Legally Speaking Desk

Indigeneity, land ontologies and ‘development’

It makes little sense to address deep-seated issues of coloniality with a Band-Aid when perhaps a ‘hit reset’ option is…

4 years ago

Irretrievable breakdown of marriage: An uncodified provision for granting divorce

The historical development regarding the irretrievable breakdown of marriage can be traced from the year 1982 wherein the Supreme Court…

4 years ago

2021 ICC Rules of Arbitration: A new focus on efficiencies and streamlined processes

Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution, is a way to resolve disputes outside the courts. Rules of Arbitration are…

4 years ago

The contempt and mercy fallout: Revisiting the scales of adjudication

When judges/courts start a suo motu proceeding of contempt, they act as the prosecutor, the witness, and the judge, which…

4 years ago

Health Data Regulation in India

Rights of individuals under the ‘anticipated’ new regime

4 years ago

Absolute devotion, integrity and honesty are a sine qua non for every bank employee: SC

At a time when absolute devotion, integrity and honesty are really becoming a rare virtue, it would be most pertinent…

4 years ago

ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019: A DICHOTOMY OF CONSUMER’S AND SELLER’S RIGHTS

Introduction: In the past decade due to the globalization and dynamic character of the market, relations between consumers and sellers…

4 years ago

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INDIGENEITY

In the last piece where I started a conversation on a civilizational approach to “blasphemy” in the context of Section…

4 years ago

Measures needed for expeditious disposal of criminal appeals in which appellants are still in custody: Orissa High Court

The court has very rightly expressed its grave concerns pertaining to the inordinate delay in the disposal of the appeals.…

4 years ago

Legislative coups & intricacies of anti-defection law

The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 to disqualify those defectors who used to change parties to…

4 years ago