Something About The Law

Is democracy a hard thing to achieve? Pakistan Preseident Pervez Musharaff surely knows how to get away with things in the name of democracy. This time, all the pieces fit in the puzzle. When Nawaz Shariff wants to come back to his homeland, the moment he lands at the ariport he is packed off to [...]

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How many of us know that Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the environment this year? – All of us do. How many of us know that he has shared that prize with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change ? – Most of us do. Now how many [...]

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  Last night Wadhwa, Arunav and self were having this whole discussion about Atlas Shrugged and the character John Galt. For those who have read the book, they’d remember the question everywhere, “Who is John Galt?”. Well there is this beautiful line in the book that says something to the effect that ‘John Galt is [...]

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During my occasional blog surfing periods, I came across Amreekandesi’s post on kinds of Indians. I think it’s pretty amusing and reader’s should take the test. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditTweet thisSubscribe to this postPrint for laterTell a friend

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My latest paper. Suggestions invited. Introduction  Equality in administrative law and procedure is a Dicean concept. It delves into the fact that there must be equality in treatment between public servants and the ordinary citizen. The State- citizen divide in the legal system has always been a debatable issue that only some have sought to [...]

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Dear Friends,   It is with regret that I inform you that the review petition which was filed by Masooda Parveen against the judgment dated 2.5.2007 passed by the Supreme Court came up before Justices Dalaveer Bhandari and H.S. Bedi today (11/10/07), and has been dismissed.   I may remind you that Masooda Parveen had [...]

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