The trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist who was part of the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai, and three others, has ended in a year. The verdict will be read out by the judge ML Tahiliyani on May 3 and so the much-needed closure to tho ..
Balasubrahmanyam KamarsuAdvocate,Supreme Court of Indiabala.kamarsu@gmail.com WHETHER it is by the British Magna Carta (year 1215) -- “No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned or deceased or outlawed or banished or any ways destroyed, nor wi ..
MUSLIM WILL (WASIYAT) Generally a person starts thinking about executing a will when he develops a feeling that he is getting aged or has become so sick that death is imminent. The expression "will" means the legal declaration of th ..
The inconsistency in the law laid down by the highest court of the land is a cause for concern . . . The inconsistency in the law laid down by the highest court of the land is a cause for concern. It is assumed that where democracy breathes, and a ..
THE TRIAL OF JESUS BY THE KANGAROO COURT This article deals with the trial of Jesus Christ, perhaps the most famous trial that ever took place. Jesus Christ, according to Christian believers, was born on 25th December of 1 BC in Bethlehem (thou ..
VIOLENCE IS never very far from our minds, it isn’t allowed to be. It is on television all the time for everyone’s viewing on our numerous news channels. It has become their favourite kind of news. India has 28 states and 7 union territo ..
Introducing my topic, the first important question is “who is a victim”? The victim of a crime is an important player in the administration of justice both as a complainant/informant and as a witness for the prosecution/state. His or h ..
Technology is dominated by two types of people; those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. ..
I. The Activism Versus Restraint Debate Today In the sagacious words of Chief Justice Hidayatullah: “The first principle to observe is that the wisdom of the law must be accepted. A little incursion into law-making interstitially, as Holmes ..
Doctrine of Merger or "scenes a faire" doctrine under Copyright Law It is the cardinal principle of copyright law that the idea is not copyrightable but the expression of an idea is copyrightable. To explain it by an illustration, let&rsqu ..