Nabam Rebia Decision Should Be Reviewed As It Has Great Mischief Potential : PDT Achary

The law laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2016 case Nabam Rebia versus Deputy Speaker that a Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending should be reviewed, said PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. Achary was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the anti-defection law...

Eknath Shinde & Rebels Can't Claim To Be Real Shiv Sena As Per 10th Schedule : PDT Achary

The newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde cannot take a plea that he represents the real Shiv Sena, opined PDT Achary, former Secretary General of Lok Sabha. In an interview with Manu Sebastian, the Managing Editor of LiveLaw, Achary said that such a plea is not allowed by the anti-defection law under the tenth schedule of the Constitution. The only plea he can raise is...

Eknath Shinde Group Has Voluntarily Given Up Shiv Sena Membership Through Their Acts : PDT Achary [Video Interview]

Eknath Shinde's claim of representing the real Shiv Sena is not allowed by tenth schedule, PDT Achary, former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, tells in this interview with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of...

'Not Making It To NLUs Not The End': In Conversation With CLAT-PG 2022 Topper Samriddhi Mishra

The CLAT 2022 results for both UG and PG programs were released on June 24. In CLAT PG (LLM exam), Samriddhi Mishra from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh secured All India Rank 1. In an exclusive interview with Live Law, Mishra shared her preparation strategy and other relevant factors which contributed in achieving this feat. Live Law: Hello Samriddhi! Thanks for speaking to Live Law. First of...

"A lawyer whom I would admire, is not the one who would make money, but the one who would have served public causes" : Arun Shourie

Former Union Minister and Veteran Journalist Arun Shourie converses with Yash Johri and Parvati Nambiar discussing his book 'The Commissioner for lost causes'. Shourie candidly talks on the need for better implementation of judgments, the need for a legal body looking into sedition charges, and on what makes an admirable lawyer. He also reminisces about his days as a journalist and...

'Beating All Odds, Rewriting History On The Way' : In Conversation With Sarah Sunny, The First Deaf Lawyer Of India

"You should lead next time."Justice Venu Gopal Gowda, former Judge of Karnataka High Court was all praise for young Sarah when she attended an arbitration proceeding with her colleagues from thiru & thiru law firm. Sarah Sunny was born deaf to her parents Sunny and Betty, but that did not stop her from going down in history. Driven by perseverance and hard work, she worked her way up...

'Reason For Police Indiscipline Inherent In Its Colonial Origin' : Interview With Justice Chandru, Who Inspired 'Jai Bhim' Movie

"I strongly feel that leaders like Ambedkar were not exposed enough to the public and more particularly to the students. It is a pity that in law colleges they don't even give Ambedkar writings as a reading material even during pre-law days".

On Policing In Pandemic, Mindless Arrests & Prison Overcrowding : Interview Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project

In this two part series interview with Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project we are in conversation with Nikita Sonavane, Ameya Bokil and Srujana Bej, lawyers and team members at the CPA project. In the first part we discussed the need of documenting and intervening against the disproportionate harm caused by the criminal justice system against marginalized castes. In...

In Conversation With Ashima Obhan, Senior Partner, Obhan & Associates

Obhan & Associates and Ashima Obhan have been recognized and highly ranked by various international platforms like Chambers and Partners, asialaw, Asian Legal Business and more, for the fantastic work in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) space. How did you go about setting up the practice?Thank you to Chambers and Partners, asialaw and ALB for the recognition. I think this honour is due in no small part to the team that has worked incredibly hard over the past few years to...

'Excessive Criminalization Has Led To Stigma Of Denotified Tribes' : Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project

The Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project (CPA Project) is a Bhopal-based litigation and research intervention project focused on building accountability against criminalisation of certain communities by the police and the criminal justice system. The project works at grassroot level focusing in specific locations, and particular communities across the state of Madhya...

Prosecution As A Rule Not Desirable In Child Marriages; Need To Re-Imagine Remedie' : Interview With PLD

Live Law interviewed Madhu Mehra, lawyer heading the research and training initiatives at Partners for Law in Development (PLD), a legal resource group on women's rights and social justice in India. Excerpts from the interview on the topics of child marriage, proposal to increase age of marriage etc: There is an increasing attention on law relating to child marriage. Could...

"Data Collection Should Be Constitutionally Valid" - Justice Srikrishna Speaks On WhatsApp's New Policy, AarogyaSetu Etc. With Seema Chishti

Yesterday, the central government has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp nine questions on their new proposed data policy said to affect users, as data shared over the popular messaging app is expected to be tightly integrated with Facebook. According to reports, about 8,10,000 users globally installed Signal on last week, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on January 6, the...