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Q. I have made it to a national law school. What should I expect? How should I prepare for a life at an NLU?
Ans. 1. Prepare to be crushed and subdued in everything you think you are great at. If...
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Agression is Important
When Saurav Ganguly was the captain of the Indian cricket team he had with him two young left arm fast bowlers; Zaheer Khan (then 30 pounds lighter) and Ashish Nehra (then pot-bellied). Oops! Sorry for the digression.
Ganguly,...
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Can a right be selective?
This is a question which is probably haunting the ambitious policy makers of UPA-II, all set to enact the National Food Security Act. The draft bill, as it stands today is set to create a...
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aThe times when news channels are taking interview of IIT topper and newspapers flooded with coaching centres advertisment claiming the first ranker, parents of CLAT ( Common Law Admission Test !! , if you dont know ) topper were telling...
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In a shocking development all the students from arguably the top three law colleges in the country: NLSIU, Bangalore; NALSAR, Hyderbad and NUJS, Kolkata have failed in the first ever Bar Exam held by the Bar Council of India on 30...
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Since the start of Legally India's blogging competition in January, a total of 50 law bloggers (blawgers) have shared legal thoughts, laughs, pains and the downright surreal. With a little over two months to go in the competition this round-up looks at the most popular bloggers and posts to date.
We are also pleased to announce two new sponsored jury prizes for the most thought provoking blog posts on issues of social and legal importance, worth Rs 20,000 (see details below), which was kindly donated by a practising lawyer.
Nandii Reywal, the London settled Indian Lawyer challenged me. Bihari Babuu loves challenges. He has defeated all the pehelwans in his village. He’ll make Nandii bite dust too. Aaan do!
Part I- Racism
My buffaloes are black,
My cows are...
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My honourable colleague Mr. Dushyant Arora wants feedback on the ways to conduct the Bar Exam. Here is mine:
1.) Law students who come on bicycles and scooters will only be tested. Students who come in cars have the option of...
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[The following newsletter found its way into my Spam folder. I thought it was worth sharing.]
Barelylegalindia.com/Issue 1
Dear Readers,
This has been an eventful week in the industry. Lots to tell. So let’s dive straight into it.
News
Waves were...
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The Companies Act, 1956, though it requires some reforms as mooted through Companies Bill, 2009, is one of the finest legislations. Each provision or the section under the Companies Act, 1956 has a sound logic though there exist very few sections...
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Law Schools can be stifling, stultifying and discouraging at times. People look down upon the ‘other’; sometimes very disparagingly. A mooter thinks mooting is ‘the’ thing. The cool guy thinks that ‘mooting’ is for nerds etc etc.
I believe we should...
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CPC, Chow Chow and Wow!The Civil Procedure Code talks aboutWhat Justice should look like,What the pleading should plead,How the pleader should open his mouth.
There is a procedureOn what pen to use,On the sharpness of the nib,The colour of the...
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Here is the big news: Kian Ganz, the editor of LegallyIndia.com has bought for himself a shiny new bicycle. I asked him why and he didn’t reply. So I had to guess. Here are a few options. All lame options. Please...
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[WARNING: This is a longish, dull-ish entry because the weekend has started and I have not many more interesting things to do.]
[There you go again, reading this blog entry in the hope of somehow getting through the next five minutes.]
It’s...
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CAM acquires lawyer-to-the-stars Ashni Parekh’s Bollywood film practice as going-concern for eventual full hand-over
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And Bhai's driver. (2 hours ago)
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Wonder who advices SRK and bhai (2 hours ago)
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why ashni why (3 hours ago)
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HSA hires Link Legal SA Kshitiz Khera as Delhi disputes associate partner
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Why did he leave? (4 hours ago)
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IndusLaw cap markets scores first solo mandate in $284m RBL QIP opposite Khaitan, Luthra, NR
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MP Meenakshi Lekhi to introduce ‘nationalise NLU bill’ in Lok Sabha tomorrow
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NLUs are not important enough. (2 hours ago)
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Three law schools amongst 48 cleanest colleges in India out of 6,900 (!): MHRD rankings
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Women in Indian law firms: In a growing minority