Book Reviews
Book Review: 'It Can be Done: IDAP Interview Series' By Rahul Bajaj, Anusha Reddy, And Madhavi Singh
In 2014, V Surendra Mohan, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of a Civil Judge in Tamil Nadu. His application was rejected on the ground that he was 70% blind. This resulted from Tamil Nadu's policy of reserving the post only for persons whose percentage of blindness did not exceed 40-50%. He challenged this policy before the Supreme Court, arguing that this arbitrary...
Book Review "Supreme Court"
The Book titled "Supreme Court", written by Shri Ashok Panda, Sr. Advocate, is quite informative regarding the working, composition, and contribution of the Supreme Court of India in shaping the life of citizens, by giving a very wide and extensive interpretation to the provisions of the Constitution, particularly to the part III thereof. The entire evolution of Fundamental Rights,...
"Book Review Of "Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code- Law And Practice"
Writing a commentary on a law that is still growing at a pace faster than the fortunes of e-commerce businesses is, painful and challenging. The sheer volume of judgments from the Constitutional Courts and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal and National Company Law Tribunals constitute the judicial side of the scheme of things under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Then there...
Book Review: "Consensus Ad Idem – Consent And Free Consent In Contract Law"
Contractual terms, much like the nature of doing business, have evolved significantly over the years. Even as modern times are witnessing complex and sophisticated contracts between commercial parties, the fundamentals remain the same. The very foundation on which a contract becomes an enforceable agreement is that of "free consent" between the parties. A concept as simple and...
Book Review: 'Patent Law: Cases & Materials – A Synthesis For India'
There can be few things more challenging than writing a treatise or commentary on Indian patent law. This is because of the relatively low volumes of patent litigation and very few quotable precedents from Indian courts. In the last fifteen years, since Indian patent law was amended to bring it in line with the Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPs), we have seen only...
When A Prime Minister Was Put On Trial : Excerpt From Prashant Bhushan's Book 'The Case That Shook India'
The judge arrived two minutes before 10 a.m. Everybody in the courtroom rose when the judge came in. After taking his seat, he announced that the court conventions dictate that no one should rise when a witness comes in. This however did not prevent some people from rising when Mrs Gandhi came in. Mrs Gandhi took a seat which was specially provided for her. The normal practice is that...
Investment Funds In India : A Legal Handbook
Structuring a fund requires knowledge of investment techniques and astute strategies for portfolio design. Equally important for the success of any fund, however, is an acute understating of the prevalent legal and tax framework. The selection of the fund vehicle itself is driven by various considerations; and deciding the best- suited fund vehicle requires an understanding of current...
[Book Review] A Festschrift in Honour of Nani A. Palkhivala
(Essays and Reminiscences: A Festschrift in Honour of Nani A. Palkhivala edited by Arvind P. Datar, published by LexisNexis, Gurgaon, 2020; pp: xlii + 532. Price: Rs 795)This year marks the centenary of the birth of Nani Palkhivala. By any standard, the contribution that this remarkable human being made during his 82-year-long life to various aspects of public weal in India was as striking...
A Critical Comment On The Book Sixteen Stormy Days
The citizens of India are privileged to have a magnificent constitution for them. The Constitution of India is the longest of the written constitutions of the world. After extensive debates of nearly three years, the Constituent Assembly finally adopted the Constitution on 26th November, 1949. It became formerly the Constitution of India on 26th January, 1950. Sixteen...
Book Review – Foot Soldier Of The Constitution: A Memoir
"Foot Soldier of the Constitution: A memoir" is a non-fiction authored by Teesta Setalvad, a journalist and an activist who currently manages Sabrang India (formerly 'Communalism Combat') and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). The author is known to be one of those rare people, probably feared by the politician featured as the most influential and powerful by Time (2017) and Forbes...
The Dark Story Of Flesh Trade From The Hotspot Of India: The Relentless Umeed From West Bengal
One of the most important contributions to the practical and ground reality of the organized crime gets a well-structured portrayal in a recent book. Umeed- an analysis of 50 convictions in sex trafficking cases published by the International Justice Mission (IJM), Kolkata is a novel initiative towards documentation of the second largest illegal trade and fast growing organized crime....