The Ayodhya Mediation – An Optimist's View19 March 2019 11:58 AM GMTPublic opinion is divided on the decision of the Supreme Court of India to refer the Ayodhya dispute to mediation. There are some who welcome the decision in the hope that there will be a peaceful...
"Bird Feeding In Public-A Law Urgently Required !"19 March 2019 6:18 AM GMTRemember the 1960s famous Alfred Hitchcock, horror/thriller film 'The Birds'? For those who don't, it's about a series of mysterious indefinable bird attacks in an otherwise peaceful, sleepy town of...
The question as to whether 'demand' and 'acceptance' are essential pre-requisites for a conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988o provisions by...
While India's leaders make a mockery of the constitution and the economy, the Reserve Bank of India made a mockery of the Right to Information Act. Why should the RBI, which is supposed to be an...
The test of 'clear and present danger' is identifiable with two eminent Justices of the Supreme Court of America, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Dembitz Brandeis. In their judgment in...
When most of us think of India's connection with Japan, what comes to our minds is the metro project , the proposed shinkansen and the massive grant in aid funding extended by the Japanese. What many...
In the recent imbroglio surrounding the Supreme Court order on eviction of forest rights claimants whose claims have been rejected, good sense finally prevailed and the Apex Court stayed its own...
It is not a common occurrence in a High Court to have a puisne judge from another state. Therefore, it was with great amusement that the High Court bar dealt with the news that a judge from Andhra...
Tucked away in the sub-soil of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as 'the New Act') is an obscure...
In the wake of contemporary feminist movements like #MeToo emerging from all over the world since 2016, feminism has been well perceived by young minds and has flourished considerably. But I...
Amidst the Vietnam war, the board of management of 'The Washington Post' was caught up in a severe dilemma as to should they publish sensitive and classified defense documents which revealed that the...
Dear Ladies, I see you adorned in a black and white robe! You are already an epitome of empowered women to those in your inner circle. But if you have been around the corridors in the court,...
India, a newspaper published by the Indian News Agency from London, Bombay and Poona city reported on September 1, 1916, that the 'latest attempt on the part of a woman to break her birth's invidious...
The judgment in Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India is widely discussed for recognizing rights of sexual autonomy by striking down Section 377 of Indian Penal Code. However, there is a lesser...
The trinity of fairness, transparency and accountability form the bedrock of an effective and independent judicial system. Likewise, legal reasoning, justifiability and confirming to...
The past few weeks saw a troubling phenomenon of lapsed bills resurrecting as Ordinances.Eight Ordinances were made - four of them reviving lapsed bills, and four of them dealing with issues which...
Ten days back, all three members of a Supreme Court bench had recused from the plea of a former woman ADJ seeking reinstatement after having resigned following an inquiry into her allegations of...
