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Save Yourself From Food Adulteration
BY V.S.R. Srikanth Adulteration is defined as mixing of foreign articles with the food items or mixing low cost food materials with high priced food ingredients. Although adulteration enhances the earnings standard of shopkeepers and wholesalers, on the other hand it diminishes the health standards of the citizens. In order to curb this menace of…
Wildlife At The Mercy Of Wilder Humans
BY Vinita Sahay Ever wonder what is valuable so valuable about a beetle or a butterfly that certain individuals would endanger themselves and the entire plantet? Two Russians, two Japanese, and three Nepalese nationals had been arrested on July 028 while trying to smuggle 271 pairs of indigenous stag beetles, and nearly 20 kgs of…
Interviewing R. Venkataramani
“LAW IS A NEVER ENDING LEARNING PROCESS” Coming from a non lawyer background family, Mr.R Venkataramani started his career in law by practicing in the Trial Court in his home town. He was inspired early on, during his student days, to take up law as a profession. Deciding not to get involved into the family…
Chronology Of Indian Shipping
BY Capt. A. K. Bansal Ancient monuments all over South East Asia testify that our ships dominated the Indian ocean for over 4000 years. Recent excavations indicate that regular sea trade in ivory, lapiz lapis lazuli, gold, pearls, shell and bone inlay flourished between India and Mesopotamia as early as 2350 B.C. A great brick…
Divorce
Marriage is one of the essential samskaras (sacraments) for every Hindu. It was considered to be a permanent and indissoluble union, i.e. once tied cannot be broken. The sacramental marriage made woman subordinate to man. It was only in exceptional cases that a woman was allowed to abandon her husband and take another. Consent plays…
Wild Life And Salman Khan
BY Sudhir Mishra Wild Life And Salman Khan Sudhir Mishra It was October, 1998, when the ambitious family saga of Rajshree Films was being filmed in the beautiful locations around Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Rajshree Productions and Salman Khan have a special bond as both the earlier films produced by Rajshree, “Maine Payar Kiya” and “Hum Apke…
Interviewing Arun Jaitley
“THE INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM IS A FAIR AND POWERFUL SYSTEM” Ever since his student days Mr. Jaitley was actively involved in politics at the college level. He was arrested during the emergency and spent a few months in prison. He completed his law from the University of Delhi in the year 1976-77 and was also…
Law Delays
BY Ramneek Singh The famous BMW case gave a jolt to the wealthy parents who shower their children with expensive gifts like a luxury car or a membership to an exclusive club. But the situation does not seem to have improved a bit. Sanjeev Nanda, the grandson of former Admiral S M Nanda and son…
Spurious Goods – Raids & Seizures
BY A. K. Das For curbing spurious activities and organizing police raids, one needs a lot intelligence and presence of mind at all levels, starting from identifying products to completion of the raid. A wrong step at any stage may lead to failure of the raid and life risk. Knowledge of criminal law, trademarks, and…
Legal Issues Raised By Genomic Revolution
BY Qaiser Lone The sequencing of the human genome has ushered in a new scientific era in medicine which promises enormous benefits for humankind. Technology and resources developed by the ”Human Genome Project” and other genomic research are starting to have profound impacts on biomedical research and promise to revolutionize the wider spectrum of biological…