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Adoption is the transplantation of a son/daughter from the family in which he/she is born, into another family by gift made by his/her natural parents to his/her adopting parents. Islam does not recognize adoption. There is nothing in the Mohammedan Law similar to adoption as recognized in Hindu system.  The practice of ad..

No prizes for guessing what the outcome would be pertaining to the three-Judge in-house Supreme Court panel set up to probe the sexual harassment charges against the CJI Ranjan Gogoi! The answer was quite palpable and is now out in the open. A three-Judge in-house panel headed by Justice Sharad A Bobde who is the second most senior Judge of Supreme Court dismissed a s..

In a latest, landmark and extremely laudable decision, the Bar Council of India (BCI) which represents all the lawyers of India and lays down rules and regulations which all lawyers have to follow has clearly, courageously and convincingly endorsed in no uncertain terms the Bobde Panel Report which was prepared by the second most senior Judge of Supreme Court - ..

In its judgment of the case - Union of India & Others v. Dharam Pal, delivered on April 24, 2019, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justice N.V.Ramana, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagouder and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, has declared that keeping an accused sentenced to death in solitary confinement prior to the disposal of mercy petition is per se ille..

Finally the thunderbolt fell to the ground with deafening sound. People are still trying to understand whatever has happened. There is a committee of learned judges and they declared the allegations false. The report of the committee, however crucial, cannot be revealed even to the complainant, if not to the public. Right to information is not absolute. p styl..

At the outset, it would be imperative to mention that in a laudable, landmark and latest judgment delivered on May 3, 2019, the Supreme Court has laid down in no uncertain terms that the courts cannot decide eligibility and essential qualifications for employment. That is certainly also not the job of the Court! In this noteworthy Supreme Court judgment titled The Mah..

Abraham Lincoln said; ‘discourage litigation, persuade your neighbours to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the normal winner is often a loser in fees, expense, cost and time.’  Mediation as a mechanism of 'Alternative Dispute Resolution' can be very effectively us..

When Indira Gandhi nationalized banks it was declared in the night and known to the general public after day break. She was criticized for the clandestine way of doing the act. She retorted “Governments do not sleep in the nights.” It is true. Functions of government are all pervasive and demand attention round the clock and round the year. There is no res..

"Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities." Janet Reno Dress Code Dress Code is a 'Symbol of Confidence', a 'Symbol of Discipline'..

Introduction: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the “Act”) is the key law governing..

1. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander: 'With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that ‘we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.'” 2. America's Constitution: A Bi..

In a major and significant development, the Supreme Court just recently on April 24, 2019 in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Union of India and Ors. Vs. Dharam Pal in Criminal Appeal No. 804 of 2019 [@Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 498 of 2016] has clearly, categorically and convincingly observed that solitary confinement of a person sentenced to de..

It has to be remarked right at the outset that in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Sadayappan @ Ganesan Vs. State Represented by Inspector of Police in Criminal Appeal No. 1990 of 2012 delivered on April 26, 2019 has explicitly, elegantly and eruditely ruled while rejecting a defence contention in a criminal appeal that, 'The witness may be called &lsq..

THE NEED OF THE HOUR : A SPECIAL LEGISLATION TO DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE WITH REFERENCE TO THE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES OF THE CJI, PMO AND THE RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN? The recent complaint of sexual harassment given by a ..

To start with, in a latest, landmark and laudable judgment titled Jagdishraj Khatta Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh in Criminal Appeal Nos. 539-540 of 2008 delivered by Supreme Court on April 26, 2019, it has been clearly and categorically held that the incidents which had taken place between husband and wife much before latter's death by suicide could not be treated as..