Something About The Law

On first reading the news of Mr. Shanti Bhushan filing an affidavit about corruption in the judiciary, one would think that he has taken the issue a little too far. Mentioning in open court that corruption is rampant in the judiciary and further submitting a list of names of those judges whom he thought were [...]

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I dont know how many of us have heard of WikiLeaks. It is wikipedia’s latest offering and contains leaks of confidential documents from around the world. Time magazine says that this could become as important a journalistic tool as the Freedom of Information Act in the USA.The newspapers in the Country have reported it here [...]

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So much for the notion that all of constitutional law lies there in the Constitution waiting for a judge to read it fairly […] That is why the simplistic view of the Constitution devalues our aspirations, and attacks that our confidence, and diminishes us. A week back, Justice David H. Souter, who stepped down from [...]

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New Delhi is abuzz with rumours of Pakistan inking a civilian nuclear deal with the US (akin to the 2005 one with India). Here’s my take on why there’s much ado about nothing. The Possibility Very Unlikely. For starters, to get a civilian nuclear deal through, there must be unanimous approval from the IAEA, and [...]

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IIM Calcutta has introduced a new course of Intellectual Property Management titled “The Business of Intellectual Property” for the the flagship PG Program in Management. Launched on 15th December 2009, the course hopes to cover the emergence of IP, a focus on the legal & regulatory systems, the transactional issues in IP and even a [...]

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Since beginning in early January this year, we’ve had a fantastic response to our posts, events and online discussions. 2009 has been a happening year for the world and India, and that holds for us too. The graduation fromThe Social Blog has been phenomenally well-received by our readers, and thanks to you, Something About The [...]

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