The recent gang rape in Delhi did not just bring about the of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. It brought with it a mass outcry for the protection of women and their upliftment. It came with a call to extend the basic tenets of the constitution of equality, liberty and protection of life and ...
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Experiences make a person what he or she is mainly in his thoughts and ideas. Thoughts and ideas may not remain same all the time but they may as well change with the experiences that a person may undergo in his life especially during the crucial stage of his career because it is at that stage where...
The reviews for Calcutta Chronicles’ were not only unexpected - they were elating and above all humbling - I always thought of myself as someone who could draw sad faces better than happy ones (I actually can!). So for my readers (at least the 400 of them who seem to have read the previous one - and...
* There are two reasons for writing this despite the hectic schedule and the tremendous workload this semester. First being – the storm clouds. The ones that you see in the month of June - just beyond the spires of the Calcutta High Court and realize the beauty of the old lady. As I wake up in Raipu...
The moment you enter the last year of your graduation, the only thing that matters is the JOB! People tend to ask your parents about you and parents ask you the dreaded question - ‘ Have you thought of anything ?’. That is when you forget about everything and pounce on the first opportunity you get....
First year at law school was not just an ordinary year. It was 1000 hours of lecture, 120 hours of mooting, 60 hours of debating/arguing, 1500 hours of sleeping and 360 hours of internship. When a pilot with experience of 200 hours can get a license to risk hundreds of lives, imagine your efficiency...
Born in year 1985 as minor and lived so for major period of 18 years. When born, had no idea that I was like some random commodity that needs to be registered in the log book as it goes for sale or enter into the market. Such registration of humans, when grown up, discovered was called birth registr...
LAWCRATS © Diversity of India can be best seen in prisons. Tihar is one such place where it varies from suppressed labourers to powerful politicians, from uneducated rickshaw pullers to highly qualified MBAs. It is a place where irrespective of their religion, caste, status, qualification etc., inma...
Violence serves as a universal common denominator for any conduct that is abhorrent, and in aberration to the tenets of human rights values which serve as the foundation stone for peace and semblance in the society. Violence is however a means to attain an objective when viewed from a larger perspec...
This poem is a modification of my favorite poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’.After CLAT 2011,I thought this was apt and finally got the time to modify it today.Hope you all enjoy it! Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward All in the valley of CLAT Rode the twenty...
I decided to get a real taste of courts this time and therefore decided to intern in a litigation firm. The National Law Universities after all were established with the aim of increasing the level of the ‘BAR’.I get off at Central Secretariat Metro Station in a crisp white shirt and carrying my bla...
well guys this is my first attempt at blogging so please be encouraging and feel free to let me know my weaknesses To begin with i would define law as a a general set of rules which ensure that people behave in an accepted and expected manner. I am an atheist and i just think that the institution of...
Capital Punishment....we can live without it Capital punishment is an issue which figures prominently in philosophical, religious and political discussions, and has absorbed the attentions of law-makers and the public worldwide. Right wing politicians usually express strong support for capital punis...
Law. The very word evokes fear, awe, and respect in our minds. If not for the sake of the man-made law, we certainly bow before the natural law, as ordained by the Almighty. As I narrate this story, I see Law lying in front of me, bare, dry, whining away its life. It has been devastated by the vicis...
Indians have always fantasized brands. Earlier it was the IIT brand which they wanted their kids to have and recently many people fancy the NLU brand. Some say that parents may have their set of apprehensions with their children pursuing law as a career; however with the takers for CLAT increasing e...
“Next time, the eleven of us are on a corporate deal, or fighting it out in the court; we’ll know that you don’t win till the scoreboard says so”. Cricket in my college is a lesser religion. People worship soccer more fastidiously. Nonetheless, cricket is a religion. Interbatch tournaments, inter-co...
A very intelligent acquaintance had once told me, “The reason why you want to become a lawyer and the things you do after becoming a lawyer are mostly different.” Mostly people decide they want to do law ‘to serve the society’. It is indeed a very noble thought and definitely a strong motive to join...
Health, education, law & order are some of the defining features of the status of a society. But existence of a dynamic, realistic, truly responsive Justice delivery system is the hallmark of any civilized society that distinguishes it from other conglomerates of human groups. A great emphasis ...
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...
** 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...