Legally Speaking Desk

How’s India tackling the disposal of Covid-19 bio-medical waste?

With India topping the list of the most recorded Covid-19 cases in a day (about 90,000), the concerns regarding the…

4 years ago

I remember Ram Jethmalani as a very large-hearted man

Thank you, Mahesh. To commemorate your father’s memory is a great idea and everything said about him till now is…

4 years ago

Milestone case: Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala

A tussle between India’s two paramount democratic institutions—Parliament and judiciary.

4 years ago

Is Article 32 available against the judiciary?

There is no reference anywhere in the 18 paragraphs of H.M. Seervai’s discussion on the issue to the Constituent Assembly…

4 years ago

Judging ‘under stress’: What it does to judges

“The judiciary as a robust and independent branch of government with judges who are impartial, independent, and free from the…

4 years ago

Amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

It is interesting to compare definition of ‘proceeds of crime’ before and after Explanation. ‘Proceeds of crime’ originally included any…

4 years ago

NDPS Act: A legal conundrum on whether to vitiate or not to vitiate

This article explores two questions that arose from the recent decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Mukesh Singh Vs.…

4 years ago

Illegal detention and the compensation discrepancies: An (im)perfect judicial matchmaking

On 1 September 2020 Allahabad High Court, in the matter of Nuzhat Parween vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.…

4 years ago

Suitablility & maintainability of fraud in arbitration

The question apropos of fraud was first raised before the Supreme Court in the case of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin Bubere…

4 years ago

Sports & commercial arbitration: How both the ends meet

The worldwide practice of resorting to arbitration in terms of dealing with sports-related disputes did not really transpire instantaneously; It…

4 years ago