The “Third” Gender

Transgenders are known by different names in South Asia. There is a misconception that they are "only men who have feminine gender identity, adopt feminine gender roles and wear women's clothing". But, in reality, the community is significantly more diverse than this notion.They were counted for the first time in the Census 2011, in which they constituted a separate category.This was the first step taken by the government to get this community some basic rights.The transgenders have been...

Till date India has not witnessed any lady CJI; Justice Poonam Srivastava

Mrs. Poonam Shrivastava is the Retired Judge, from Allahabad High Court. She enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1972 and practiced in Civil, Criminal and Writ matters at Allahabad High Court. She was elevated on 07/01/2004 and has the rich experience in serving Allahabad and Jharkhand High Court.Live Law: Please tell us about your decision to...

Connecting legal profession to the fourth estate.

Law and journalism are two fields which demand up-to-date knowledge in this proliferating world. Neither of them is stagnant and obsolete. You think legal profession is only meant to argue in courts. Well then sooner or later it will dawn upon you that legal field has no periphery. It is as vast as any field could possibly be. Legal Journalism is...

Lawyers Collective Initiative on Patent Status Information

Lawyers Collective, a leading public interest service provider has come up with an innovative initiative by creating a searchable patent information status for key medicines in India. The patent status information of all robust patent applications will be made available. The available details include the drug name, patent application number and...

CLAT Preparations – A Few Pointers

Having worked really hard for your CLAT exams, there are not many things to be said and done here. But then the most important aspect of actually giving your exam is coming up. Therefore, we would like to give you a few pointers so that you can get results in consonance with the hard efforts that you have already put in.• Stay Positive: Do not...

The best way to learn Research Method is doing Research: Prof. GS Bajpai

Prof. G.S.Bajpai is a known Criminologist and Social Scientist in India. He won the Prof. B S Haikarwal and Prof Sushil Chandra Award for Senior Social Scientist this year. He is a Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice in National law University. (NLU)Delhi. In this interview with Live Law Associate Editor Suchitra Menon, he speaks about...

Interview with the Winners of The Army Institute Of Law national moot court competition-2014

Here is an interactive session with Rohaan Pajnigar and Pulkit Chaturvedi, the speakers of the team that won ‘Checkmate- The Army Institute Of Law National Moot Court Competition-2014’. The team comprised of Rohaan Pajnigar, Pulkit Chaturvedi and Arushi Lohia, second year students of Symbiosis Law School, Pune. This was Rohaan’s very first moot and...

‘One cannot say there is no corruption at all in judiciary’; Justice RM Lodha-CJI Designate

Chief Justice of India designate Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha spoke to Mail Today on various issues. Live Law brings you a summary of the views expressed by Justice Lodha.Judicial Activism Courts should normally not be touching administrative matters but at the same time, wherever there is illegality which require intervention, courts should not...

Criminology: Capacity Development Program

National Law University, Delhi will be conducting a Capacity Development Program in Criminology for teachers from 16th to 20th June 2014. The patron in chief of the program will be Dr. Ranbir Singh, Professor and Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi and the mentor and program director will be Professor B.B Pandey, Former Professor, Delhi...

Bar Associations are only meant to organize lunches and dinners like any other club; Kamini Jaiswal

Advocate Kamini Jaiswal is a respected ‘non-designated’ Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. She is also the Secretary of the Center for Public Interest Litigation. She is known for her progressive and bold outlook in on social issues. Ms Jaiswal doesn’t soften the words while referring to the powers that control present day Indian Bar or...

Legal aspects of live-in relationship in India

India is a country of culture, religions and traditions and at the same time a country which is developing fast and embracing the global changes faster. A country which is still enveloped in its century old beliefs, but at the same time the country which is ever evolving and ever accepting towards the new trends and culture. These strikingly...

Internship at the Planning Commission of India

The Planning Commission was established in 1950 by a Government resolution and is vested with a number of duties, most importantly assessing the resources of the country and their optimum utilization. Five-year plans with defined objectives are launched every five years under its initiative for contributing to the socio-economic development of the...