Archive for October, 2010

Letters Patent Appeals – Yet Another Example of Loose Drafting
October 31, 2010, 8 Comments

The history of statutory intervention in the system of letters patents (which basically were appeals from decisions of a ...

A limitless life
October 28, 2010, 3 Comments

The Indian chemist Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (known as C N R Rao) is one of the foremost solid-state and materia ...

On Arundhati Roy
October 28, 2010, 29 Comments

Why ignoring Arundhati Roy is the Biggest Thing to do

Return of the Trequartista
October 28, 2010, 4 Comments

More than two years back, I had written on the death of the trequartista – the conventional number 10 who looks to ope ...

‘Without Prejudice’ Statements – An ‘Interpretation’ Exception
October 27, 2010, 3 Comments

About two decades ago, five judges of the House of Lords handed down the landmark decision in Pepper v. Hart, [1992] 3 W ...

Whisper
October 26, 2010, 4 Comments

Five years ago, Muruganandam of Pappanaickenpalayam noticed his wife going to the bathroom with a piece of cloth. When h ...

Yowl – Letters from a Yuppie
October 25, 2010, 5 Comments

It is not often that you read about a society geographically and chronologically removed and feel as if you are looking ...

The historicity of Rama- should it really matter?
October 24, 2010, 13 Comments

Speculation about the historicity of Rama is a flourishing industry in India. Some are convinced that there was a histor ...

A few positives, a few negatives, a few judicial transplantations: The Supreme Court’s decision in Dozco India P. Ltd. v. Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.
October 24, 2010, 11 Comments

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dozco India P. Ltd. v. Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.:  MANU/SC/0812/2010 (“Dozco”), n ...

Copie Conforme
Certified Copy, but in a good way
October 23, 2010, 1 Comment

Copie Conforme (2010) dir. Abbas Kiarostami Languages: English, Italian and French In Abbas Kiarostami’s Copie Conform ...