Justice Speaking: Capital punishment in India is “judge centric”, says Justice K T Thomas

'Justice Speaking' will be Live Law’s exclusive series of interviews with eminent Supreme Court and High Court Judges.Justice K. T. Thomas served as Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 29th March, 1996 to 30th January 2002.  Justice Thomas is actively involved with law even post retirement. He has served as Chairman of various Committees including Police Reforms Monitoring Committee constituted by the Supreme Court. He was also the Chairman of the School Review Commission to review the...

Justice Speaking: Justice Katju opposed my elevation says Justice K Chandru

'Justice Speaking' will be Live Law’s exclusive series of interviews with eminent Supreme Court and High Court Judges.Live Law spoke to Justice K Chandru, retired Judge of the Madras High Court. Justice Chandru was first appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court on 31st July, 2006 and later a Permanent Judge on 9th November,...

Law Student's NGO "Dream Factory" creates wonders for children

Dream Factory, is an organization which helps in fulfilling the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Initially founded by law student Rizwana Mahamood and her friend Tijo Philip, the NGO which functions primarily in Cochin, now has about 60 volunteers, both in and around the city. Rizwana is a third year law student at the...

Talking Law: Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas

Live Law spoke to Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner at Amarchand Mangaldas who heads the Competition Law practice. Pallavi was named the Best Lawyer in Dispute Resolution at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2011 held in Hong Kong. She was also named Best Woman Lawyer of India at the Legal Era Law Awards 2012....

Talking Law: Mysore Prasanna, Former Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Group

Live Law spoke to Mysore Rangacharya Prasanna, former Group General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group. After being an independent Counsel for about 7 years Prasanna worked as Head of the Legal function for over 28 years with different organizations like Alfa Laval, Brooke Bond India Limited (now part of Hindustan Unilever). Prasanna was the Chief...

Talking Law: Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner, LexCounsel, Law Offices

Live Law spoke to Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner of LexCounsel Law Offices. Naqvee has consistently been nominated as a leading lawyer in the area of "Venture Capital and Private Equity".  He has extensive practice in the Indian corporate and transactional laws over the last 12 years. During the last couple of years, Naqvee has particularly been...

Talking Law: Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan

Live Law spoke to Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner heading the corporate law practice of Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan. She has been in the legal profession for over thirty years as in house legal counsel for large Indian groups and multinationals and also a partner with a well known law firm. Until recently, Vijaya was the group General Counsel and...

Talking Law: Rajesh Narain Gupta, Managing Partner, SNG & Partners

Rajesh N Gupta has a vast breadth of experience in banking and corporate matters. He represents major international and private banks in India for their various legal needs. Mr. Gupta has been a special invitee by the IBA on the Committee constituted by RBI in connection with the amendment of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. A speaker at various...

Talking Law: G V Anand Bhushan, General Counsel at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Live Law spoke to G V Anand Bhushan, General Counsel at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Bhushan has decade long experience in corporate and commercial laws. A Fulbright scholar, in this conversation Bhushan speaks about his career, Cognizant, and many other interesting subjects.Live Law: You are a Fulbright Scholar and pursued your Masters in Law...

The Information Age Guide to Writing CV and Cover Letters

Are you one of those who mass mail atrocious internship and job applications? Do you wonder why no one is responding to your applications? Blaming the uncles and aunts of other people for not getting what you want is ok, but that does not solve your problem. It is highly likely that there are mistakes you are making that are ruining any chance you...