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More and more people are asking this question. The number of legal bloggers is increasing at a staggering rate. Should the proud bloggers mention their best blogposts in the publication section of their CV? span sty..

Seminar on “Contemporary Challenges to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) due to changing nature of conflict in peacekeeping operations”    A Joint seminar between ICRC and CUNPK on “Contemporary Challenges to IHL due to Changing Nature of Conflict in Peacekeepi..

In a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on November 3 came down heavily on deemed universities and declared invalid thousands of engineering degrees offered by four of them since 2001. It is beyond a straw of doubt that this is a major setback to thousands of students who pursued engineering studies through correspondence studies thr..

Shri Radha Krishna Mathur, Chief Information Commissioner, CIC delivers 25th CVC lecture on the topic “RTI Act for Transparency and Accountability”    The 25th lecture of the ‘Lecture Series’ organized by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) was delivered by Shr..

Coming straight to the nub of the matter, let me begin penning down my forthright views by first and foremost expressing my utmost happiness to note that Centre has finally decided to get its act together and constitute the All India Judicial Service (AIJS) about which we have been hearing since ages! AIJS is the crying need of the hour and must be debated, discuss..

Let me not hide my utmost happiness to observe that as per the Aviation Ministry’s new landmark rules, the Air passengers who indulge in unruly behaviour on flights can now be banned for a lifetime by both domestic and foreign airlines. What is even more laudable to note is that as per this landmark step, no exception has been made in favour of MPs and MLAs ma..

Let me begin first and foremost with a very candid confession: I don’t believe that we should rush straightaway into a hasty conclusion on the moot subject of whether there should be simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly polls or not. We must discuss it thoroughly and weigh all the pros and cons before coming to any conclusion. Only then should we decide o..

Coming straight to the key point, a high-profile Committee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on October 5 recommended a slew of measures, including increasing the number of directors on boards of listed companies, the appointment of at least one woman independent director, and a higher frequency of board meetings to enhance corporate gover..

Coming straight to the key point, let me begin by first and foremost pointing out that the Law Ministry has finally given its nod to a draft Bill termed as 'The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill'. It will give huge powers to government to confiscate the property of economic offenders and defaulters like Vijay Mallya who was chief of the erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines ..

What a terrific win it was for India! All of a sudden it was India who was grabbing all international headlines in all newspapers and news channels all over the world! It is beyond a straw of doubt that we all Indians felt on top of the world to see how India managed to shine par excellence and even left behind the UK once called Great Britain who ruled over us for ce..

Verdict Of Lower Court Set Aside To begin with, the life term conviction of the Talwar couple – Rajesh and Nupur Talwar by a lower court has been finally set aside by the Allahabad High Court on October 12, 2017. This has queered the pitch for being released from the Dasna jail in Ghaziabad where they were lo..

Let me begin first and foremost with a most candid confession. No report of Law Commission has given me so much of immense satisfaction as this one. Yes, I am talking about Report No. 273 titled 'Implementation of United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment' through Legislation”. Recommending l..

Choosing a neutral seat of Arbitration, is an established and well-recognized practice in the field of International arbitration. But normally parties cannot vest jurisdiction to a court, by consent when the said court does not have a jurisdiction by law. The jurisdiction of a court is generally decided by the cause of action which give rise to the case between the pa..

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed the valedictory session of the function to mark National Law Day – 2017, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.  He described the Constitution as the very soul of our democratic structure. He said the Day is an occasion to pay homage to the makers of the Constitution. H..

Following is the text of the speech made by Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs, Sh. P.P. Chaudhary on the occasion of National Law Day: "We are celebrating 68 years of the adoption of our Constitution – Constitution Day is a fitting occasion to consider the role of the Judiciary in our dem..