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OPEN LETTER TO CHAIRMAN, BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA   Dear Mr. Subramaniam,  Recent media reports(Hindustan Times, 03/05/10) suggest that the Bar Council of India is introducing a qualifying bar examination from September,2010.  We are writing this mail to draw your...
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The ever-enlightening Wikipedia tells us that the phrase “Face value” is the value of a coin, stamp or paper money, as printed on the coin, stamp or bill itself by the minting authority. While the face value usually refers to the...
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A dead body was found in a remote village of Madhya Pradesh. It had been discovered in a well after seven days of the death of the deceased. It was in a heinous condition and the people were even scared to...
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27th April, 2010 9.20 A.M. Court of the Metropolitan Magistrate. Punctuality being the virtue of the Bored, Chandi Agreywal, LLM, reaches courtroom no 12 situate in a huge palatial Brit built building tastelessly modified in the interests of justice. The measured...
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Soon you will have the census enumerator knocking your door! The massive exercise involving a billion plus people has finally begun! But this time the modus operandi would be little different! The surveyor can knock your door even in the early...
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It happened in the middle of a particularly stressful assignment. There I was, sitting at my laptop, at the desolate hour of 2.20 AM, when I decided. Enough. Nyet. Nimph. Nope. No More. I’d had it. And before I knew...
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     The first one dates back to the first date of hearing of the landmark decision of Kesavananda Bharati by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.   The legendary, Mr. Palkhiwala, who then was a young lawyer rose to argue the matter...
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NALSAR, like any other  law school worth its salt, comes with its own bundle of ridiculous neuroses. What would be special about a place where the machinery gears towards making things convenient for you ? Of course, there's inconvenience, and then...
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Only three more days to bash out prize-winning fiction for the NUJS fiction writing competition, which closes on Sunday midnight (18 April). The theme for this year: "Choose one of the five famous fiction novels (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Robinson Crusoe/Five...
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The human right to food has its contemporary origin within the U.N. Universal Human Rights framework. The main reference point is located within the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights (UDHR) (U.N. 1948), Article 25, which states, “Everyone has the right to a standard...
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  The following is a hilarious story of a legal proceeding initiated against one of the greatest ruling super heroes of our times on a question as ancient as the one which arose in the second century with Clement of Alexandria...
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The large part of law consist of various behavioral perspectives in the form of 'Duty' that is, mode of conduct to which people must confirm and by which their actual behavior is judged. Thus, the very concept of 'is' law is...
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In the case of S.K. Alagh Vs. State of U.P. and Ors. reported in (2008) 5 SCC 662 the Hon’ble Supreme Court, at paragraph 20 thereof, observed  as under:   “…  We may, in this regard, notice that the provisions of...
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The forensic technology has played an integral role in solving criminal cases. D.N.A (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) tests, first discovered by Prof. Alec Jeffreys in 1985 in England has now become a credible source for identifying a person with the help of his...
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Imagine yourself dealing with a case where your client has been accused of murder. The Prosecution story states that your client was found with the murder weapon in his hand when the police arrived having been sitting calmly in front of...
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News Link from BBC : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7132124.stm Last Updated: Friday, 7 December 2007, 09:08 GMT  E-mail this to a friend Printable version Hindu gods get summons from court By Amarnath Tewary Patna The gods have many temples in their name Pic: Vivek Raj A judge in...
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The two female suicide bombers who were responsible for the metro attacks in Moscow, were the widows of former terrorists. It is believed that about 30, “black widows” were trained by the Russian Bin Laden to carry more of such attacks...
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  The High Courts in India are Courts of records.   A Court of record generally has the following attributes:        1.  generally has a seal      2.  power to fine or imprison for contempt      3.  keeps a...
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The Controversy   When the two sports stars (Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik) would tie the knot, it is believed that the two countries India and Pakistan would also share a common-bond. But the marriage between the Indian tennis star and...
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National Judicial Service has been one of the most political-legal contentious issues in the judicial history of India. The debate has continued for years. On one hand the law ministry and the legislature intends to introduce the National Judicial Service in...
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