Jury trials; hit or miss?

Jury trials have come a long way in history, serving from over a 1000 years. The particular legal system was first developed in England in the middle ages and since then the same has become a trademark for more than most states across the globe. A jury is a body of people sworn to render…

Work in progress: Competition Law in India.

    For 40 years, India had its own version of competition law, which was enacted through a legislation called the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969 (MRTP Act). This legislation, based on principles of a “command and control” economy, was designed to put in place a regulatory regime in the country which did…

The Horror of Honour Killings !

When I first got to reading about this age-old concept, it did not occur to be as a drastic or an unforeseeable concept. India, for one is not regarded as being the one with the most forwards mindset of the all. Unfortunately the people of India have not been able to move past their aboriginal…

Is prison surely the greatest leveller ?

As the start of the change series, I felt what better than starting the nuance of Prisons in India, and the undertrials that languish in jail, even worse, die in these prisons waiting for their trials to even begin. This is a short account on Indian prisons solely based on all the books I have…

Heraclitus says, “The only thing that is constant is change.”

India is the world’s largest democracy in more than name. It has free elections, a multi-party parliamentary system, a diverse and outspoken free press, an independent judiciary and the country abounds with non-governmental organization’s that take pride in their independence and that help to make up a lively civil society. Yet if the checks and…

Narcos decoded.

  Narcos or narcotics are basically addictive drugs that reduce the user’s perception of pain and induce euphoria (a feeling of exaggerated and unrealistic well-being). The English word narcotic is derived from the Greek narkotikos , which means “numbing” or “deadening.” India’s long found battle with the issue of illegal drug trafficking as well as illegal…

The Outer Space Legal Landscape.

  Since the dawn of the space age heralded by the launch of Soviet Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the…

AFSPA; a delusion or a dilemma ?

NOTE: – By expressing my views about the following topic, neither am I commenting against the Government nor the provisions enacted by the Legislature. The content posted is purely for the public views and any rash comments would not be appreciated.  Even before I begin with this rather heated topic, I’d like to clearly state…

Refugees : Creatures Of Circumstances.

It was a fresh new morning of 14th `December 2015 when I logged onto Facebook and found this post about a really young Iraqi refugee, named ‘Aya’. This is Aya’s picture as posted on the page of Humans of New York.   A page called “Humans Of New York,” had posted about how her life took…

So, you were saying ?

Something inspires me to work each day better than I worked yesterday, and that is because I have realized that a successful man and an unsuccessful man have at least one thing in common, that being they both have 24 hours a day to work upon. I have never been a keen companion of politics,…