“No one is indispensable” so goes a saying. Life goes on… But how much does the transition cost individuals, is one aspect we don’t analyse until we are affected! Recently, the Bombay High Court has witnessed the elevation of many judges to the Supreme Court and a couple were also elevated to other ...

Edification The teacher had drawn a big apple on the black board and was busy colouring the apple red. As big as the apple was the alphabet ‘A’. This was the pre-nursery class. She heard a few students talking and snapped, “Don’t talk. I have eyes on the back of my head. I can see what every one of ...

Its about 8 30 am, this place is bustling with all sorts of people.There are of course the gentlemen in flawless linen and two ply cotton shirts, the rich brats with shiny, pointy hair carefully manoeuvred to like they had never been combed in the first place and then theres our type. Clad in pyjama...

When I started law school in the year 2001, most of us would have sold our souls to land a job with Ramachand, Saunf & Family which paid the princely sum of Rs.30,000 per month. Then, two things happened: One, with the economic boom going strong in the west, ambitious international law firms be...

Dear would-be law student, (Ermm‘Teenie weenie’ died of over-use) A few days back, I got a call from a would-be law student’s dad. When he was done with queries regarding the college, the things his son would need, placements etc. he handed the phone over to his son who I could make out, reluctantly...

Hy dear readers, Let me tell you at once that this is my premature adventure to write on a subject to which I have started my journey only a few days back and I know I have to travel the earth, walking. And, therefore, I will keep improving this blog while posting my brushing experience. But I am su...

In a recent Delhi HC decision Justice Kapoor denied divorce to the wife of a very less known litigator Mr. Smelly Singh on grounds of cruelty. The wife, Mrs. Rosy had contended that the ‘unbearable and nauseating smell’ which her husband emanated after coming from work amounted to ‘cruelty’. Facts: ...

So, you made it to Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) ? Or thinking of joining it next year ? Well there are a lot of things (good/bad) that you might have heard about it. All the NLU’s have merits and demerits. All the non-NLU colleges will detest the NLU’s (generally) for one reason or the oth...

Here is what I wish to give A sketchy account of my life as a judge which I feel competent to mention, Like any other Judge I also worked hard without fear or favour with utmost devotion, However, this being a noble profession I assiduously always performed with zeal of a mission. Yet I had my share...

It wasn’t always like this. I was a fit, healthy 17 year old when I went to law school. I entered at an underweight 63 kilograms. Seventy-two subjects, three seminar papers and several eating and sleeping disorders later, I exited weighing about thirty kilos more. Also, I had a law degree and a job ...

Dear tennie weenie Law Student, Welcome to a National Law University. Whichever NLU it is; some things will apply; things which are perennial and all embracing. Things like laws(?) And you’ll have to adjust to these things. I call it puppy training. What I say here is not the gospel truth. I don’t s...

For the protection of my cows and buffaloes I have gaddi dogs. Huge, shaggy beasts who can bring down a leopard. I love dogs. Once in UK I met a dog breeder and became interested. Here is my take. Disclaimer: This might look offensive (mastiffs), repulsive (pit bulls) and abusive (mongrels) to many ...

Indra Prasth Bar Council Of India which had earlier outsourced its website development and administration of the Bar Exam to Rain Maker has now said that Rain Maker will take care of everything including cleanliness and discipline of all the Bars. Rain Maker’s new website has now sections on ‘Legal ...

New Delhi India Today and Outlook have published their annual rankings of colleges accross India. Among law schools, NLSIU is placed first in both the rankings. India Today placed NALSAR at second while Outlook placed NUJS in that position. We have painstackingly managed time to explain the hotch-po...

NoNal Nagar, Madhya Pradesh A 17 year old young lad who was seen jumping on a road crying “Yay! I am a NALSAR-ian” has been put in a mental asylum after a good citizen, Niak Zang saved him from a being lynched by a mob. Naik Zang is a citizen of UK. It is believed that people of the region who nearl...

Q. I have made it to a national law school. What should I expect? How should I prepare for a life at an NLU? Ans. 1. Prepare to be crushed and subdued in everything you think you are great at. If you are great at debating, you might not be in the debating team. Prepare for that. 2. Prepare for great...

Agression is Important When Saurav Ganguly was the captain of the Indian cricket team he had with him two young left arm fast bowlers; Zaheer Khan (then 30 pounds lighter) and Ashish Nehra (then pot-bellied). Oops! Sorry for the digression. Ganguly, an intelligent guy that he is, took both Zaheer an...

Can a right be selective? This is a question which is probably haunting the ambitious policy makers of UPA-II, all set to enact the National Food Security Act. The draft bill, as it stands today is set to create a ‘National Food Security Act’ which guarantees food to the BPL and AAY families only. I...

June 30 2010, New Delhi Bar Council of India’s plans to hold a fair and fool-proof bar exam went into a tizzy as Bihari Babuu, an unfamous law student blogger on LI entered the New Delhi center with a black cow and a white buffalo loaded with books. “Its a open book exam and I want to leave no stone...

aThe times when news channels are taking interview of IIT topper and newspapers flooded with coaching centres advertisment claiming the first ranker, parents of CLAT ( Common Law Admission Test !! , if you dont know ) topper were telling their neighbours ” you know there is an exam called CLAT and m...