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161.
Supreme Court finds Criminal Defamation Constitutional
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Today, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court found criminal defamation as constitutionally valid. Recall that the Supreme Court had reserved judgment in this matter in August last year after extensive ...
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Created on 13 May 2016
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162.
SC hears the Aadhaar #NotAMoneyBill Challenge
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Act as a money bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker today. Senior Advocates Mr. P. Chidambaram, Mr. Kapil Sibal and Mr. Mohan Parasaran represented the petitioner and the Attorney General and Additional Solicitor ...
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Created on 10 May 2016
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163.
Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures In India
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... to the Bar in 2007 and has been working with Anand & Anand Advocates since August 2007. He graduated from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal, in 2007. Mr Sahay specializes in IP litigation, ...
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Created on 02 May 2016
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164.
Don’t listen to the IT giants: Eben Moglen
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... of this chatter, the most important barrier to the growth of the burgeoning internet economy’s dynamic, inventive small firms is the uncertainty for potential investors caused by the possibility of patent ...
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Created on 02 May 2016
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165.
Reviewing NEET Decision – Highlighting procedural impropriety and gaps in writing judgments
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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Recently, a Constitution Bench (comprising of five Judges) of the Supreme Court of India has allowed the Review Petition and recalled its judgment dated 18 July 2013 and directed that the matters ...
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Created on 30 April 2016
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166.
LIVE: 1st Annual Jindal Technology Law & Policy Moot Court Competition 2016
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... explains her arguments on the issue of expropriation. There are no questions from the bench at this point. She uses a barrel of cases to support her assertions. Nice going, Speaker 1!
Court Room 4: ...
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Created on 29 April 2016
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167.
A developing society demands a developing police force
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(Blog: Criminal law)
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... the duty of the police officer making the arrest to inform the arrested person about his rights. But this remains to be a ritual which is barely followed.
Working Conditions
Policing and internal ...
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Created on 26 April 2016
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168.
Supreme Court seeks Attorney General’s view on Jairam Ramesh’s challenge to Aadhaar
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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... the matter was called for hearing, senior counsel P Chidambaram and Kapil Sibal appeared for the petitioner – Jairam Ramesh. As Chidambram made his opening statement “Petitioner is a member of the Rajya ...
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Created on 25 April 2016
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169.
From trial by media to now sentencing by media?
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(Blog: Criminal law)
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... bare reading of the Judgment will make this clear. The Court held that:-
“Every member of the community owes a debt to the community for this protection. When ingratitude is shown instead of gratitude ...
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Created on 25 April 2016
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170.
Patna High Court: An epitome of independent and impartial judiciary
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... india Dr. Rajendra Prasad,who was the member of the bar at the High court.Dr.Sachchidanand Sinha,another eminent personality who was also the member of Drafting Commitee.Some other names like P.R. Das,Pt. ...
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Created on 22 April 2016
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171.
The Zero Project Recognises IDIA as an ‘Innovative Practice’
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(Blog: Student life)
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... ICT. IDIA’s Executive Vice-President Swaraj Paul Barooah represented IDIA at the conference, where he also shared IDIA’s work and vision in working towards more inclusive education (see presentation here) ...
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Created on 22 April 2016
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172.
Equality Argument - Women Priests in Hindu Temples
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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Advocate K.V.Dhananjay raises a question here; a question that he was asked – men perform the role of priests in Hindu temples; women have been traditionally and customarily barred from this role. Do women ...
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Created on 19 April 2016
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173.
Two state laws (and one proposed law) with constitutional implications
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... cleared a bill to “regulate” dance bars in the State of Maharashtra. The Hindu has an account of some of the stringent conditions imposed by the bill. Apart from the fact that the bill imposes prior restraint ...
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Created on 17 April 2016
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174.
Courts setting Hindu religious norms is unconstitutional
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... temple and the Sabarimala temple are showed as violence of equal rights guaranteed by the constitution which is not so.
Let’s look at the Article 14 and 15 of the constitution that guarantees equal rights ...
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Created on 16 April 2016
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175.
Sabrimala: Key Constitutional Issues
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... Sabarimala Temple Entry case are underway before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. Based upon the proceedings so far, it is important to consider the following important constitutional questions, ...
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Created on 13 April 2016
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176.
Ignorant Judges have been destroying young and innocent lives through rape convictions
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... that says “Act of a child under seven years of age – Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.” By reason of this provision, the police would be barred from bringing any ...
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Created on 10 April 2016
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177.
Sabarimala – the debate
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(Blog: Human Rights Law)
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The Conundrum of an ancient relic—Sabarimala and its women visitors The issue of women’s entry into the shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala has been in the eye of a raging storm that refuses to die. The controversy ...
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Created on 08 April 2016
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178.
Part II: Applicability of the 2015 Arbitration Amendment Act to Arbitration Related Court Proceedings
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(Blog: Analysis)
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The argument that the bar in the first limb of Section 26 is not applicable to arbitration related court proceedings in view of the usage of the phrase “to the arbitral proceedings” as opposed ...
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Created on 07 April 2016
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179.
LIVE BLOG! 3rd NLUO International Maritime Arbitration Moot, 2016
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... in how well she is handling the barrage of questions. The team has numerous small meetings in between to discuss certain key points before answering the questions.
12:55 PM - The second speaker is off ...
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Created on 02 April 2016
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180.
Accreditation of Legal Education in India: Crucial Issues
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(Blog: Human Rights Law)
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Abstract: The Bar council of India (BCI) had to struggle with the Ministry of HRD, Govt of India to retain hold over ‘laying down standards for legal education’ recognized as eligibility qualification ...
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Created on 17 March 2016