Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Court, Rule of Law, Terrorism on Feb 21st, 2011
By now it should not come as news to all of us that the Bombay High Court has upheld the death sentence on Ajmal Kasab, the terrorist caught in the Mumbai attacks in 26/11. The Home Minister has hailed this verdict as a victory to the rule of law and the Indian Legal system. May [...]
Posted in Democracy, Rule of Law, Terrorism, Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2011
The “Anti Nationals” : Review of the Human Rights Watch report on arbitrary detention and torture of terrorism suspects in India Just a few days ago, British Prime Minister David Cameron made a startling speech at the Munich Conference stating that the passing acknowledgment of ‘state multiculturalism’ and policy of tolerance was one of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2011
Litigation is often argued to be an evil one cannot do without in the society. Moving from traditional forms of dispute resolution in society, we now have an extremely complex system of resolving disputes involving various laws and procedures. The result has been the recognition that a class of professionals, i.e lawyers are now indispensable [...]
Posted in india on Jan 6th, 2010
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 [...]
Law #2004-228 of March 15 2004, commonly known as the French law that bans the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols in public schools, seems to be a stale and old issue. Or is it? The answer is a NO because of three reasons: 1. Though the language of the 2004 law is neutral and applies [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2009
(Neha Pathakji, Lecturer in Taxation Laws at NALSAR, writes on the proposed Direct Tax Code, and its impact on the society.) The nation is witnessing winds of change these days, especially in the age old Tax system. Just when a new indirect tax regime is round the corner in the form of GST(Goods and service [...]