*Part of the ‘Letters to a Young Lawyer’ series. This series is inspired by my conversations with my brilliant younger colleagues at the Chambers. This is how it goes: Congratulations, you’ve got a brief! 1. Look at the brief admiringly! (But not for long lest people start suspecting your sanity!). Well, Congratulations – this brief […]
Every trial is a voyage of discovery in which truth is the ultimate quest. A guest post by Ambanshu Sahni, Advocate practising at the Punjab & Haryana High Court and the Supreme Court. First published at https://lawsofindiaexplained.blogspot.com Indian Judicial system is facing a humongous problem of backlog of cases. The pendency of cases results in delays […]
First published on LiveLaw The Journey of a civil case isn’t a straight road where you start from a particular point and reach your final destination, without any interruptions. Rather a civil case is like one of those tedious Haryana Roadway’s bus journeys – with multiple halts – before it reaches its final destination. A […]
This is a guest post by the brilliant law interns Hamna, Ananya, Sakshi and Satyam who interned with the Chambers a few months back. One of the most illuminating columns I’ve read on the subject. [1] Bail law in India is all about judicial discretion. There have been various criticisms, from various quarters, of discretion […]
[1] This is a guest post by Ms. Sonam Singh, an officer of the Delhi Judicial Services. This column was first published at Bar & Bench. It was the first day at work for a junior lawyer, at Tis Hazari Courts. His senior had asked him to go to the Court for a matter: His senior […]
A great conversation with Beyond Law CLC team and young lawyers/law students from P&H, and across the country on issues relating to White Collar Crime (WCC) defence. The conversation ranged from : What really is ‘White Collar Crime’? and the criminology behind it, to a brief overview of principles of corporate criminal liability and salient features of […]
First published on Bar and Bench A call from the High Court is a big thing, whoever and wherever one is – in life. Especially when you are a 25-year-old Magistrate, and it is your parent High Court. It fills you with excitement and dread. One late afternoon, during my stint as a Magistrate at Dwarka Courts, […]
Had a great time chatting with Debosmita Nandy (MentorSpeak), who, btw, is doing an extraordinary job helping law students/young lawyers navigate the profession better. A free-wheeling conversation on books, reading law, justice, writing, publishing legal columns, life of a young judge, partner-ing at a law firm, counsel practice, and a lot more……
I’ve known what it means to be really passionate about the law, but not being able to, or having to think twice before buying books. I’m going to be contributing 5-10 sets of the following basic legal text-books, to whoever needs them: Law of Contract & Specific Relief by Avtar Singh Kelkar on Criminal Procedure […]
Bharat Chugh 