Blogs tagged with: Supreme Court of India

“Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.” - Henry David Thoreau, Walden The present article seeks to discuss the problems faced by landowners, who enter into agreements mostly called “Collaboration Agreements”, with builders, whereby in lieu of ...

From trial by media to now sentencing by media?

by Arjun K on in Criminal law
The Hon’ble Supreme Court is hearing the appeal against the conviction and death sentence awarded to four accused in the Nirbhaya Rape Case. The Hon’ble Delhi High Court had affirmed the death sentence awarded to the accused by the Trial Court . Both the Trial Court and the High Court found that cri...
In response to the bail order granting bail to JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Indira Jaising reminds us that there can be no anticipatory restraint on free speech Dear Judges, The time has come for us to remind ourselves what nationalism is, and what constitutes ‘anti-national’ activity...

What the Supreme Court should have done in its IT Act judgment...

by Stephen Mathias on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
The Supreme Court of India finally struck down section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, holding that it is in violation of the fundamental right to free speech under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. The provision criminalised content sent through electronic means that was “grossly o...
Inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary , Court Witness provides advocates with the indispensable A-Z to the advocates’ profession. A ffidavit: A collection of lies that gain the veneer of truth because of the notary’s signature. B ureaucracy: Any sufficiently large body organised with t...

Three Supreme Court Judges @ RMLNLU

by Milinda Sengupta on in Uncategorized
An Interaction of the Students of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University with Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju, Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam and Hon’ble Dr. Justice B.S. Chauhan Saturday, August 20, 2011 (11.15 A.M): The students of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University inte...

Prafull Goradia V. Union of India - Secular Judgment to Savor

by Rex Arul on in News and current affairs
As an outsider to Law (Engineer in US), I was pleased with yet another fantastic judgment from the Supreme Court of India’s Division Bench of Honorable Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra on Prafull Goradia V. Union of India case today. Here it is in TOI: http://bit.ly/hHraVi The Division ...