Legally Speaking

Revisiting PIL Jurisprudence

20 Jun 2020 04:59 AM IST

The backlash against the misuse of PIL led to the Supreme Court seeking to streamline PIL. The case often cited is that of Balwant Singh Chaufal (2010), where the court detailed the origin, development and misuse of PIL jurisprudence.

Civilisationalism and Ethnocentrism: What’s the Difference?

19 Jun 2020 04:05 AM IST

The natural, legitimate and fundamental human aspiration of a people or a civilisation is to preserve the integrity of the one place it can call its natural homeland.

The Facebook & Jio Deal : A Unicorn

19 Jun 2020 04:04 AM IST

This could be the transformation of JIO from a pure play telecom player to emerge as a full-service digital company

Would English be permitted in subordinate courts of Haryana?

18 Jun 2020 05:17 AM IST

Case being keenly watched by many national and international companies and businesses operating out of Gurgaon and other districts of Haryana.

Medical device market & regulatory system failures, future and priorities

17 Jun 2020 04:41 AM IST

Poor device safety and functionality have been crucially related to legislative loopholes which make it easy for device makers to get their products in the market before proper testing.

Covid-19 and tenancy agreements: Pity or humanity?

16 Jun 2020 05:09 AM IST

In India, every state has its own mechanism of rent control laws and evolution of this can be traced when the first rent control act was enacted in 1918 immediately after the First World War. These were enacted to provide relief to the tenants against the demand of excessive rent

Capital punishment and its justification in 2020

15 Jun 2020 05:09 AM IST

The death penalty as a punishment and its purpose as whole should be revisited.

Judiciary and Executive: Courts & Masters, three opportunities

13 Jun 2020 05:11 AM IST

The Supreme Court of UK has itself dispensed with the traditional wig and gown subject to certain terms and conditions. In Australia, the court dress varies from state to state, from court to court and even within the same courtroom.

India that is Bharat

12 Jun 2020 03:54 AM IST

Shri Har Govind Pant was in favour of Bharatvarsha and was keen on doing away with India altogether since he felt that clinging to India was proof of the colonialised mindsets of those who were attached to it.

Sexual harassment at workplace: A critical analysis

12 Jun 2020 03:51 AM IST

In 21st century India, with the adoption of Acts such The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, it has become imperative that the Legislature makes sexual harassment laws all-encompassing, gender-neutral and progressive.

Bapsi Nariman: In memory of Fali’s better half

11 Jun 2020 04:24 AM IST

Fali was her universe and she was his. They were a couple where the whole was larger than the sum total of its parts.

Bapsi Nariman, an author who popularised Parsi cuisine among many in North India

11 Jun 2020 04:23 AM IST

A Judge is known by his judgements, a lawyer by the cases he has argued and the writer by the books he has written. In that sense Bapsi Nariman left her imprints by the books on culinary gastronomy which she penned. Bapsi was the author of books like Traditional Parsi