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Labour And Employment Laws Of India
By Bhupender Jodhta The law relating to labour and employment in India is primarily known under the broad category of “Industrial Law”. Industrial law in this country is of recent vintage and has developed in respect to the vastly increased awakening of the workers of their rights, particularly after the advent of Independence. Industrial relations…
Interviewing CS Ashok Jain
By LawZ Bureau Ashok Jain completed the course in Company secretaryship in the year 1987 and he also did his LLB. After qualifying, he opted not to go in for solo practice and joined Ernest and Young in the year 1983 as Audit Manager. He continued with E&Y till the year 1995. In 1995, he…
NOTA: A Judicial Catalyst For Electoral Reform In India
By Shivali Mishra India is the largest democracy of the world and the essence of this democracy is the free and fair election. People have the right to choose their representatives and now with the judgment given by the Supreme Court the citizen also have the right to reject the candidates by pressing NOTA i.e.…
Legal Way Of Seeking Information — A Safety Valve
By Pearl Kumar Communication is at the heart of all social intercourse. The success and essence of democracy lies with the satisfaction of the governed. Information would only catalyze the process. Moreover, the clouds of darkness which usually prevail over government policies and operation only create doubt and lack of faith in the government, and…
The Swayamwar Copyright Judgement
BY JUSTICE VIJENDER JAIN. The Swayamwar Copyright Judgement Copyright law, as generally understood, is in essence concerned with the negative right of preventing the copying of physical material existing in the field of literature and art. Its object is to protect the writer and artist from the unlawful reproduction of his material. In an interesting…
Interviewing Y. P. Narula
BY LAWZ BUREAU. “Law No Longer Is a Profession. It Has Become Commercial.” From the very beginning, Mr. Narula wanted to become a lawyer. He never thought of any other profession, even while he was a student. After completing his graduation he did his law and has since then been in practise. At a young…
Rights of Second Wives
BY MONIKA KHURANA. Introduction Engaging in a second marriage when the first marriage has not been dissolved is illegal in India and the relationship arising from the same does not have any validity. Even though the law is very clear on this point, second marriage in some sections is still a common practice in the…
Best Bakery Case
The incident involved the gruesome killing of 14 people when the Best Bakery, in the Hanuman Tekri area of Vadodara, was attacked by a large mob. Important Aspects of the Case This case is first case of its kind to be tried by the courts, specially set up to try cases of violence during the…
Laws and Logic
Laws and logic are interwoven in legal thinking and reasoning. Plato (429-347 BC) was a renowned philosopher and disciple of Socrates (469-399 BC), a distinguished Greek philosopher and the master of Aristotle (384-322 BC), who was the most famous of all the Greek philosophers. Plato wrote the classics The Republic and Law which are his…
Interviewing Parag Tripathi
BY LAWZ BUREAU. “Foreign Law Firms Would Bring International Professional Culture” After completing his law and Economics (Hons.) from Delhi University, Parag Tripathi got admission in the Harvard School of Law for his Masters in Law. But he had no intention of staying there as he wanted to come back to India and start his…