Conflict Resolution in Multicultural Societies: The Indian Experience. By Jhumpa Mukherjee, Sage, 2014, Pages 164, Rs.795

Efforts to ensure peaceful living with justice in plural societies involve challenges of various kinds.This book by Jhumpa Mukherjee, who teaches political science at St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata,  drives home her point that in multicultural countries, just creation of federal units is not enough to accommodate identities and that recognition of identities as well as an attitude of...

Book Review; Privacy Law ;Principles, Injunctions and Compensation By Rishika Taneja and Sidhant Kumar, Eastern Book Company, 2014, Rs.1490, Pages 850

Book Review; Privacy Law ;Principles, Injunctions and CompensationBy Rishika Taneja and Sidhant Kumar,Eastern Book Company, 2014, Rs.1490, Pages 850The question whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution was considered recently in Justice K.S.Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Another vs Union of India by a three Judge bench of the Supreme Court.  The bench,...

Working of the Constitution: Checks and Balances. By V.Sudhish Pai

Granville Austin called his magnificent book, ‘Working A Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience’. In his book, he traced the evolution of Indian Constitutional law from 1950 to 1985 in terms of various Constitutional themes, interspersed with the landmark political events. True to the book’s title, Austin was more concerned with the challenges which the Constitution faced, in...

Thus Spake Their Lordships: Quotable Quotes from Supreme Court Cases

In dispensing justice, the Supreme Court Judges state both the mundane and the profound.  The journalists covering the 14 courts in the Supreme Court are most likely to miss both, because what interests them are observations from the Judges during the hearing, which could be turned into headlines.  Once judgments are delivered and uploaded online, journalists again look for...

The story of how they became legal eagles

As compared to those lawyers who cannot be called legal eagles, a legal eagle is one who is clever and aggressive. Therefore, journalist Indu Bhan's book, [Legal Eagles, Random House India, Rs.399] narrating the success stories of the top seven Indian lawyers, would necessarily make its readers curious about what is so clever and aggressive about them that sets them apart from others of...

Madras HC’s former Judge, K Chandru comes with book on “Legal Profession and Appointment of Judges”, published by start-up ‘Lexlab’

Former Judge of the Madras High Court, K Chandru, popularly known as people’s judge has launched his latest book, “Legal Profession and Appointment of Judges”. The book is a collection of Lectures, Articles and Interviews dwelling upon the area of legal profession and judicial appointments in this country.Speaking on the book, Justice Chandru said, “Any attempt to evaluate the...

Book Review: Ratanlal & Dhirajlal “THE INDIAN PENAL CODE” [34th Ed. 2014]Revised by Justice K.T.Thomas and M.A.Rashid [LexisNexis]

Title : THE INDIAN PENAL CODE AS AMENDED BY THE CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013ISBN :  9789351430995Format :  Soft CoverEdition :  34th EditionPrice :  INR 650.00 / US$ 9.94Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter “The Code”) is a land mark in criminal jurisprudence. It was the first code of criminal law in common law jurisdiction. The Code was largely the manifestation of the work done...

Book Review: Divorce and Gender Equity in Muslim Personal Law by Dr.Kausar Edappagath

Title: DIVORCE AND GENDER EQUITY IN MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW OF INDIAAuthor:  Dr Kauser EdappagathISBN:  9789351431060Year:  2014Format:  Soft CoverEdition:  1st EditionPrice:  INR 495.00 / US$ 7.57Publisher; LexisNexisThis is a very effective monograph. The author should be congratulated on the detailed research and study carried out by him. Each of the chapters carries an extensive...

Review of Justice Bhat’s book on Relevancy, Proof and Evaluation of Evidence in Criminal Cases

I have had the privilege of browsing through the book titled “Relevancy, Proof and Evaluation of Evidence in Criminal Cases” authored by Mr. Justice U.L.Bhat, Former Chief Justice of Guwahati and Madhya Pradesh High Courts and published by Universal Law Publishing Company.We are all familiar with treatises, commentaries and text-books on Indian Evidence Act, all running into volumes. But...

His own Boswell

Story of a Chief Justice by Justice U L Bhat, Universal Law Publishing Co., New Delhi. Pages: 441; Price Rs 725Story of a Chief Justice is the autobiography of U L Bhat, a judge par excellence. He was acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Chief Justice of Guwahati and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. A judge, after retirement, need not sink into oblivion. His recorded experience as a judge...

Business and Intellectual Property-Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Business Books Series

Business & Intellectual Property reflects on the future of IP in the age of new shows how – in a rapidly changing business filed – manager and decision makers need to be more perceptive, agile and vigilant than ever before. Drawing on contemporary business affairs and strategies, it explores the nature and scope of IP and the evolution of national laws and global agreements like the...

Khergamvala on the Negotiable Instruments Act, 21st Edition - LexisNexis, 2013, Revised by B. M. Prasad, Manish Mohan

An enactment that is almost intact for more than a century and a book on the same having about hundred years antiquity is the subject matter of review. Twenty First edition of the same in this twenty first century about the nineteenth century enactment is evidencing the acceptance of the original work over the years.The book, brought out by LexisNexis comes in paperback format and is running...