Irresponsible and Criminal Behavior

KV Krishnaswamy Iyer’s classic Professional Conduct and Advocacy contains a fine discussion on the place of the legal profession in the order of society, and why it is said to be noble. Justice Iyer calls the legal profession as “the most brilliant and attractive of peaceful professions, with responsibilities both inside and outside it, which …

YELLOWISHING OF YELLOW JOURNALISM

The Media is termed as the “Fourth Pillar” of Indian democracy. If it has been given such status, it must also abide by the responsibilities that come with it. The Press Council of India Norms of Journalistic Conduct have specifically mentioned as to how any particular news is to be presented to the public at …

WAVING OFF LOANS BY THE GOVERNMENT.

.“Waving off loans of the farmers undermines the honest credit culture and it impacts the credit discipline”- Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel. India has an agricultural economy and more than half the population i.e., nearly 58%, are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. As per the Union Budget 2018-19 allocation of …

THE UNSEPERABLE BOND OF COMPETITION LAW AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

EMERGENCE OF COMPETITION ACT, 2002. Immediately after independence, the policy makers required immediate industrialization and they followed state intervention as a policy to achieve equitable distribution of wealth as envisaged in the Directive Principles of State Policy[ Article 39 (c) of the Indian Constitution provides that the operation of the economic system does not result …

Acting Legally is the New Unlawfulness.

Following Judge Loya’s controversy in the Supreme Court and the press conference held subsequently, the impeachment proceedings had been initiated by the Congress Party against the Chief Justice of India (Justice Dipak Misra) whose draft had been signed by Kapil Sibal, Gulam Nabi Azad and many other MPs of opposition parties. However, it should be …

The Uncelebrated Press Conference.

Safety of the people shall be the highest in law. In India, Constitution is the Highest Law and the officers of the apex court carry the responsibility to protect the same. A strong and united judiciary is the sine qua non for a strong and vibrant democracy. If the judiciary of a country is divided …

Politics of Executive in Judiciary

The Independence of Judiciary is the child whose mother is Democracy. On 12th of January, the four senior-most Judges of the Apex Court acting as the whistle-blowers remarked that there were threats to the Democracy. They said that they were discharging the debt of obligation to the nation so that the prosperity does not allege …

Cause of Concern(Judiciary).

In recent times, there has been a debate across the country over the problem of pendency of cases in the various courts. The statistics shows that there are over 2.81 crore pending cases in the Indian Courts. Various steps have been taken, judicial reform reports have been submitted but the pendency of cases are rising …

Let Secularism Live.

LET SECULARISM LIVE. "Secularism", a word with great importance, seems to be taking its last breath these days. Soul of the "Book of Borrowing", The Preamble, specifically states the word Secular. A word with a clear meaning but a blurry image has lost all its importance in modern India. The 'Saffron Hero' of Uttar Pradesh …

Poverty.

Eli Khamarov, a great writer once said, "Poverty is like, punishment for a crime you don't commit". Poverty is a situation that gives rise to a feeling of discrepancy between what one has and what one should have. Today the population of India is 1.20 billion. And one third of this 1.2 billion of the …