The law firm’s name instantly reminds you of the production house of the legendary Ramayana series on television ( Read : Ramanand Sagar ). And soon enough, the partners at the firm make sure you have a first taste of how gruesome the 14 year old exile would’ve been for Lord Ram, and how much endeav...

“Dreams ain’t negotiable instruments…They are hard bound contracts…once entered into, irrevocable until realised, otherwise compensation costs life!” “The count down had begun eons and eons ago…I have come to realize it only now…!” Oh, Yeh! Said her mind..! She looked into her mind, and Voila! She w...

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Mahatma Gandhi They say that Justice in India should come to the people at their own doorsteps. People have dually criticised the Indian Legal System for not being able to deliver this notion of Justice to those who cla...

The family disputes are on a sudden rise in the current Indian Scenario. Disputes relating to divorce, disputes relating to maintenance, disputes relating to child custody are some of the basic issues which are considered by the Family Court. Very often these disputes become so serious that you woul...

Law. The very word evokes fear, awe, and respect in our minds. If not for the sake of the man-made law, we certainly bow before the natural law, as ordained by the Almighty. As I narrate this story, I see Law lying in front of me, bare, dry, whining away its life. It has been devastated by the vicis...

All of us know the well known fable of the Jackal and the grapes. Because it could not fulfill its desire of tasting the grapes, it assumed that the grapes must be sour, and thus contented its ego. Well, most of us, the students who do not study at the NLUs, are assumed to be in the jackal’s positio...

All in court: Hahahahaha. Whir. Whir. Whir. (Thats the fan). Dismissed (Justice Katju). Why don’t you go for mediation? I have my friend Mr. Niranjan Bhatt. Kaafi achchi mediation karte hain woh! I helped him set up the Mediation Cell. Ahmedabad mein hai woh (Its in Ahmedabad)! Why don’t you go ther...

Jimmy is a boy, aged 21, works at the gym for 21 hours, sweats for those 21 hours and hasn’t had a girlfriend for 21 years. He applied for an internship 21 weeks ago and got it confirmed 21 days ago. OK lets chuck 21 for a while. So on 9th of May, he arrived a 9 am, waited for 9 long hours to get wo...

What is Training Contract? A training contract is a period of practical training in a law form for duration of 2 years for law graduates before they can qualify as solicitor in UK. Getting a training contract in law school in India is seen as one of the most attractive and alluring offer. However, t...

Internships form one of the most crucial parts of the Law School Journey. They are considered to be the practical knowledge which a student gets in his law school life. Usually, a student applies for an internship long before the forthcoming vacations. There is a very obvious question which is asked...

Upanayana. Brahmopadesha. Or by whatever name you call it. Has lost its meaning in today’s world. It basically signifies the beginning of the austere life in a boy’s life, wherein he begins his formal schooling in the Gurukula. His life at the Gurukula is highly disciplined, as in he practices stric...

We were in the Legislative House at Bangalore. We were on a journey to Trivandrum, to participate in the Moot Court Competition organized by Government Law College, Trivandrum. The train was at around nine in the night, and hence we had to halt for almost 6 hours at the House. Since we were still in...

In summer vacation, though most of us are interning, there are few who are at home. There is sea difference between home and college. Law school keeps you busy like a bee while at home you have all the time on this earth to watch all such bees! (Ok, lame joke!). College means minimal sleep, lots of ...

Law is one of the most unexplored fields of education. Neither much people know about it nor do they bother to, credited to misconceptions regarding the field. To say it in clear words, there is weird skepticism regarding this area of study. Here I am trying to throw light on few of the myths regard...

Being in the second year at the Law School, I have come a long way in dealing with life. Law School is not just a place where legal knowledge is gained and lawyers are churned out. Law School teaches certain things which are more important to being a human - it teaches us how to be a human. We are t...

Whenever the vast tracts of ‘dense vegetation’ on my arms glare at me, irritation seeps in. my eyes literally trim through them to leave behind smooth plain ‘land’, on which my mind’s senses feast. As also, when the eye brows manifest themselves as something more than neat curves of suave hair, my h...

Respected Mother/Father, It is with deep pain that I write this letter. I request you to make a few minutes available to this humble invocation. Kindly oblige. How privileged I am to have been bestowed with more than a million mothers and fathers! Hail the God! Hail All of You! Have you ever seen me...

Before reading the rest of this post, I request you to visit the link attached to footnote number one and view the video to ‘ United State of Pop 2009 ’. [1] The song is entirely made up of snippets of Billboard Magazine’s top 25 songs from 2009. Scrolling to the bottom of the page, you will notice ...

This is a modified post first published on http://glaws.in/2011/02/is-poker-gambling/ I am sure that most youngsters, especially budding corporate lawyers have played poker with friends, in casinos or at least tried it on Facebook. What has made this American card-game extremely popular among the yo...

Finally i am out of the rigours of Semester 2 , I gave my exams and with my friends i hit upon a Dhaba cum Bar. As our results clearly states that kind of aptitude we have and capacity to retain things is as good ram . My friends and myself were trying to complete the syllabus or for that matter stu...