Legally Speaking

SOLI J. SORABJEE: IMPRESSIONS OF AN UNKNOWN LAWYER

03 May 2021 04:15 AM IST

It was the year 1999, a Legal Head of a Public Sector Undertaking asked me in quite a challenging tone, “Can you get a quick legal opinion from Mr. Soli J. Sorabjee, the Attorney General of India?” I paused for a moment while he kept on staring at me and

JUSTICE JASPAL SINGH FONDLY REMEMBERS INTERACTIONS WITH SOLI SORABJEE

03 May 2021 04:11 AM IST

Soli Sorabjee appeared for Khushwant Singh on objections to his book, Women and men in my Life.

DR ABHISHEK SINGHVI’S FOND MEMORIES OF SOLI SORABJEE

01 May 2021 09:58 AM IST

Dr Singhvi in a very recent article in a Festschrift on Sorabjee in 2021 on his 91st Birthday on March 9, 2021

ADVOCATES ACT INTRODUCED A ‘CASTE SYSTEM’, SECTION 16 (2) VIOLATES ARTICLE 14: FALI S. NARIMAN

01 May 2021 09:53 AM IST

When an intellectual giant like Fali Sam Nariman whom I personally rate as the world’s top jurist and it is not just me but his extremely impeccable credentials are acknowledged universally all over the world, say something on any given topic in legal field, it is not just India but

A TRIBUTE TO SOLI J. SORABJEE BY RAIAN KARANJAWALA

01 May 2021 09:41 AM IST

I saw him for the first time in 1976. Mukul (Rohatgi), Tony (Anip Sachthey), and I had gone to St. Xavier’s College to hear him speak. Those were the Emergency Days, and India was in a different kind of lockdown. Soli came to speak against the Emergency in the lawns

ARBITRATION AND CLIMATE: STEPS TAKEN BY ARBITRATION ASSOCIATIONS TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING

30 Apr 2021 03:40 AM IST

The iconic filmmaker, recognised as one among the greatest in the world, left behind a characteristic cinematic idiom and an unparalleled legacy, which call to be celebrated on the centenary of his birth.

TESTIMONY OF DISABLED WITNESS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED WEAK OR INFERIOR: SC ISSUES GUIDELINES TO MAKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM MORE DISABLED FRIENDLY

29 Apr 2021 03:07 AM IST

In a judgment with significant impact and far reaching consequences thereby empowering the testimony of disabled witness, the Supreme Court has as recently as on April 27, 2021 in a latest, learned, laudable and landmark judgment titled Patan Jamal Vali vs State of Andhra Pradesh in Criminal Appeal No 452

EMPTY COURTS, PILING UP OF CASES: WHAT IS THE WAY AHEAD?

28 Apr 2021 03:37 AM IST

“Oh, poor litigant, people languishing in jails. In the name of development and progress, I beseech you, to rise to the occasion and realise that it’s not enough to criticise. You cannot shift the entire burden on the judiciary”, struggling to keep his voice from betraying his feelings, the 43rd

SHARED HOUSEHOLD: PINNACLE OF A STRUCTURE BUILT ON MYRIAD PROPS

27 Apr 2021 02:42 AM IST

‘Married women can claim the right of residence under the Domestic Violence Act even if the house is owned by her in-laws.’

SECTION 207 CR.P.C: A MYTH OR A PRACTICE IN OUR TRIAL COURTS?

26 Apr 2021 03:46 AM IST

Right to fair trial is the fundamental right of an accused guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. In Husainara Khatoon etc. the Apex Court has held that a fair trial is the most important aspect of the criminal justice system which should not be compromised at any cost.

WHY THIS RAW DISCRIMINATION IN LEGAL FIELD IN INDIA?

24 Apr 2021 02:57 AM IST

“The discrimination begins even before one enters law school. Most of the top law schools, which offer the five-year integrated law course, conduct admissions through a competitive test which is only in English, besides English also being a separate component of testing. The effect of this is that only the

KASHI VISHWANATH VS GYANVAPI MOSQUE: RESOLVING BATTLES OVER ‘SACRED SPACES’

24 Apr 2021 02:54 AM IST

A glimmer of hope has arisen towards the beginning of a resolution of the centuries-old Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute. Recently, a district court in Varanasi has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to constitute a five-member committee to conduct “a comprehensive archaeological survey” of the disputed site in