The last post “Top 5 things to be taken care of while hiring an external counsel’ was on hiring of the counsel. Now it is the time for briefing.. Many a time briefing the external counsel is a challenge. Especially if you are asked to do so at the last moment for a crucial litigation. An external co...
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Today, without the help of an external counsel, you cannot run an in-house legal team. In litigation it is essential and in advisory it is preferable. Choosing of a counsel is a tricky affair. A wrong choice may take you for a toss and you may be sandwiched between the top management and the counsel...
Once every few days, depending on their moods, some government officials raid Biju Da, a soft-spoken shack-wala who serves Maagi, Chai and Lunch to college students. During the raid, Biju Da, his wife and his children run. They also have to hide their goods. In the mayhem that follows some bottles b...
The recent gang rape in Delhi did not just bring about the of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. It brought with it a mass outcry for the protection of women and their upliftment. It came with a call to extend the basic tenets of the constitution of equality, liberty and protection of life and ...
A very interesting question has been raised before the Honorable High Court of Karnataka. Whether right to conceive is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution? A Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed before High Court of Karnataka challenging th...
Loopholes in Rape Laws Law is meaningless when all men are good and useless when all men are bad. Fortunately or Unfortunately, Man is a mixture of the two which has necessitated the birth of law. Does it mean law is flawless because it happens to monitor, limit and control human behaviour to an est...
Analyzing the situation and legal protection given to the senior citizens in India, India being the Most LAWFUL country has got constitutional as well as Legislative protection (which no one knows) The Basic protection given to a senior citizen, Now for India a senior citizen is a person more than t...
By Ashwin Mathew India’s growth since 1992 is a result of two complementary factors – a relaxed regulatory regime and the Indian entrepreneurial spirit reflected in successful private enterprise. The Satyam scam and a few other unfortunate instances of corporate greed driven by individual compromise...
The Supreme Court in one of its judgements held that ‘gutkha’ or pan masala constitute food. This decision has been followed in several High Court cases also. [i] They also fall under the definition of ‘food’ under the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA). Gutkha is hence governed by the Food Safety...
In response to http://laworlogic.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/the-age-of-consent/ and http://www.legallyindia.com/Blogs/Entry/is-it-laws-business-to-see-who-i-sleep-with In a 2007 study conducted by Ministry of Women and Child development, it was found that more than 53 % of children in India faced one ...
The discussion as to the use of red beacons by bureaucrats and politicians on the top of their cars has always sparked controversies and aroused curiosity. Whether all dignitaries are allowed to use the red beacon? Who are the privileged ones who can use the beacon? Are there any guidelines for usin...
In this small world, lawyers are stacking up just like we find buildings in Mumbai. The way mumbaiites have been used to the buildings and noise in the vicinty in the same manner people are getting use to rising strength of lawyers numericaly. DO WE HAVE ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY GOVERNING the ever i...
Bollwood can teach us more than we think. A sneak peak in the following high profile Bollywood divorces reveal a shocking reality. Roja actor Arvind Swamy Arvind Swamy created quite a stir in the nineties for playing lead role in Roja and Bombay . Then he shifted his focus to Tollywood . However, th...
Around two decades back, India had a negligible divorce rate. Even today, compared to urban countries like USA and Sweden, India has a significantly low divorce rate. But now the number of divorce petitions being filed is rapidly increasing, especially in urban India. A new bill-Marriage Act (Amendm...
What’s common between the CEO of ICICI banks, the MD of Apollo Hospital Enterprises, the Indian Head of Facebook or the current leaders of the three most powerful political parties. Quite simple isn’t it? The only similarity is that they are all women. They are there at the top. From healthcare to b...
Rape: Not a crime scene? I don’t particularly like to categorise myself as a feminist for I feel contemporary feminism overlooks multiple aspects relating to gender construction. But I do consider myself sensitive to women- related issues specifically and gender issues generally. In this article how...
In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
Reliance Entertainment, the producer of the movie Don 2 has once again obtained a John Deo order from the Delhi High Court to prevent online piracy of the movie. As a result of the order all file-sharing websites like Megaupload, Rapidshare, Mediafire, Filesonic etc. were blocked on the Reliance Com...
Freedom of Religion. That is, freedom to practice, profess and propagate one’s religion. Various interest groups keep pressing hard in exercising this freedom of theirs. Their concerns towards restoring their fundamental rights to themselves in well appreciated. But, to understand the logic behind t...