Category: Articles
THE SECOND DISRUPTION: MANEKA GANDHI
A National Conference on Animal and Environmental Welfare was organized in National Law University Odisha, Cuttack last week on 25 & 26 of September. Smt. Maneka Gandhi, the current Union […]
SPAT BETWEEN LAWYERS AND THE POLICE IN ORRISA
Courts in Orrisa including the High Court are apparently at standstill after Debi Prasanna Pattnaik, a practicing lawyer was allegedly thrashed by the police publically. Following the incident, a police […]
Abolition of section 497 of Indian Penal Code by the Apex Court
The bare act provision of Section 497 of Indian Penal Code is as follows- Adultery- Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason […]
Aadhaar Case: Requirement V. Need
The Government of India had created a statutory authority Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), under the provision of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsiders, Benefits and […]
SC says: Place of Arbitration in a dispute doesn’t by the very fact reckon the Status of “Seat”
The Supreme Court constituting a three judge bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud, pointing out the dissimilarities between ‘venue’, ‘place’ and ‘seat […]
TRIPLE TALAQ ORDINANCE 2018
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Ordinance 2018 or as it is more popularly known as ‘Triple Talaq Ordinance’ lays down the law that giving instant triple talaq is […]
INDIAN MEDIA : WITH GREAT POWER, COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILTY
Media is termed as the “fourth pillar” of democracy. It goes without saying that a media that is free of influence and functions independently is a hallmark of a democracy. […]
Delhi Govt set to launch doorstep delivery scheme on Sept 10
The state government has claimed that no Delhiite would have to stand in queues for the services listed under the scheme. The project aims to provide doorstep delivery of public […]
RAM JHETHALMANI: INDIAN LAWYER AND POLITICIAN
“A lawyer is not paid for his opinion but for presenting the case of a client as effectively and honestly as he can”– Ram Jethmalani. He is called the ‘maverick […]
Transformation of Education in India: A story from stifle to a liberated private higher education
India’s Education approach differed mainly with the British approach. The first genuine alteration was made just one year after the Independence when the University Education Committee was set up under […]