In India, the anti-defection law has been considered as a complicated law, so I thought of explaining it in simple terms. Let us understand the provisions and effect of the anti-defection law in India. In this column and article, I shall be elucidating only about the anti-defection law as primarily…

The process of mercy petitions in India has always remained a subject of interest and debate. Not long ago, we found Nirbhaya case convicts moving the President of India for pardoning their death sentence. A convict sentenced by the court of law can make a mercy petition to the President…

In the last three weeks or so, we have seen and heard a lot of noise and criticism regarding the Supreme Court’s order dated 31st August 2020, regarding the removal of 48000 slum dwellings around Delhi Rail Tracks. Two applications were moved, one by a Delhi based politician and another…

Both the houses of the Indian Parliament have recently passed three bills concerning the farmers or let us say the agriculture sector. …

A coin always has two sides. Heads and Tails. Good and Bad but what happens if the two sides are not God and Bad but Bad and Ugly. What happens if there is no Good at all in the coin. …

Actor Rhea Chakraborty and nine others have been booked under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Theses ten accused have been booked under Section 8(c) read with Sections 20 (b) (ii), 22, 27A, 28, 29 and 30 of the…

Everybody loves Goa. It is undoubtedly the most precious and sought for leisure, relaxation and rejuvenation destination in India. But do you know that even after India’s independence on 15th August 1947 from the British, Portugal continued to hold the districts of Goa, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar…

Venkateshwara Murthy, known as `Venky’ to his family and friends was 30 years old in 2001. He had graduated in law in 1994 from not so famed Law School situated in one of the southern provinces of India and had eventually settled in Mumbai. In an exceptionally short span of…