Rajiv Gandhi Assassination: SC Asks ASG To Look Into Conspiracy Behind Bomb Making

The Supreme Court has asked the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) to address the issue of a larger conspiracy angle in the manufacture of the bomb used to assassinate former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi decided to hear a plea filed by AG Perarivalan, one of the life convicts for his role in conspiracy in the case, on Wednesday.According to the FIR,...

Create Copy Disrupt: Dilemmas of Locating IP and Development

In this era of knowledge-based economy, as a result of the information technology revolution, intellectual property (IP) laws assume quite disproportionate importance. This might be due to the emergence of technologies enabling dissemination of knowledge and information in an unprecedented manner. Against this background, there is an upsurge in the demand for the strengthening of IP...

An Access Regime based on Indian Patents Act -Review Of "The Access Regime" by Feroz Ali

Even though the Agreement on the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) set the minimum standards of protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights, it could not harmonise the various national patent laws. Irrespective of the regional patent system still patent rights are territorial. As a result, a patent granted in one country does not...

Book Review: PB Sahasranaman’s Green Book On Indian Environmental Law

On the occasion of the World Environment Day this year, which falls on June 5, the world wants to know the consequences of the US pullout from the Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by 195 countries.And the nation wants to know if President Trump is justified in claiming that India is one of the largest polluters in the world.It is when the spotlight is firmly on India and its...

Book Review – Ratanlal And Dhirajlal CrPC 22nd Edition – Revised by Justice CK Prasad & Namit Saxena

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is a vehicle for dispensation of justice with its applicability ranging from trial courts to the Supreme Court.It has continuously evolved through legislative amendments as well as judicial interpretations over the years to accept its present form.Ratanlal and Dhirajlal’s commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure is a legal classic that has served...

Book Review: 1 Nation, 1 Tax, 1 Market - Goods and Services Tax - The Road Ahead

Dr. Megha Agarwal has recently published “Goods and Services Tax – The Road Ahead”. This book is structured as a compilation of individual focused pieces that as a whole, stand to provide the reader a well laid and thorough understanding of how GST would transform the economic landscape of India. The author has carefully curated material and has brought in the best into this...

Book Review Of Guide To Insolvency Professional Examinations

I have had the pleasure of perusing a copy of Guide To Insolvency Professional Examination penned by Mr. Pranav Khatavkar, an advocate from Mumbai.This is Pranav’s second book in relation to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code).The first one being a commentary titled Commentary on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Decoding the Law of Insolvency and Bankruptcy), which...

Presenting A New Model Of Constitutionalism: Book Review Of Chintan Chandrachud’s ‘Balanced Constitutionalism’

Balanced Constitutionalism (Oxford University Press, 2017) is a rare attempt in the field of Comparative Constitutional Law. In the contemporary times, when the Constitutional systems around the world are debating between parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy, the author of the book, Dr. Chintan Chandrachud, has analysed a “new model” of constitutional review- the doctrine...

Nameless - Faceless, But Not Voiceless Anymore. A Book Review

I had the privilege to recently review the heart melting book by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy on the Uphaar Cinema tragedy.The role of victims (both first hand and second hand i.e. guardians) in our criminal administration system is very limited and in mostly non effective. Except the definition in Section 2(wa), assistance to the Public Prosecutor under Section 301, right to appeal and...

We Are Grateful You’ve Been Around; Book Review Of Raju Ramachandran’s ‘I’ve Been Around For Some Time’

Raju Ramachandran belongs to the rare category at the Supreme Court bar, who inspite of immense work pressure manage to grab a pen and nourish their academic side. His book ‘I’ve been around for some time’ is a collection of few of his columns, articles and interviews published in his 36 year long (and still going strong) tenure as an advocate. The book collects 58 pieces divided in...

Justice Krishna Iyer: A Remarkable Blend Of Judicial And Humanistic Approach To Life And Its Problems

On December 5, we will be observing the second anniversary of the passing away of Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer. The two years since his passing away have seen an extraordinary interest in the contribution of Justice Iyer to Indian Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, and to the quality of India’s public discourse, after his retirement. Although his tenure in the Supreme Court lasted only for...

Justice On Fire – Book Review Of Trial By Fire

When the Supreme Court pronounced the sentence to Ansals in 2015 for Rs 30 Crore each in lieu of imprisonment, I had criticized the sentencing to be judge centric and unprincipled. I could not apprehend then, that one of the victimized family will author a book so heart melting showing that not only that particular order but the whole trial kept the victim families on fire throughout and...