It is unfortunate that government of india have not taken any step to open law colleges which are totally under govt. of india.(like IITs n NITs in engineering).National Law Schools charge a bomb in lieu of providing you the ‘National Law school’ tag.A student belonging to the lower strata of the so...
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The happy times are here !!! No I am not talking about the boring court vacations which the litigation lawyers are so upbeat about but I am talking about the Mumbai monsoons !! those living outside Mumbai reading this blog probably don’t realize the bliss that we Mumbaikars get in watching the rains...
Article 39A of the Indian Constitution states that “The State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and shall, in particular, provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities ...
In the midst of the Inflation, debates and discussion over Commonwealth Games- corruption, the 2G spectrum Scam, the Adarsh Society Scam, Karnataka Land Scam, if we reverse the video-cassette of our lives we will be reminded of the burning Kashmir, a li’l more back- burning Naxal corridor, and li’l ...
The Problem of Statehood of Special Entities and their Capacity to Conclude Treaties under VCLT Okay, first, why two titles? Why not just the second title? After all, it coveys the issue to be dealt in this piece in lesser words and first one sounds a lot heavy and boring, one could be easily repuls...
Recent Law School debate has been witnessed by most of us, and many of us find it very entertaining. Even, I was also a part of some of these fights which I do not deny. But, sometimes I feel these fights deviate us from the very purpose for which law colleges have been created. Law was not consider...
Since the drafting of Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparation) Bill, 2011, it has come under the light of dispute along with its opposition from various political parties and legal scholars. Recently, it was termed by some political leaders as a threat to the N...
Alright. So here goes my after-a-long-timel blog on International Law. This analysis consists mainly of my swarming thoughts when I was reading these theories (which I noted down on the side margin of my book). Though I may be seen more as a ‘declar-ist theor –ist’ (if there is any phrase like that!...
“Lease” is a word which everyone is aware of, and hears it day in and day out while dealing the transactions related to immovable property. Lease can be defined as the right to enjoy an immovable property for a certain period of time, in consideration of a price paid by the person getting possession...
(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...