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My Ram Navami date with ChatGPT Mar 14 Version

I had been hearing about ChatGPT for quite some time however never got the time to connect with it. But this Ram Navmi, I found some time for my first date with the chat robot. I w

Mingle Mangle Lawyer – The Game Changer

The recently published new rules issued by the BCI, namely ‘Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022’, all

Modi Govt. passes the Demonetisation Test: Are we going to see demonetisation of Rs.2000 note now?

The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court, by a 4:1 majority verdict authored by Justice BR Gavai, has ruled that the Centre’s decision to demonetise Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 denominati

“3 States: What voters want in 2019-general elections”

In Indian democracy, human cries are best heard when elections are due. Then politicians begin the process of adopting graces and moves of a Crocodile. “O that! Politicians are tru

Marital Rape case: Dissenting opinions of the judges and the proper course of law

In a very prominent and debatable question of Criminalisation of Marital Rape in India, recently Delhi High Court bench consisting of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C. Hari Sha

Marital Bed : Bed of Roses or Doorway to Incarceration?

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court is considering the question, “Whether Exception-2 of Section 375 of Indian Penal Code is violative of Article 14 & 21 of the Constitution o

My Locker Room versus Your Locker Room

Law and perspectives operate on different footings. Law operate on the objectivity of written codes, perspectives usually arise out of human bias. When a judge reads and interprets

Amrapali Judgment: The much awaited Robinhood Step of Supreme Court

This isn’t the first time and this won’t also be the last time, Supreme Court of India and many advocates practising there have risen on uncountable occasions to provide true welfa

Modi’s electionomics and the failed superpowers of opposition parties

‘Die Another Day’ has been my all-time favorite Bond movie and Pierce Brosnan my favorite Bond. This was Pierce Bronson’s last outing as Bond, “My name is Bond, James Bond!” The in

Delhi Golf Club: Cocktail of money, power and muscle derailing the Indian Olympics dream

Justin Peter Rose from Great Britain won 1st Gold in Golf at 2016 Rio Olympics after golf was reintroduced in Olympics since 1904. Ten years back in 2009 when International Olympic

Uppercaste Reservation: The word is not enough

“Sometimes one has to think beyond Reasons; Where the unreasonable rests!” BJP brought Ordinance in Gujarat for granting 10% quota for economically weaker Uppercaste in 2016, how

Know your rights: Criminal trials in India (Part-3)

(…Pre-trial procedure Continued from Part-2) FRAMING OF CHARGES Charge simply means an allegation. It is an allegation in a written form against the person who has committed an o

Know your rights: Criminal trials in India (Part-4)

(…Pre-trial procedure Continued from Part-3) (viii) The arrestee should be subjected to medical examination by a trained doctor every 48 hours during his detention in custody by a

Know your rights: Criminal trials in India (Part-1)

Another year passed by and Year 2018 is at its fag end! Every year millions of criminal cases are filed in various courts of law in India, while many more millions of cases remain

Know your rights: Criminal trials in India (Part-2)

(…pre-trial procedures continued from Part-1) In Lalita Kumari v/s Govt. of U.P. and Ors. (2013), the Supreme Court laid down the following guidelines for the registration of FIR

RBI’s act of salvation: Too little too late

“Crying foul on the Hurricane shall not provide Salvation, The preparation and action to save human life will! For the intent and action would always matter to God than the mere Cr

Prisoners’ rights in India

“Every Saint Has A Past; Every Sinner Has A Future” – Oscar Wilde While the Supreme Court is seized with the matter concerning inhuman conditions of prisoners in prisons in India,

Ruff-Rough-RAFALE: The absolutism of government

India, Bharat, has become a nation where privacy rights of people are violated by the government but are made sacrosanct for the government contracts. Absolutism in performance of

Playing with the lives in Johnson & Johnson way, Government authorities failed to provide safety to Indian Patients

Media is abuzz these days with the news of faulty DePuy ASR Hip Implants manufactured in USA by DePuy and imported, marketed and sold by parent company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in I

Surgical strike on Indian Army: After SC docked the Army, hasn’t government failed to protect the saviours of nation

In line of duty, countering insurgency, terrorism, proxy wars, cross-border attacks, engaged in crossfire to save the sovereignty, integrity, security and dignity, thousands of sol

Know your rights: Drug, Terror & Economic Offences – Bail Laws in India

According to Law Commission’s recent Report, “Bail in its essence is a fine balance between the right to liberty of the person accused of an offence and the interests of society at

The Adulterous Law of Adultery

Most of us would have heard the good old story in which Adam & Eve ate apple. What we didn’t hear was that the apple for Adam, was an orange for Eve! The difficulty with most human

Know your rights: “Default bail”

“A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need Bail.” – Lewis Mumford (American historian, architect, philosopher, literary critic) In matters of personal liberty, courts

DDCA Election: A reminder of catastrophe in sports bodies in India

The start of July’18 saw headlines filled with news of famous news anchor Rajat Sharma winning Presidential post in DDCA elections. DDCA is a body created to specifically deal with