LAWZ MAGAZINE
Selected Stories, Interviews, and Archives from every Issue since 2001
FEATURED Interviews
Interviewing Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
An exploration of high-stakes litigation, systemic judicial reforms, and the demanding intersection of a multifaceted public career.
Interviewing R. Venkataramani
A reflection on trial court roots, landmark social justice cases, and a lifelong commitment to legal evolution.
Interviewing Raju Ramchandran
A retrospective on a four-decade legal career, highlighting landmark litigation, systemic evolution, and modern professional dynamics.
Interviewing Sarosh Zaiwalla
A profile of cross-border legal pioneering, overcoming systemic hurdles in London, and securing landmark international victories.
From the Archives
BY HENRY A. KISSINGER
How Sept. 11 has Shaped the International Order For The 21st Century
Writing for LawZ, Henry A. Kissinger reflects on how the September 11 attacks fundamentally reshaped the international order, uniting former adversaries and strategic competitors, from Russia and China to Europe and India, around shared security concerns. He argued that for the first time in half a century, America had faced no strategic peer competitor, as global powers recognized their mutual vulnerability to transnational threats
Latest Articles
Lord Hartley William Shawcross – The Nuremberg Hero Extraordinaire
BY Anoop Bose. One of the greatest lawyers the world has ever known was Lord Hartley William Shawcross, the prodigious…
Healthcare Services Remain Exempt Under GST Despite Delivery Through Another Hospital
Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd. – WP No. 22236/2023 – Karnataka HC I. Introduction One of the defining features of the…
FMV of underlying companies’ shares cannot determine share valuation under the unamended Rule 11UA
ACIT v. Kanchan Markhedkar (ITA No. 713/Mum/2025 and ITA No. 784/Mum/2025) I. Introduction The relationship between tax avoidance doctrines and…
Tribunal Prefers NCLT-Determined Valuation over Mechanical Rule 11UA Computation
Rajasehar Buvaneswari v. ITO (ITA No. 3332/Chny/2025) I. Introduction The valuation of unquoted equity shares has emerged as one of…
Justice Surya Kant: A Jurisprudence at the Crossroads of Formalism and Realism
“The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.” When the American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes…
“Where It Appears” is not “Reason to Believe”: The Madras High Court Recalibrates the threshold in Section 74 of the GST Enactments
A reading of Fastenex Private Limited, Turbo Energy Private Limited and Ispahani Estates Private Limited v. State/Central Tax Authorities (Madras…
The Issue with having an Exception to a Rape Law
BY Anjali Agarwal The Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1860. We have come a long way since the year…
Archaic Adultery Law Abolished
BY ARUSHI SRALECH. Recently the Supreme Court of India struck down a 150-year-old regressive law which made adultery a criminal…
LGBT Rights recognized in India – A Landmark and Historical Judgement
BY ANSHAT AMITESH. Recognition of the LGBT rights has been in controversy, worldwide, for one reason or the other. LGBT…
LawZ Articles as Featured in the National Archives of India
Focus: Subash Chandra Bose
BY ANOOP BOSE
The Mystifying Bose Angle in the Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Explore the enduring mysteries, declassified intelligence files, and historical debates surrounding the life and alleged disappearance of one of India’s most iconic freedom fighters.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the Sikhs
A deep dive into Bose’s strategic relationship with the Sikh community, their instrumental role in the Indian National Army (INA), and their shared vision for an independent India.
Remembering Legal Luminaries
with the words they shared with LawZ
