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Decisions of the CJI or his delegate, under section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A & C Act) have no binding value whatsoever on any court on any forum except the forums /...
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An unfortunate Incident:-
Yesterday, my friend narrated a real life story which left me dumbstruck. The said incident happened a few days a go. A 23 year old girl who was studying in one of the premier fashion institutes decided...
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The courtrooms, deserted generally during the summer break, give a great chance to walk around courts in Mumbai, some of which have great architecture.
But a couple of courtrooms function for urgent matters and entering the courtroom gurantees toes being stepped...
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I was shattered after reading this news article couple of day’s back, in some village in Ranchi, three men chopped parents of 14 year old kid in front of her eyes on the charges of practicing witchcraft. The...
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I am not a story teller. The art of story writing is a highly complicated one and is best left to accomplished masters of the craft, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, Guy De Maupassant and the likes.
Reservation(in the Indian context;I am not talking about Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav's tatkal quota here)will remain a contentious issue as long as democracy survives(the founding fathers of our constitution surely hadn't anticipated this)i.e in a country like ours, forever(unless one is overtly pessimistic).
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has agreed to postpone the planned bar exam to December, we are informed.
Kian has insinuated here that another possible angle in introduction of the proposed Bar Admission examination may perhaps be to meet...
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The short point which arose for consideration (in 9 complaints and one appeal) before the Central Information Commission was whether the Bar Council of India and the State Bar Councils are ‘Public Authorities’ within the meaning of Section 2(h) (b) of...
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An arrogant professor, with a sole ambition in life --- TORTURE! Many a Law Student has faced this, and many more shall don the robes of the ‘Sacrificial Lamb’. Here’s to all those Legal Raavan’s who have made an otherwise heavenly...
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Our politicians hailed it as a strong message to Pakistan, the Maharashtra Chief Minister called for an early execution, Special Public Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam gave it the two thumbs up. There were fire crackers in the streets of...
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Tagore firmly believed that independence from the British, in itself, would be meaningless and merely lead to replacing a foreign oppressor with home-grown ones as long as Indians stayed mired in superstition, ritualism, caste ism and such...
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Those were the ‘catastrophic’ words which were uttered by the naïve Maulana Noor-ul-Huda on the phone just a few minutes before the take off aboard his Emirates flight on Wednesday which promoted the Delhi Police not only to offload him from...
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CALL TO ACTION
Final year Students Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
We are under attack from the repressive tyrannical Bar Council.
All of us who have worked so hard over five years of law sweating it out at...
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Male Rapes – Some Myths, Statistics, True Incidents and Legal Insight
A True Story
Is Rape attempted only on females? I would request you to think again. Male rapes are not fiction created in novels and movies. What happened in Shawshank...
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Its official now that we are going to have a caste based census this time after a gap of 80 years. Caste is an inescapable reality of Indian society. Supporters of caste enumeration argue that census categories merely reflect existing classifications,...
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on the lines of "legalpoet" i thought to post something poetic.. so, at first an acknowledgment to him..
Now here it goes ....
Capitalism ki duniya me hum profit aise kamate hain ,
Sahmat hokar apas me hum, khud ka...
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When the judge pronounced Kasab guilty, the tv reporters and agency reporters rushed to the doors of the court! They fought like cats to be out first and break the news!One poor friend of mine actually got bumped in the head...
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Kasab may have been the lone gunman to have survived from the lot of 10 terrorists who entered India by the sea route to create a havoc in the city. But is sending him to the gallows the right route to...
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Till now the law students must be aware about the proposed bar examinations in India. After going through both sides of arguments (law students v bar council), it seems both have their respective share of merits. The final year law students...
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im sorry. didnt mean to annoy anyone.
[Originally a short blog entry from a student hating law school, which was deleted a short while late. For readers' information so the comments are not just on an orphan post, we have...
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SCBA Elections are being held on May 7th, 2010.It would be great to discuss people's thoughts/views on how the SCBA should move forward this year. Clearly, a lot of trust has to be re-built and greater transparency and accountability needs to...
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