Bharat had often observed a silent culture when it came to women and women’s rights. This silent culture had conveniently laid out a path for the social evils like sati, female foeticide, dowry, devadasi system etc: to traverse. Fortunately, the country has now woken up from its deep slumber spannin...

While perusing through books on mass communication and media studies, one consistently comes across the term “toothless tiger” which is used to refer to the Press Council of India. The Press Council of India is a statutory body which came into existence courtesy the Press Council Act, 1965. The coun...

Jus Cultura, the literary, debating and quizzing society of the National Law Institute University is organising the 2 nd edition of its flagship event, the NLIU Debate from the 5 th to 7 th of October, 2013. The first national level parliamentary debate to be organised in Central India, this edition...

The Companies Act 1956 governs and defines the law in relation to conduct of company affairs in the country. It defines a company, what shall constitute a company and how it shall be formed and the manner in which the affairs of the company shall be conducted. The act also provides for rights and du...

It happens with almost all law students (taking in general not for them who have preset goals). A time comes when you get confused about where to go (I am not talking about places because that we very evidently know). Now some serious talk I am talking about the confusion regarding the field to sele...

Being a Lawyer has been considered as an important and prestigious profession. Important because the society everyday has claims to gain justice and lawyers are the ones who help to accomplish the same. Prestigious, according to me, is because the amount of learning and gaining of knowledge a lawyer...

The anomaly of penning about life as a qualified lawyer lies in the fact that one way or the other we end up discrediting what we do, or at best keep wishing for what we cannot do! Any corporate lawyer (a true pure blood one) working for a ‘top-notch’ law firm will never admit the misery he goes fro...

I got another email from a law student asking me to remove the internship experience he had shared on Lawctopus. The law firm had asked him to do so. Why? Because among the 400 good words he had written about the firm, there were 50 not so good words. This has happened earlier too. Law firms guard t...

Introduction- A new chapter in the form of Chapter XX-A was added in the Indian penal Code, 1860 with only one section, Section 498-A by the Criminal law (Second Amendment Act), 1983 with the main object to keep a check over the rising instances of sufferings inflicted upon a woman which reads as un...

Introduction- A new chapter in the form of Chapter XX-A was added in the Indian penal Code, 1860 with only one section, Section 498-A by the Criminal law (Second Amendment Act), 1983 with the main object to keep a check over the rising instances of sufferings inflicted upon a woman which reads as un...

The coal scam which is burning down every newspaper’s front page these days is becoming an ostensible niggle for the ruling party. The ruling party is facing harsh allegations not only from the opposition but media and general public are also providing a hard time to them. How do we put this scam or...

Published At http://thestandingcoin.blogspot.in/2012/07/y-u-no-touch-me.html Today’s episode of Satyamave Jayte is probably the best one till date. Hitting on India’s Achilles’ heel, Aamir Khan has brought to our notice the unethical, disruptive, idiotic system which cannot be described even by the ...

Its all a poker game, where we all have our cards and we need to play. We need to keep this poker face in the game where no one should know or make out what our cards are. This is what we are suppose to do. However, I ask this question - … why so serious ? ;) What’s the game without some fun. In rea...

We have all heard of the story where Akbhar asks Birbal to say a word that, if heard in happiness makes you feel sad and if heard in sadness makes you feel happy. Birbal said “this time shall pass”. Similarly there is a decision, a happening that at some time made one reach cloud 9 and on the other ...

This is one of the poignant question which every Bihari might be asking to himself. With huge developments been seen in some sectors, some sectors still lag behind. This puts people in a dilemma and compels them to ask this question. Our very own Chief Minister of Bihar has been carrying this state ...

Introduction Advertisement is a strategy employed by the business entity to create psyche within the target user groups, a kind of conformity to their product and services. At present online advertising is an efficient and effective means for marketing due to its international prominence, low-cost a...

I have always been in awe of the grand backdrop of leather bound books against which lawyers are often photographed. I know now that these are law reports and not read cover to cover from Chapter 1. So when I randomly stumbled upon a blog post that talked about good reads for trial lawyers, I got se...

You’re mesmerized by the seniors coming in your classroom and giving that powerful speech on the co-curricular events of law school. They familiarize with you with this activity which you dreamt since of doing since the day you started preparing for CLAT and were not sure if it actually even existed...

Before debating if ‘whipping’ or ‘boxing someone in the ears’ is a Gandhian principle or punishment allowed under law, let’s peek into (hope, I’m not committing a crime here) the history of corporal punishment. The earliest recorded history of mankind coming under ‘caning’ was observed as early as i...

So many cases of violence against the feminine gender have emerged since time immemorial. I say “feminine gender” and not “women” for many reasons. To begin with, the women have not been treated as anything but commodities since the birth of patriarchy. Patriarchy, by virtue, does not have any room ...