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Libel is not enough. Criminal charges are slapped    As acronyms go, this one...
libel, criminal charges, SLAPP, Section 124-A
It pays to keep your mouth shut   At the end of this piece, one may well ask the...
Get justice from the consumer court   Reshma Bhagat and her son had sold a plot in...
consumer court, consumer protection, justice, NCDRC, plot of land, capital gains
When they throw good money after bad   This is a story about judges, common folk...
good money, bad money, You be the Judge, horse sense, hoss sense, court, justice.
Are the recommended changes enough?   The Companies Act is perhaps the most...
law, company law, flaws, Companies Act, MCA, shareholding
The perils of symmetry   The author was in hospital with a broken leg, circa 1976....
Murphy’s Law, left, right, symmetry, surgery, Dr Hostin, sedation, anesthesia.
Talk of ‘rationalisation’ of income-tax again. Will be real this time?   It is...
taxpayer, income tax, rationalisation of income tax, simplification of income tax, Justice RV Easwar, permanent account number, PAN card.
The law allows a lot of leeway   Event 1: A boy of 15 is offered a choice of...
Judge, justice, law, court case, Honest Mistake
NCDRC orders Hospital to pay Rs40 lakh to doctor-parents who lost their...
Bombay Hospital,  NCDRC, Negligence, medicail malpractice, doctors
Atrocities of World War II gave the world the legislation on human rights. Punishment for...
World War II, New York cop, Atrocities, crime, human rights, punishment
Consumers will pay more for services and businessmen will face many...
GST, Goods and Service Tax, taxation, services, businessmen, consumers
As with almost everything in this complicated world, paper work is often the...
travel, flying, airport, passport, visa, Warsaw Convention, Montreal Convention
Exit options for investors who differ in their view on how a company spends the money raised...
investors, Protect Investors, Investors protection, SEBI, Companies Act 2013
There is what is called jurisdiction. It means the area over which a court of law has the...
not our Section, Jurisdiction, Territorial Jurisdiction, Pecuniary Jurisdiction
These cases highlight the utter disregard, bordering on contempt, shown to SEBI by the...
Lawbreakers, SEBI, RoC, Helios Corporation, RBI, Patna High Court, KHFL
Anyone who has had the misfortune of lodging a complaint with the police will tell you how...
Burking, William Burke, complaint, police complaints
If the government is serious, it has to make immediate changes to the Companies Act, 2013,...
Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Law, Companies Act, reforms, SARFAESI, RBI
Voluntary, forced, accidental, or innocent?   The legal definition of rape has...
Delhi High Court, Nirbhaya, Juvenile delinquency, rape, Intercourse
Failure, ignorance, or delay can result in denial of claim   A consumer is expected...
NCDRC, consumer protection, Consumer Redressal, insurance, Oriental Insurance, drunken driving
Normally, the country where the Will is executed is the country the laws of which apply to...
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