Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Links again
GST in India
The latest issue of Frontline celebrates 60 years of the Indian Republic. Among the contributors to the cover story are A.G. Noorani, Granville Austin, Aijaz Ahmad, Prabhat Patnaik,and K.N.Panikkar. (Taken from LAOT)
Monday, February 15, 2010
Moot winners
Heartfelt congratulations to the Moot winners - Prerna, Dharmendra and Shravan.
Picture has been taken from Dharmendra's Facebook profile.
Friday, February 12, 2010
LEX SCRIPTA
We are delighted to inform you that the School of Law, Christ University is organizing a National Level Law Drafting Competition. The aim of this Competition is to encourage and bring about reform in the existing legal system.
Topics: (any one of the following)
- Criminal Law: Rape; Homosexuality; Bride Burning; or Hate Speeches
- Civil Law: Rights of Women under various Personal Laws.
- Judicial Accountability
- Medical Accountability
- Cyber Law
- Intellectual Property Law.
Submission Guidelines:
A. The draft of a new Legislation should be in the same format as a Legislation comprising of all charging, enacting and penalizing sections.
B. The draft of an amendment should be in the same format as an Amending Act clearly stating the Objects and Reasons, followed by the Amendment proposed.
C. The draft must be accompanied with a summary clearly stating the reasons and object for the proposed legislation
D. Length: Not exceeding 30 pages.
E. Font: 1.5 Spacing, Times New Roman, Font size 12.
F. Paper Size: A4 size.
G. Entries should be accompanied with a Cover Page containing Name of Author (s), Institution’s Name, Contact Details including email id’s of Author (s); and a Bona Fide Certificate issued by the Institution or photocopy of ID Card of issued.
H. Demand Drafts shall be made in favor of “Christ University” payable at Bangalore.
I. Submission shall be made in Hard as well as Soft copies.
J. Soft Copy to be sent to lawreformscom@gmail.com and Hard copy to be sent to address given below.
K. The entries should be spiral bounded. The cover page for the Legislation shall be BLUE while the cover page for the amendment shall be RED.
L. Plagiarized entries to be disqualified.
Prizes:
1st: Rs. 10, 000/-
2nd: Rs. 8, 000/-
3rd: Rs.5, 000/-
Mailing Address:
Law Reforms Committee,
School of Law, Christ University,
Hosur Road,
Bangalore—560029,
Karnataka.
The registration fee shall be Rs. 300/- Per Author. Author (s) of an entry is required to send the registration amount in a single Demand Draft. The last date for registration has been extended till 20th February, 2010 from 15th February, 2010. For any queries or clarifications please feel free to contact Divya Khaitan, at 095383 59376 or Rajitha Nair, at 093413 03110.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Some interesting reads
Degrees of Disparity (EPW)
The division that has emerged in the structure of higher education services bodes ill for India’s youth.
From Madhouse To Miracle (Outlook)
In Kerala, quotas have more than achieved what they set out to
The Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment striking down the AP government’s 4% education and job quota for 15 deemed backward Muslims groups.
Monday, February 8, 2010
legal status of abortion in India
As per India’s abortion laws only qualified doctors, under stipulated conditions, can perform abortion on a woman in an approved clinic or hospital. The Indian abortion laws fall under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, which was enacted by the Indian Parliament in the year 1971.
This law guarantees the Right of Women in India to terminate an unintended pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner in a hospital established or maintained by the Government or a place being approved for the purpose of this Act by the Government.
Not all pregnancies could be terminated.
Section 3 of the MTP Act said that pregnancy can be terminated if:
# Therapeutic indication: in order to prevent injury to the physical or mental health of the woman.
# Eugenic indication: in view of the substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to seriously handicap.
# Humanitarian indication: as the pregnancy is alleged by a pregnant woman to have been caused by rape.
# Social indication: as the pregnancy has occurred as result of failure of any contraceptive device or method used by married woman or her husband for the purpose of limiting the number of children.
# The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman
# The termination of pregnancy is to be carried out in a government hospital or at a place approved by the government and two medical practitioners are necessary if the pregnancy is more than 12 weeks but less than 20 weeks duration; for less than 12 weeks one medical practitioner can terminate it.
# The consent of woman alone is required if she above 18 year of age, but if she is a minor or lunatic, consent of the guardian is necessary.
There are various facets to this argument on abortion.
There are religious views that are defended by various religious institutions, it takes into consideration the formation of new being and thus preservation of a new life
There are feminists who would debate over the right to abortion as it's the woman's body and as per right to life and health , they should have a right to terminate their own pregnancy.
There is the positive morality argument where it is contended that completely legalising abortion would keep a check on all the illegal operations that happen and it would help people to have better access to hospitals and medical facilities.
there are further various tangents to it, but the status is still very unclear and thus it's time people discuss over this.
This law guarantees the Right of Women in India to terminate an unintended pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner in a hospital established or maintained by the Government or a place being approved for the purpose of this Act by the Government.
Not all pregnancies could be terminated.
Section 3 of the MTP Act said that pregnancy can be terminated if:
# Therapeutic indication: in order to prevent injury to the physical or mental health of the woman.
# Eugenic indication: in view of the substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to seriously handicap.
# Humanitarian indication: as the pregnancy is alleged by a pregnant woman to have been caused by rape.
# Social indication: as the pregnancy has occurred as result of failure of any contraceptive device or method used by married woman or her husband for the purpose of limiting the number of children.
# The continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman
# The termination of pregnancy is to be carried out in a government hospital or at a place approved by the government and two medical practitioners are necessary if the pregnancy is more than 12 weeks but less than 20 weeks duration; for less than 12 weeks one medical practitioner can terminate it.
# The consent of woman alone is required if she above 18 year of age, but if she is a minor or lunatic, consent of the guardian is necessary.
There are various facets to this argument on abortion.
There are religious views that are defended by various religious institutions, it takes into consideration the formation of new being and thus preservation of a new life
There are feminists who would debate over the right to abortion as it's the woman's body and as per right to life and health , they should have a right to terminate their own pregnancy.
There is the positive morality argument where it is contended that completely legalising abortion would keep a check on all the illegal operations that happen and it would help people to have better access to hospitals and medical facilities.
there are further various tangents to it, but the status is still very unclear and thus it's time people discuss over this.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Advancing the Internship period - BU batches
We often criticise the BU curriculum and examination policies, however today we have an opportunity to benefit from it. Mr. Nithyanandan suggested that we intern when nobody else does and thereby increase the chances of making an impact or getting recruited by the firms / LPOs / companies. He also suggested that we stay a season ahead from the other law schools and capitalise on it since they have a fixed academic schedule.
It has been noticed that a few Tier - I & II law schools intern in October / November. So what do you think about advancing our internship break to August - September?
Please post your comments.
One Day National Workshop
Saturday, 20th February, 2010
M. K. Nambyar SAARCLAW Centre
NALSAR University of Law
Justice City, Hyderabad
Friday, February 5, 2010
The most powerful indians in 2010:
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 1-10
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 11-20
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 21-30
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 31-40
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 41-50
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 51-60
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 61-70
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 71-80
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 81-90
- The most powerful indians in 2010: No. 91-100
Internship frustration - Anonymous
Nothing can probably be more frustrating than applying for an internship. Especially when you have no ‘references’ and of course the most wanted: an ‘N-school’ tag. A hundred mails to a hundred firms, with the most impeccable language and crossed checked another hundred times, because the slightest mistake could take away your best opportunity. So the mail is ready and sent out. Next step is make a hundred calls to pursue the application. Get thrashed by few; get a few positive responses by some (who will eventually turn you down); a few refuse to respond and most of them take the easier way out: out rightly reject you without even glancing at your resume (which by the way, takes a helluva of time to make one).
I wonder how this whole legal system even works with so much internal biases and prejudices. I can never understand how a rational or the so called reasonable man thinks that a normal university student cannot match the standards of an N-school student. No offence but, I doubt if even 50% those students even have a level of standard that is widely spoken about. There is a cream of bright students everywhere and if it’s the name of the University that gives him/her a better edge over the normal university students I don’t see how far that is a fair practice. What is funny is that people who care so much about an N-school tag are themselves a normal university pass out who have reached a certain level with no reference (sadly!). What is funnier is that we all succumb to such a system and obviously we don’t have much of a choice, do we?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Interesting Corporate Law material
A good guide to basic company law principles can be found in the Investing in India series by law firms:
- Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja - Entrepreneur's Guide
- NDA - Doing Business in India, 2009
- Foxmandal Little - Investing in India
Private Equity / Venture Capital :
IPR Essay Competition
Franklin Pierce Law Centre and National Law University, Jodhpur Present 1st Franklin Pierce Law Centre Intellectual Property Law Essay Competition, 2010
For details click here
Guest Lectures
Corporate Law Group is organizing series of lectures this week. Details regarding the lectures have been provided below:
05-02-10, Friday
Speaker: Mr. Nithyanandan, Former Infosys Legal Head
Topic: Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
Time :3.00 pm onwards.
06-02-10, Saturday
Speaker: Mr. Nandan Kamath, The Law Offices of Nandan Kamath, Bangalore.
Topic:An overview of Sports Law in India.
Time: 2.00 pm onwards.
Venue: 4th years classroom, 4th Floor, PU block Christ University
Regards,
Corporate Law Group.
05-02-10, Friday
Speaker: Mr. Nithyanandan, Former Infosys Legal Head
Topic: Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
Time :3.00 pm onwards.
06-02-10, Saturday
Speaker: Mr. Nandan Kamath, The Law Offices of Nandan Kamath, Bangalore.
Topic:An overview of Sports Law in India.
Time: 2.00 pm onwards.
Venue: 4th years classroom, 4th Floor, PU block Christ University
Regards,
Corporate Law Group.
Monday, February 1, 2010
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT TRIP DAY 1
For the first time , we were having a class trip to karnataka high court ( It's funny , but law students do get excited just to get a glimpse of the High Court) , but it was a big day and people genuinely wanted to get a glimpse.
we reached on time , for a change, law students thought to go beyond the Indian standard time and there we were.
I was very focussed,
I knew i had to take the picture of the collection of pigeons which looked beautiful in the garden out there, i had to check out the tea in the canteen and compare it with other canteens i had visited.i was taken back by the red color of the building and as a true student did not wish to enter the court rooms!
but ya it was 10 am and all we students looked like kids on a picnic and we were shooed into different rooms.
As any other student who had to look smarter, we were all trying to figure out which court room to enter.we had options, we had numbers 1 to 35 or more as court halls. criminal to civil anything and everything.
so there we sat, sharp at 10,00 am. at this point this act looked really pious cos we had seats when some less fortunate lawyers did not have seats. and we were sitting in rooms which were surrounded by police.
it was pious till 10.10
it was ok till 10.20
it was bearable till 10.45
but by 10, 50 students were giving up, they were discussing on delaying of cases, punctuality , judicial accountability . theories that took solid form of debates in the same pious room , but some were still true to their cause, they were sleeping...
at 11, the judge entered and all the lawyers who were perfectly happy with the system suddenly were awakened from their siestas and then we came to business ...
they started arguing....
at the first case , all of the students were noting down notes just to impress themselves , these are the only moments in a law students' life that he/she feels as a part of something ...
for some it was a task of handling two languages at the same go , kannada and English.for some it was trying to keep themselves awake and for some, seeking pleasure out of the mauling unveiled to the lawyers by the judges (this has been passed on by siddharth nair , who stated one of his favorite lines
"i no ur an honorable man so dnt let me expose u and dishonour u in frnt of everyone.")
.....
but ya , some things did catch the maximum attention ,
like the condition of the public prosecutors who kept on arguing and got jacked for his level of preparation and the level of investigation .
I was fascinated by the fancy cars that were parked and owned by the noble people in this profession. all i could think was how were they making so much money......
that was day one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
lets hope tomo is diff
we reached on time , for a change, law students thought to go beyond the Indian standard time and there we were.
I was very focussed,
I knew i had to take the picture of the collection of pigeons which looked beautiful in the garden out there, i had to check out the tea in the canteen and compare it with other canteens i had visited.i was taken back by the red color of the building and as a true student did not wish to enter the court rooms!
but ya it was 10 am and all we students looked like kids on a picnic and we were shooed into different rooms.
As any other student who had to look smarter, we were all trying to figure out which court room to enter.we had options, we had numbers 1 to 35 or more as court halls. criminal to civil anything and everything.
so there we sat, sharp at 10,00 am. at this point this act looked really pious cos we had seats when some less fortunate lawyers did not have seats. and we were sitting in rooms which were surrounded by police.
it was pious till 10.10
it was ok till 10.20
it was bearable till 10.45
but by 10, 50 students were giving up, they were discussing on delaying of cases, punctuality , judicial accountability . theories that took solid form of debates in the same pious room , but some were still true to their cause, they were sleeping...
at 11, the judge entered and all the lawyers who were perfectly happy with the system suddenly were awakened from their siestas and then we came to business ...
they started arguing....
at the first case , all of the students were noting down notes just to impress themselves , these are the only moments in a law students' life that he/she feels as a part of something ...
for some it was a task of handling two languages at the same go , kannada and English.for some it was trying to keep themselves awake and for some, seeking pleasure out of the mauling unveiled to the lawyers by the judges (this has been passed on by siddharth nair , who stated one of his favorite lines
"i no ur an honorable man so dnt let me expose u and dishonour u in frnt of everyone.")
.....
but ya , some things did catch the maximum attention ,
like the condition of the public prosecutors who kept on arguing and got jacked for his level of preparation and the level of investigation .
I was fascinated by the fancy cars that were parked and owned by the noble people in this profession. all i could think was how were they making so much money......
that was day one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
lets hope tomo is diff
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