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The Constitution of India
BY Pallavi Puri. On 15th August 1947, India acquired independence from Britain. The newly appointed Constituent Assembly was given the task of drafting a Constitution for India and the greater part of this onerous responsibility fell upon the shoulders of B. R. Ambedkar, who was elected the Chairman of the drafting committee. He and his…
Interviewing C. S. Vaidyanathan
UNLESS YOU TAKE RISKS THERE CANNOT BE ANY SUCCESS IN LIFE After completing law at the age of nineteen and a half years, Mr.Vaidyanathan could not enroll himself as a lawyer, as the required age for enrollment with the bar was twenty years or above. Therefore, he joined a masters course in Law and Social…
Interviewing G.L. Sanghi
BY LAWZ BUREAU. G.L. SANGHI, SENIOR ADVOCATE, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA “If a judge is patient he will be able to deliver justice.” He started his career in law by practising in Nagpur District Courts. Although he belonged to a lawyer’s family, he started his career afresh with Mr. Bobde, a practising lawyer in Nagpur.…
Road Accidents and Compensation
BY V.S.R. SRIKANTH. Road Accidents and Compensation Man started pulling vehicles to meet his purposes, but when he started enjoying the vehicle he rides a little bit of carelessness and negligence crawled in. Even lately road accidents become more frequent. Many lost their lives and many were disabled. Everyday we receive news of road accidents.…
Police Violence Against Street Children in India
BY MONIKA KHURANA. POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST STREET CHILDREN IN INDIA Street children may be categorized as abandoned children and those who have severed all ties with their families and have chosen the street as their home where they seek shelter, livelihood, and companionship. They are entirely on their own, not only for material survival but…
Some Statutes and Rules
Section 269 of the Companies Act, 1956, stipulates that appointments of managing or whole time directors or a manager in a public company or a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company shall not be made except with the approval of the Central Government, unless such appointment is made in accordance with…
Laura De Force Gordon
BY Somesh Mahajan Born in Pennsylvania on August 17, 1838, Laura de Force Gordon migrated to the West Coast just after the United States Civil War, eventually settling in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Not long after her arrival, she shook up the young state by delivering its first public lecture calling for woman suffrage in…
Interviewing P. N. Lekhi
He is one of the most charismatic lawyer of our times. Went to jail during the freedom struggle and again during the Emergency period. He is known to work on his briefs both with the head and the heart. At the age of 37, P. N. Lekhi completed his law from Jalandhar and then started…
Global Environmental Issues
BY MONIKA KHURANA. Global Environmental Issues Ecology is the science of the intricate web of relationships between living organisms and their living and non-living surroundings. These interdependent living (biological organisms) and non-living (air, water, temperature, etc.) components make up ecosystems like forests and lakes. Larger ecosystems or combinations of ecosystems, which occur in similar climates…
Seafarer & The Law
BY Capt. A.K. Bansal. Seafarer & The Law An ancient, universally accepted legal principle is that each sovereign state enforces its own laws within its jurisdiction, and anyone present therein is subject to those laws. No state can impose its laws on the territories of another and no foreigner can invoke his laws outside his…