Something About The Law

With close to 70 lakh crores ( 70,000,00,00,00,000 ) of unaccounted public money stashed by politicians, bureaucrats and the rich in swiss banks and the like abroad, how does one get hold of that money ? The answer probably could be the latest writ petition in the Supreme Court wherein the petitioners have asked the [...]

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Part I of the 1st Socio- Legal Debate is now online. The rest is in line. The propositions were; Proposition 1 Mathew J. in Keshavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala quoted Lord Reid to say, “.. there was a time when it was almost indecent to suggest that judges make law- they only declare it. [...]

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It took over three months to materialize, but its finally here, and with a bang. The first in the Socio-legal Debate series was held at the M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Centre in NALSAR. The theme – ‘Role of the Supreme Court in Indian Governance’ – was extensively deliberated and argued upon by three eminent members of [...]

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That the Constitutional protection under Article 22 providing every detainee the right to be represented by a lawyer of his/her choice is sacred and held to be the foundation of our legal system. So much so, that the Court has stated that an accused may even be acquitted or a mistrial may be declared if [...]

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