Pre-sript- The links in this post will take you to some invaluable articles. Please do click on them. I have spent quite some time researching for this piece. Links at point 3 and 15 are specially brilliant . Some of you might like to move straight over to point 11, from where the advanced tips star...

The Women’s day this year was indeed very special, the parliament passed the Women Reservation Bill with full vigor. The reservation for women in the political front emerged with the Panchayati Raj Act, 1992 which was passed in Rajeev Gandhi’s tenure. The Act provided for women’s reservation upto 33...

SIM-POOL Legal Language = Happy Lawyers? My friends were red, blue and green. They were playing in the cess pool. Holi ka festival tha. My friends were behaving like animals and shouting hoooooo, haaaaaaa, wooooooo etc etc. They were in joy. Only simple monosyllables like these could be uttered. Lik...

MYSELF BIHARI BABU Hi pee-pool! (You smell of susu. Yucks!) Myself Bihari Babu! I am a law e-student. No! No! I not taking any electronic/ wheel-electronic course. But am clarifying because pee-pool making fun when I say e-student. I tell them “Chalo! Chalo! Bhago”. BTW…I thought let me try my hand ...

Sara went to a bar to party with few of her friends. When she went to rest room one of her friends. Jacob carefully poured a colorless, odorless and tasteless powder in her drink. Coming back she consumed the drugged drink without knowing its consequences. Next morning she found herself in the bed o...

CRICKET AND IPL : LESSONS FOR LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS Here a few lessons law firms and lawyers need to learn from the way cricket/ IPL is played. 1.) Do one thing. Do it well. Irfan Pathan was a huge success till he did one thing. And you bet he did it awesomely well. Left arm fast medium, 135ks, the ...

Atlast Women reservation bill is passed. A right given to women or politics again by these politicians? Tough to find out the answer. I must say any kind of reservation is not good for any society. We were against the reservation in the higher education institution but all those people who were agai...

Q. Are internships helpful in getting a PPO. How do I go about it? Ans. Yes they are. Why…I’ll tell you later. First get your hands on the PPO thingy. GETTING A PPO 1.) You have to be in the 4th/ 5th year for that. (If you are in the 5 year course that is). 2.) Then, have a portfolio which is perfec...

Note: For all those lawyers/ law students who have stopped involving their brains in normally stimulating cranial efforts and have submitted themselves unabashedly to Bangia and the like[:X]; the LegalPoet presents a Bangia’s guide to his poem: [:O] ‘ He ’, in this poem is today’s Neta, the Lion. ‘ ...

Legal Service The legal services market in India has been growing steadily and is currently pegged at USD 300 mn. The increase in demand for paralegal lawyers has led to a growing interest from foreign entities. According to different market research firms the total offshore legal market would reach...

A poem on how law students make a beeline for the Big Law and get CAUGHT. DASAMAR CHANDMANGAL SWEETS: Are law students an insect creed? ‘DasAmar ChandMangal Sweets’. Proclaims the shop; a proud tweet! However, it is unhygienic. Hyped flies get hyperactive Over its over-sugary syrup. On sugar they ar...

This could be

The first poem about world trade

but such distinctions

would not suit

An occasionally foul-mouthed wretch

and it couldn’t care anyway

It just needs a bottle, duty paid

to pass out on the muck of the night

***Disclaimer: the author holds a poetic license.***

Trial by Media is a phrase used to describe the impact of television and newspaper coverage on a person’s reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt regardless of any verdict in a court of law. Trial by media is no where legal. There is no legal system where the media is given the autho...

Province of Life Determined What is Law? That life is happy and sad. What is Right? My right to choose when to be happy and when sad. What is Duty? My duty to increase mine and other people’s happiness. What is Justice? That everyone has equal opportunities to be happy. PS- Based on a Jurisprudence ...

Hey guys, I would like to share my views about improper , unequal economic development taking place in our country. I would also request you all to share your experiences and ideas to find a remedy for this disease. In this blog, I will throw some light on regional disparities especially comparing t...