In Law schools, relationships mainly start due to boredom. Yes, that what I believe. I have seen it and I think a lot of people have too. I have to clarify. I am not talking about all the relationships. I am talking about a ‘majority’ of them. Love and law are two separate concepts. Although in a la...

How much longer shall we purge? Laws are but words untouchable Ideas of thought. It is these words which form the fibers, material for social engineering. The very material by which societies are built, broken and rebuilt. The reason to take from the weak and give to the rich and the staging grounds...

Note:- All of the following people, locations, activities and incidents are purely fictional with absolutely no basis in reality, so if you see a resemblance to anything existent, I compliment your imagination :) “They’re girls. They’re all girls! And they’re ALL good looking…I mean, what are the ch...

“Joining CRPF was the biggest mistake of my life. I have realized that the country doesn’t honor its soldiers and it is better to take voluntary retirement after 20 years of service than to be treated as a pawn” says an anonymous CRPF jawan. His opinion reflects the thoughts of thousands of CRPF jaw...

I want to haul you down to a Love Court You’ll get the notice any day now Probably on pink paper Or atleast an angry shade of red It’ll come enveloped in a heart-shaped folder Which you’ll have to rip apart at the seams But then, you’re good at that kind of thing - Aren’t you ? You broke my heart in...

Here we were, minding our own business, enjoying life in our ‘National’ Law University when we were dealt a heavy blow by the university’s trinity of ruthless hands: Bureaucracy, Vindictiveness and Subjectivity. But these Hundred faces I talk about have seen it all before. After two years in law sch...

They have never been to a law school or sported the lawyer’s black robes butmany women in rural India are dispensing justice in tough cases like rape, child marriage and even divorce mostly in just two weeks - at “ NariAdalats .” I am sure majority of you would not have heard of Nari Adalats. The li...

Sorry for a month’s delay in bringing this piece, though it was written just 48 hours after the passing of resolution, but I could not upload it for such a long time as my laptop just then decided to go for some vacations. Though I know it will smell bit stale rather than the fresh cake I had intend...

DO YOUR BIT! - The events depicted in this blog are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental. - “The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed.” —Edgar Allan Poe Mr. Good Sitizen [(not his real name for obvious reasons) (don’t try to trace him...

The strike of the strike, as a newspaper called it. What are the effects of Bandh? Is it the right way to protest? Bandh is basically a strike. Everything is supposed to be closed on a day when a Bandh is ‘called’ for. If you ask a layman about whether there should or should not be bandhs, you will ...

Note - If you are offended by regional stereotypes, or stereotypes of any other sort, please refrain from reading. Thanks :) Another year, another day, another sweaty evening in law school. From the terrace of my hostel, I survey my kingdom. My kingdom is composed of the occasional tree, patchy gras...

I own a Gaddi dog (an Indian sheep dog) called Sheroo. He is a 120 pound sheep dog who can bring a wild cat or a wolf down. I have kept him for the protection of my cattle. Sheroo is brown, big, shaggy and so obedient and intelligent that he sometimes even writes a blog post for me. Ha! Just kidding...

India is perhaps the only country in the world which has the dubious distinction of having maximum number of laws to regulate the conduct of society. It is the only country where almost all aspects of human behavior i.e. behavior with human beings, behavior with animals (both domestic & wild) w...

DO YOUR BIT! I despise regionalistic politics. And so I despise Raj Thackeray and his politics. Having lived in Bombay (Yes, I still like calling my city Bombay) since six, there is little I haven’t seen. What happens in Bombay affects every Indian in some way or the other. Over the last few days, m...

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) My CGPA just went up. *celebrates* No, it’s not because I started studying more or anything. My law school just found out that they needed to be more lenient in their marking system to ensure that I get a job. Unbelievable? Well, it’s happening so better believe...

Sir, it is no point now crying hoarse against absconding Mr. Warren Anderson, For, he after all did not flee stealthy from here without anyone’s permission, He was in fact accorded a very warm send off reserved for very important person, By none other than the top brass of the then Bhopal Civil (nig...

On 26th June 1975, a shocked nation heard Indira Gandhi’s unmistakable voice declare in All India Radio “The President has proclaimed emergency. This is nothing to panic about.” Perhaps its obvious that when someone uses such a defensive approach, the opposite is true. Indeed when Mrs. G gave the in...

A student of law should always prepare his case pointwise keeping in mind the law on the particular subject. Irrelevant material and unwanted talks should be avoided. Generally a case involves a single important question, which should be kept in mind. Your pleadings and arguments should be brief but...

The youngsters in this profession must bear in mind that it would be harmful for them to depend on touts and even remain dependent on their seniors for a long time. In most of the cases it is seen that the seniors do not allow their juniors to conduct easy cases where winning a case is guaranteed. T...

The modern judicial system was not known to India, before advance of the British. Before it, most of the cases were settled either by the community itself or by an officer of the state, who acted for and against of a party to impart a fair justice. However, in British system also assistance of a ple...