes; 6. Criminal offense against women every 7 minute...

Recruitment is a big deal for students who graduate. Being professional in approaching the whole process is not an option but a job requirement. In the following points, we look at how to streamline the recruitment policy in a college and get the best results for all its stakeholders: A. STUDENTS Th...

The young think-tank Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) has been working hard at changing the legal and political landscape in India, recounts Legally India blogger napster.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal on June 7, 2010 pronounced the much awaited-delayed-disappointing verdict on the criminal liability of the perpetrators of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. For 20,000 lives lost, 7 of the accused were convicted for 2 years while accused No.1 (you know who) still remain...

With due regards to the students, alumni and faculties of NLUs, I have no doubt the NLUs are truly national in terms of student compostition, different in terms of curriculum and administrative structures from other tradtional law colleges. The big question is whether the NLUs are legally entitled t...

In Law schools, relationships mainly start due to boredom. Yes, that what I believe. I have seen it and I think a lot of people have too. I have to clarify. I am not talking about all the relationships. I am talking about a ‘majority’ of them. Love and law are two separate concepts. Although in a la...

How much longer shall we purge? Laws are but words untouchable Ideas of thought. It is these words which form the fibers, material for social engineering. The very material by which societies are built, broken and rebuilt. The reason to take from the weak and give to the rich and the staging grounds...

Note:- All of the following people, locations, activities and incidents are purely fictional with absolutely no basis in reality, so if you see a resemblance to anything existent, I compliment your imagination :) “They’re girls. They’re all girls! And they’re ALL good looking…I mean, what are the ch...

“Joining CRPF was the biggest mistake of my life. I have realized that the country doesn’t honor its soldiers and it is better to take voluntary retirement after 20 years of service than to be treated as a pawn” says an anonymous CRPF jawan. His opinion reflects the thoughts of thousands of CRPF jaw...

I want to haul you down to a Love Court You’ll get the notice any day now Probably on pink paper Or atleast an angry shade of red It’ll come enveloped in a heart-shaped folder Which you’ll have to rip apart at the seams But then, you’re good at that kind of thing - Aren’t you ? You broke my heart in...

Here we were, minding our own business, enjoying life in our ‘National’ Law University when we were dealt a heavy blow by the university’s trinity of ruthless hands: Bureaucracy, Vindictiveness and Subjectivity. But these Hundred faces I talk about have seen it all before. After two years in law sch...

They have never been to a law school or sported the lawyer’s black robes butmany women in rural India are dispensing justice in tough cases like rape, child marriage and even divorce mostly in just two weeks - at “ NariAdalats .” I am sure majority of you would not have heard of Nari Adalats. The li...

Sorry for a month’s delay in bringing this piece, though it was written just 48 hours after the passing of resolution, but I could not upload it for such a long time as my laptop just then decided to go for some vacations. Though I know it will smell bit stale rather than the fresh cake I had intend...

DO YOUR BIT! - The events depicted in this blog are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental. - “The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed.” —Edgar Allan Poe Mr. Good Sitizen [(not his real name for obvious reasons) (don’t try to trace him...