Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Reforms on Jul 25th, 2010
As most of my class gets down to the stage of their careers where they must decide what to do with their lives (many, like myself, still have no clue), those who decide to become “corporate lawyers” will have to procure internships at the top law firms in the country. Most of these firms give [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2010
(Siddharth Rao, former associate at Wadia Ghandy & Co, and currently Manager (Legal) at Samhita Social Ventures Pvt. Ltd., pens a blinder on the ‘utility’ of voluntary unemployment) After the flurry of activity that was the life of a corporate lawyer, my first month of unemployment posed a new stress. Questions relating to self worth [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2009
Pathik sends us another interesting post on the recent ruling of the Bombay High Court in Clifford Chance v. DCIT. The extent to which services provided by foreign law firms such as Clifford Chance are taxable for their services are taxable in India. The Bombay High Court, in a recent decision (Clifford Chance v. DCIT) [...]