Events Corner
Consultative Conference on ‘RERA and Its Draft Rules’ held on 21st December, 2016
The Law Point hosted an exclusive consultative conference today at the Walchand Hall, Indian Merchant Chambers at Churchgate, Mumbai from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.The conference was necessitated by the promulgation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) by the central government and thereafter the release of the draft rules by the state government on the 9th of December,...
28th All India Advocates Cricket Tournament
Andhra Pradesh Advocates Cricket Association under the aegis of Cricket Association of Advocates in India and also in association with Bezawada and Guntur Bar Associations is organizing 28th All India Advocates Cricket Tournament on 23rd December, 2016 to be inaugurated at 4:15 pm at Mulapadu ACA Cricket Stadium by Chief Guest Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu, prior...
Public Law Lectures 2016-17 by Justice Markanday Katju
The inaugural function of the Public Law Lectures 2016-17, held on December 20th, 2016 at 05:30PM in School of Legal Studies, CUSAT. The lectures will be held on the 20th and 21st of December, 2016. This Lecture will be delivered by the Justice Markandey Katju, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.The programme will be inaugurated at School of Legal Studies auditorium by Justice...
Manupatra awarded the ‘Best Online Legal Research Tool 2016’
Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. the pioneer in online legal research in India, has been awarded the ‘Best Online Legal Research Tool 2016’ at the India Legal Awards 2016.The award was presented at the India Legal Summit and Awards, 2016, in Mumbai, in the presence of eminent jurists, legal luminaries and in-house counsels. This is the first time an award has been presented to...
Do Your Bit- Indian Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi launches youth campaign
Every 6 minutes, a child goes missing in India. Every hour, 2 children are sexually abused in our country. While education and technology area reaching great heights, 168 million children still toil as labourers. While children never create war, over 63 million children in conflict affected areas like Syria and others, are out-of-school. Doesn’t it boil your blood to see this?Children –...
Harvard US-India Initiative Blog
One of the founding goals of the Harvard US-India Initiative, that continues to inform most of the work that we do, is fostering robust and uninhibited dialogue on the key social, economic and political challenges that India faces today.The HUII conference that we conduct each year furthers that goal in a significant way.HUII Blog not only being a platform for us to meaningfully engage with the key challenges that India today confronts, but also for discussing, interrogating and throwing into...
Vidhi's Briefing Book Launch and Conference on Evidence-Based Approaches to Legal Reforms
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy would like to invite you to a Conference on "Law in Numbers: Evidence-Based Approaches to Legal Reforms" and the release of its third Briefing Book.Spread over two days, the Conference will have four panel discussions. The details of the panels are as follows:Date and Venue: 2nd December, 2016 at India Habitat Centre (Gulmohar Hall) Panel I: Are Special Courts...
“Celebrating UNCITRAL’s 50 Years – Global Standards For Rule-Based Commerce” To Be Held In New Delhi
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the conference “Global Standards for Rule-based Commerce” will be held in New Delhi, India, on 28-29 November 2016.Hosted by the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee India (UNCCI) and the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, with the support of the Permanent Court...
Justice Prabha Sridevan’s ‘Of Vineyard Equality’ Launched At Inter University Centre For IPR Studies, Kochi
The Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, CUSAT, Kochi, hosted the launch of 'Of Vineyard Equality' by Justice Prabha Sridevan on Sunday. A compilation of her articles and speeches, the book articulates her take on various facets of law related to intellectual property rights, human rights in general and women’s rights in particular.The book is an anthology of her speeches and articles...
The Legal 500 Unveils The Inaugural Issue Of GC Powerlist For India, Amidst A Star Studded Evening
Legal 500 – the leading global legal directory, unveiled its first edition of GC Powerlist for India yesterday at an exclusive and high profile ceremony at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi. The event was guided byIndia Business Group – the Knowledge Partner for this initiative.The event was attended by more than 100 guests comprising of the Who’s Who from the legal industry. Law Minister ...
Justice AP Shah To Deliver 2nd Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture
Former Chairman of Law Commission of India Justice AP Shah will deliver the second ‘Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture’ on 26th November at Kerala High Court Auditorium, Kochi.The event will be organised by Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation For Law and Justice (formerly Justice VR Krishna Iyer National Foundation For Law and Social Justice).Chief Justice of Kerala High...
Book Release: The Chief Justice Speaks: Selected Judicial And Extra-Judicial Reflections Of Justice A.M. Ahmadi
LexisNexis®, a leading provider of content and technology solutions for legal, corporate, tax, academic and government markets, released ‘The Chief Justice Speaks: Selected Judicial and Extra-Judicial Reflections of Justice A.M. Ahmadi’, at Indian Law Institute in New Delhi on October 21,2016, evening. Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. F. Nariman, Judge, Supreme Court of India,who was the Chief...