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Taking Sufferings Of Farmers Seriously
Hundreds of thousands of farmers are sitting on dharna in this bone-chilling winter on Delhi borders for the last one month but the government is hardly bothered about their sufferings and grievances. These farmers are protesting against three farm laws passed by Parliament of India recently during the Monsoon session. These laws are: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion...
Examining The Validity Of The Notification Of BCI Abolishing One Year LL.M
Recently the Bar Council of India passed a notification on 2.01.2020 inter alia abolishing the one year LL.M course and introducing the two year LL.M course shocking the conscience of many in the legal solidarity and law student's fraternity. Taking into that consideration, this article is written, thus, not to make any comment on the fact that whether two year LL.M course is better than...
Suspension Of Insolvency Proceedings And Its Effect On Bilateral Investment Treaties
Recently, the Government extended suspension of insolvency proceedings till 31st March, 2021. On 24th September, 2020, Rajya Sabha passed The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020 by way of which it extended the suspension of Sections 7, 9 & 10 with a view to provide further relaxation period to companies adversely affected by COVID-19. The same...
Ambedkar, Minorities And The Bogey Of Love Jihad
Uttar Pradesh recently enacted Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of ReligionOrdinance, 2020. Brought with a sense of urgency by choosing the ordinance route, ostensibly the law is for the purpose of regulating religious conversions and punishing what the law describes as unlawful religious conversions.[1] While at it, the law reduces gender and sexuality to binaries of man and...
10 Important Factors An E-Commerce Entity Must Know To Deal With The Consumers In 2020
As per ministry of communication, Govt. of India, the number of internet users in India is expected to grow to 730 million by the year 2020. Due to adoption of digital technology, on the one hand E-commerce entity, where transactions occur directly with the consumers (B2C), multiplied rapidly and at the same time internet using consumers have grown fast in the past few years...
Need For Minimum Practice As Advocate For Judicial Service : Reigniting The Debate
"Judges do not have an easy job. They repeatedly do what the rest of us seek to avoid; make decisions" - Professor Pannick, Judges Recently, Rule 5(2)(a)(i) of the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service Rules of 2007 was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The rule laid down a pre-condition of three years of practice as an advocate to be eligible to write the Civil Judge exam in...
Flexible Working : The Right To Request And The Road Ahead
While the office is an artefact of history, the modern workplace epitomises the future. In pre and post -independence India the work force consisted primarily of the male members of the family and in majority of the cases the said male member was the sole breadwinner, who had to stay outside home for a considerable time to provide for his family. At present the work force has...
Doing Away With Winter Session Of Parliament Is A Fraud On The Constitution!
The present Indian government is a regime of seemingly infinite paradoxes. While laying the foundation stone and Bhoomi Pujan of the new Parliament building, PM Shri Narendra Modi invoked Guru Nanak and reminded the people about his great message: "Jab tak sansar rahe, tab tak samvad rahe", and stressed on the need for dialogue to preserve the 'soul of democracy.' But this does not...
[Column] Justice Perspective- Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque
Since evolution there existed a system of natural justice on earth, more so with primates who possessed an inclination towards fairness and sharing. Of these primates the Human race with their added value of community and intelligence created justice systems based on their lifestyle, challenges, needs and times.Justice as a concept is driven by values and principles chosen by a...