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Interviewing Abhijit Paul
Abhijit Paul has done his LL.B. from Calcutta University in the year 2006. He has also done Company Secretary (Intermediate). In addition, he is a Qualified Tax Returns Preparer (TRP) and Service Tax Return Preparer (STRP) as prescribed by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue). He was ranked 78 in West Bengal Judicial Service…
Interesting Changes in US Patent Laws
By Varun Singh Ahuja Necessity being the mother of invention, patent laws in the US have been evolving to meet the needs of changing situations in a world grown unimaginably competitive and keeping in view the dual purposes of protecting invention from plagiarism and encouraging innovation by not overdoing the patent regime. Patents typically reward…
The Right To Fair Compensation And Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Bill, 2012
By Dr. P. Sailaja The Government of India claims there is heightened public concern on land acquisition issues in India. Of particular concern is that despite many amendments, over the years, to India’s Land Acquisition Act of 1894, there is an absence of a cohesive national law that addresses: L fair compensation when private land…
Sexual Harassment At Workplace — Hushed And Unheard Violence
By Piyali Sengupta Sexual harassment is a serious problem and the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and redressal) Act, 2018 marks an important step in recognizing a concern that affects most women. SSexual harassment at the work place is rampant but no one talks about it. In India, @ woman is sexually harassed every…
Death Penalty In India — Developments
By Richa Tomar and Suneet Kumar Dwivedi The ‘death penalty’ means the punishment of death which goes with the taking of life of an accused person in execution of a court order. It is a common law principle of criminal punishment, and not divine retribution or The law of karma. DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA DEVELOPMENTS…
Flag Of Convenience
By Capt. A.K. Bansal International Maritime Law requires that every merchant ship be registered in a country called its flag state. Once registered, she operates under its laws in her home country and on the high seas. Term flag of convenience means registering a merchant ship in a sovereign state different from that of her…
Interviewing Sunil Kumar Arora
By LawZ Bureau Sunil Kumar Arora is B.Com; MBA; CS (Inter) and Diploma in Taxation. He has about 18 years of vast experience in Debt Resolution Recovery field besides having vast practical experience in Corporate matters. He was instrumental for large volume of recoveries for many big Corporates, Banks in India and abroad. He has…
Public Policy In Confessions Made In Police Custody
By Bhoomika Verma PUBLIC POLICY IN CONFESSIONS MADE IN POLICE CUSTODY Any suspect in a crime has to be looked upon with great suspicion by the police but this must fulfill a prerequisite, in public interest that the accused should be voluntarily met to accept his guilt or wrongful conduct. This is the objectivity with…
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Time For A Change
By Avneesh Kumar and Pinkeshwar Gangwar Today in this age of privatization and globalization consumer is at the centre of every economy. Different multinational and national companies try to attract the consumers through different methods as like advertisement, discount policies, and many other ways. But, as we know that the main motive of different companies…
Capital Punishment
By Karan Dhall and Anmol Jassal “The least offences deserve death, and I can impose no worse for higher crimes” — Draco, The first Compiler of the Penal Code of Greece The abovementioned quote can quite easily imply that where exactly the phrase “Draconian Laws and Methods” originated. Barbarism has always been the root of…