CAG Findings On Rafale Quality Requirements & SC Verdict17 Feb 2019 10:56 AM GMTThe report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India(CAG) tabled in Parliament on Wednesday has adverse findings regarding the quality parameters of the technical offer made by Dassault...
If You Fight Corruption, Government Will Fight You!17 Feb 2019 3:32 AM GMTThe Supreme Court has recently admonished the Government for being vindictive against an officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. A minister in Union Government assessed Mr Sanjiv Chaturvedi, an IFS officer, who...
Bizarre and absurd are the ways of law at times. The Marathi movie 'Court'(2014), written and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, is a tale of few lives caught up in a seemingly absurd web of legal...
India has been a land of great men and women. While it was common for the contribution and valor of these honorable individuals to be lauded in the form of printing commemorative stamps, coins,...
Shillong has been news with the Supreme Court telling the Kolkata police chief to appear before the CBI in this hill station of Meghalaya, which is over 700 km from Kolkata, for...
The fundamental objective intrinsic to premature release, as mentioned in the Delhi Prison Rules-2018, is the reformation of the convicts. The conduct, behaviour and performance of the prisoners is...
In tune with Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi's endeavour to eliminate the morning ritual of 'mentioning', the Supreme Court registry on Wednesday notified the new guidelines for listing of cases which...
It is truly exasperating, when some prime facets of our legal system are not in consonance with the changing scenarios. The austerity of certain procedures prescribed by the law, reluctance to adapt...
The issue of fake news has recently generated substantial discussion around the globe. Different countries and jurisdictions are adopting different measures in response. For instance, Malaysia has...
PIL-1 & PIL-2 The advent of Public Interest Litigation (PIL-1) was perhaps one of finest moments in the history of Indian judiciary. Rules of Locus Standi were relaxed, formal requirements...
'We get a feeling that Your Lordships do not want it to be heard'Said Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave to Justice A. K. Sikri last Thursday, perturbed at the latter's segregation of himself from the...
Last week, the CBI registered an FIR against Chanda Kochhar, former CEO of ICICI bank, for alleged irregularities in sanctioning loan of term loan of Rs.300 crores to Videocon group in 2012.The issue...
The Constitution of India, 1950 is the longest national Constitution of the world. The original Constitution that was adopted and enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 contained...
The Constitution of India is a politically sacred legal document that was meticulously and painstakingly drafted. It enshrines the ideals cherished by the founding fathers of the new Republic. But I...
'Lincoln'- the 2012 biopic on the life of Abraham Lincoln- focuses on the final four months of his Presidential term in 1865, during which he steered the passage of the historical 13th amendment to...
Blindfolded Lady Justice is a universally-accepted personification of the idea of Justice. 'Justice is Blind' is a well-received idiom, but cannot the blind become a justice/judge? On ...
Debate in the media and discussions in the bar highlight that one of the reasons for the Supreme Court collegium recommending a Judge, though Junior in all India seniority as well as in his parent...
