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Coming straight to the crux of the matter, let me begin by first and foremost pointing out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 26, 2017 stressed the need for the judiciary, Government and executive to strengthen each other and work together for a new India. However, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra emphasized that judiciary has a Constitutional d..

Coming straight to the crux of the matter, let me begin at the very beginning by pointing out that the common man who is not well versed or even has an elementary knowledge of English language faces a herculean task in getting the judgment translated to understand what it implies. This is all because even after more than seventy years of independence we still all ju..

Introduction 'The Fourth Estate', 'Watchdog in a democracy', 'Voice of the People', 'Pillar of a Democracy' are some of the usual terms associated with the role of media in a working democracy. The modern times have seen a huge breakthrough in the reach of media with the rise of new forms, especially of social medi..

Arbitration is kept beyond the technical complex procedures prescribed in the Code of Civil Procedure & Evidence Act. Arbitration Procedure can be either decided by the parties jointly or by the arbitrator in consultation with parties, in case of Adhoc Arbitration. If it is an institutional Arbitration the procedure prescribed in the Rules of the Arbitral Instit..

Let me begin at the very beginning by expressing my foremost concern and deepest anguish over the repeated loss of life during stirs and huge damage to public property during agitations. What is even more concerning is that those indulging in it are able to escape either with just no punishment or with very minor punishment. This must end now once and for all and thos..

Coming straight to the key issue, with the air in Delhi beginning to worsen once again, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on December 4 has pulled up the Delhi government headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not filing a comprehensive action plan detailing ways to deal with the condition. It also questioned authorities on why they held the India-Sri Lanka cr..

It must be said at the very beginning that there can be no two opinions about the indisputable fact that in India a lot of cleaning is required in political parties because politics has become quite a murky affairs as anyone can not just enter politics but even head political parties inspite of being convicted. It is also unquestionable that political parties are mo..

1. With reference to the concept of GOOD GOVERNANCE AND the MASTER AND SERVANT RELATIONSHIP, I would like to mention the phrase used by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in a case, 'TRUST SHALL NOT BE BETRAYED', and realizing its importance, these wordings were rightly and suitably incorporated in the VII CPC Recommendations. p style="text-align:..

Coming straight to the crux of the matter, let me begin by first and foremost pointing out that the Supreme Court on November 20, 2017 dismissed another plea for the second time to stay the release of the controversial movie Padmavati and initiate criminal prosecution against its Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It made it amply clear that it wants the Censor Board to ..

To begin with, it is no ordinary matter that the lawyers of West UP have been on strike every Saturday since May 1981 to protest against denying West UP even a single bench of high court even though the Justice Jaswant Singh Commission had recommended the setting up of a high court bench at Agra apart from Nainital and Dehradun which are now in Uttarakhand but not..

Let me begin at the very beginning by pointing out that while crossing swords with the judiciary, the government on November 25 questioned judicial activism and criticized the 'trend' of courts appointing retired Judges to head Committees and wondered aloud how Judges would feel if other organs stepped in to do their job. The government certainly has a valid point. As..

As an IP lawyer, while reading, I have come across one very recent interesting case of U.S. Court. The issue involved in this case reached to U.S. Supreme Court., has been argued out and is pending for decision.  I would like to discuss that case in this article. This case  Masterpiece Cake shop Vs...

In a major relief to thousands of undertrials, the Supreme Court on November 23, 2017 very rightly struck down a draconian provision which can deny a person bail even if there is reasonable ground to believe that he or she did not commit the offence of money laundering. We are living in a democratic country in which every person has the right to live a free life. The ..

To begin with, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) just recently came down heavily on SRI SRI Ravishankar'a Art of Living Foundation (AoL) which is responsible for 'causing damage and environmental degradation' to the Yamuna floodplains due to its three-day World Culture Festival held in March 2016. The tribunal, however, refrained from imposing any further environment ..

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that Justice has and must continue to remain the first principle of social and political institutions. He was addressing the Human Rights Day, here today. The Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission, Shri Justice H.L. Dattu and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. p style="text..