All posts tagged Supreme Court of India

Overheard in the Supreme Court of India – I
April 29, 2011, 4 Comments

(After a long time, I am back to doing Supreme Court “fact”-ion. In the claustrophobic crowded courtrooms on ...

How to have an ignorant opinion about the Service Tax on legal services…
March 29, 2011, 2 Comments

So the service tax on individual lawyers is going to see the light of day, and barring a Stay on the provisions of the F ...

Judicial Officers and Article 311 of the Constitution
March 10, 2011, 20 Comments

In light of contemporary debates over judicial accountability, the question recently considered by the Supreme Court in ...

A Butterfly Flutters by in Kerala and a Tornado Hits the BCCI
February 1, 2011, 27 Comments

(Apologies to Sreesanth fans. This post is not about him.) Waiting for one’s matter to be called on a Miscellaneou ...

Something’s rotten in…
January 18, 2011, 2 Comments

This article can also be accessed at MyLaw “‘Something is rotten in the State of Denmark’, said Shakes ...

India is a land of immigrants
January 17, 2011, 6 Comments

As a lawyer, you cultivate the habit of walking into a room and pretending that your answers have to be the right answer ...

Sheathing a Double-Edged Sword: Recent amendments to the CrPC in the context of accused persons of ‘unsound mind’
January 7, 2011, 2 Comments

A prison is no place for a mentally ill person. Guest blogger Aarthi Rajan looks at the changes needed to India's crimin ...

Section 493 and ‘Belief’ of Marriage
December 12, 2010, No Comments

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, the division Bench has been divided on a very interesting issue of statutory ...

How India missed getting its first woman Chief Justice India
November 26, 2010, 13 Comments

Four women have been elevated to the post of the Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 60 years of the Court’s ex ...

Up in Arms
November 16, 2010, 12 Comments

“The Indian armed forces are bravely defending the borders of the country, often standing on guard at a height of 20,0 ...