** Please know your animals well. Or atleast read them well. Aries- The Ram (Mar 21- Apr 19)** The Ram will shed off its big and pricey horns and selling the horns will make way for a great deal. Hire a lawyer for the deal, probably a Sybmiosis graduate, as they have the horniest people there. Tauru...

NaginBhabhi, Bangalore NLSIU Bangalore, very aguably (ask Nalsar or NUJS) the best Indian law school which pioneered legal education in 1987 with the introduction of the the 5 year integrated law course has been shut after Harvard Law School opened in Mumbai today. “We faced a severe identity crisis...

In a shocking development all the students from arguably the top three law colleges in the country: NLSIU, Bangalore; NALSAR, Hyderbad and NUJS, Kolkata have failed in the first ever Bar Exam held by the Bar Council of India on 30 December, 2010 in 50 centers accross India. “It is a surprise to us t...

Not many people here will know who Nitish Saxena is. But with nearly 850 facebook friends and many more in real existence, he is a popular chap. Add to that some amazingly deft hands at painting, an articulate mouth which shuts every other and a great brain at work; Nitish Saxena makes for an intere...

Since the start of Legally India’s blogging competition in January, a total of 50 law bloggers (blawgers) have shared legal thoughts, laughs, pains and the downright surreal. With a little over two months to go in the competition this round-up looks at the most popular bloggers and posts to date.

We are also pleased to announce two new sponsored jury prizes for the most thought provoking blog posts on issues of social and legal importance, worth Rs 20,000 (see details below), which was kindly donated by a practising lawyer.

Nandii Reywal, the London settled Indian Lawyer challenged me. Bihari Babuu loves challenges. He has defeated all the pehelwans in his village. He’ll make Nandii bite dust too. Aaan do! Part I- Racism My buffaloes are black, My cows are white, And they both give milk. Considerations about colour of ...

My honourable colleague Mr. Dushyant Arora wants feedback on the ways to conduct the Bar Exam. Here is mine: 1.) Law students who come on bicycles and scooters will only be tested. Students who come in cars have the option of not taking the exam. It can safely be assumed that the students have enoug...

[The following newsletter found its way into my Spam folder. I thought it was worth sharing.] Barelylegalindia.com/Issue 1 Dear Readers, This has been an eventful week in the industry. Lots to tell. So let’s dive straight into it. News Waves were made at the high-level meeting of the Secret Society ...

The Companies Act, 1956, though it requires some reforms as mooted through Companies Bill, 2009, is one of the finest legislations. Each provision or the section under the Companies Act, 1956 has a sound logic though there exist very few sections which are to be deleted or modified suitably. The sha...

Law Schools can be stifling, stultifying and discouraging at times. People look down upon the ‘other’; sometimes very disparagingly. A mooter thinks mooting is ‘the’ thing. The cool guy thinks that ‘mooting’ is for nerds etc etc. I believe we should respect choices. Here is a simple piece on that be...

CPC, Chow Chow and Wow! The Civil Procedure Code talks about What Justice should look like, What the pleading should plead, How the pleader should open his mouth. There is a procedure On what pen to use, On the sharpness of the nib, The colour of the ink, And what boxes to tick. Square boxes, twelve...

Here is the big news: Kian Ganz, the editor of LegallyIndia.com has bought for himself a shiny new bicycle. I asked him why and he didn’t reply. So I had to guess. Here are a few options. All lame options. Please choose the lamest option and post your answer as a comment. I will be grateful. a.) Kia...

[ WARNING: This is a longish, dull-ish entry because the weekend has started and I have not many more interesting things to do.] [There you go again, reading this blog entry in the hope of somehow getting through the next five minutes.] It’s been a difficult week for the UK, what with a change in go...

Note: Please read carefully. **Hi Sir. This is my CV. Will you take me in?** Hi Sir, This is my CV. Will you take me in? No reply. He doesn’t care. You don’t dare to talk it out. Hi Sir, This is my CV. Will you take me in? A reply: Says no. We won’t. Try another pose. Hi Sir, This is my CV. Will you...

THE FIFTH YEARS ARE LEAVING The fifth years are leaving: The mooters are leaving, the debaters are leaving, Their trophies, proudly in the library sit, Smiling at the newer faces. The researchers are leaving, the writers are leaving. Their books and papers in the glass cupboard Tell us of the words ...

Sati as a practice was not invented by Ancient Indian texts but by the greed of people. Most of the contemporary historians believe that the practice of Sati was encouraged to deprive the widows from the property of their deceased husbands. Family members (usually the surviving brothers of the decea...

This is a long poem and has no rhyming scheme but if you read it in a rhythm and read it for fun, things will rhyme. Note- What the associate of the firm says is in ‘CAPS’. Note (further) - Something on Trademarks. Trademarks are divided into various classes. For example ‘class 1’ might deal with ‘f...

privileges always come with duties and ethics and so is the case with lawyers. The bar council of India is empowered setting Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette for Lawyer in India under Section 49(1 )(c) of the Advocates Act, 1961. Among other restrictions, the bar council has mentioned...

As I walk into the lift, I’m greeted by a cheery “Hiya mate, you awwright Bob ?”. “Very well, thank you”, say I and engage with Robert in the well rehearsed lift-banter about work and holiday plans. However, as a product of one of India’s oldest schools (which preaches the Queen’s English), I’ve oft...

Once there was a shepherd boy and he had sheep, obviously. One day he went up a hillock with his sheep and with nothing to do, pulled out a leaf of the old book and cried out to the villagers below “WOLF! WOLF! HELP! HELP”! The villagers came. No wolf. The boy laughed (as usual). And the villagers w...