Articles tagged with: plagiarism

After intern writes judgment, Delhi HC apologises for 34-paragraph copy-paste plagiarism

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Justice at a keystroke
“Alongside the justices, you will draft decisions that change lives. Your input will constantly be sought, and your ideas will certainly be implemented. In many instances, the justices will rely entirely on your analysis. They’ll base their opinions on your research. That means you affect what they see and what they know. There are nine justices on this Court. But your influence, the power that you hold, makes you the tenth justice.”

Cong ex-law min Moily (or a ghostwriting minion) plagiarised Hindu op-ed (allegedly)

Ex-UPA law minister Veerappa Moily allegedly plagiarised portions of an article published under his name in The Hindu on 11 June 2015, which emerged had been in-part copy-pasted from a 26 May article published in the same paper as an op-ed by G Sampath, reported the News Minute . The article has bee...

Ex-DU VC jailed after other don's complaint, released by Delhi HC hours later

Hours after former Delhi University vice chancellor Deepak Pental was sent to Tihar jail in a plagiarism case, the Delhi high court yesterday ordered his “immediate release”. Pental was sent to jail by a trial court, but Justice S Murlidhar ordered his release. Professor Pental was arrested on a pet...

BCI to develop cheap or free anti-plagiarism software for law schools

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The Bar Council of India (BCI) is in talks with government agency Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to automate BCI internal processes and design cost-effective or free anti-plagiarism software for law schools and other legal writers.