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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 management of the bio-medical waste, produced by the hospitals, nursing homes, health centres and... Read more »

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 true and valid, but let me say that above all I remember... Read more »

Milestone case: Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala

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

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 debates which clearly demonstrate that the judiciary is not part of the... Read more »

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 improper external influences that, whatever their provenance, can no longer be tolerated.”... Read more »

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 property derived by any person as a result of criminal activity relating... Read more »

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. State (Narcotic Branch of Delhi), the first question is “To vitiate or... Read more »

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. (Khafeel Khan Case), held that the order for preventive detention of Dr.... Read more »

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 v. Madhav Prabhakar Oak, wherein the three judges’ bench held that a... Read more »

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 rather emanated from the general consensus among the sports sectors’ stakeholders who... Read more »
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