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Inordinate Delay and Law of Limitation

  Raj Kumar Makkad   05 January 2010 at 18:58

Rule of limitation also contains a rule of justice, especially where a person chooses not to take up requisite legal remedies for an inordinate length of time without reasonable cause, the Tribunal should apply the rule of limitation.CASE LAW DETAILS ..


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JUSTICE SERVED RIGHT

  Raj Kumar Makkad   31 December 2009 at 23:45

We feel sorry for the loss of any life, even those who deserve to be executed for their crimes. And the death of Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was executed on Tuesday, is no exception. Mourning his death, however, does not mean we disagree wit ..


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SETTLING INDIAN TRUSTS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   27 December 2009 at 10:26

For the last 13 years, the case of Cobell v. Salazar has wound its way through the United States District Court for the District of Columbia like a latter-day version of Dickens's Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. The defendants — the secretaries of interi ..


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Right to Maintenance and Muslim Women's Act 1986

  Raj Kumar Makkad   22 December 2009 at 23:23

After the furore created by the Supreme Court ruling in 1985 which upheld the rights of divorced Muslim women for maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the subsequent enactment of the Muslim Women's Act of 1986, the ..


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MEDIA ON JUDICIARY

  Raj Kumar Makkad   21 December 2009 at 12:03

(i) SC judges determined not to declare assets.- Hindustand Times dated 12-1-2009(ii) Comeback Trail. (an undertrial tribal released from jail after 54 years) - The Sunday Express dated 22-1-2006.(iii) HC raps state over consumer courts. Over 17,000 ..


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Competition and Consumer Law Update

  Raj Kumar Makkad   17 December 2009 at 12:26

Welcome to the final edition of the Deacons Competition & Consumer Law Update. On 1 January 2010, the Norton Rose group and Deacons Australia are joining forces. We look forward to presenting our next update as the first edition of the Norton Ros ..


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NOT A KANGAROO COURT

  Raj Kumar Makkad   14 December 2009 at 22:57

The flurry of visits by Australian VIPs, from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd down in recent times was meant to offset all the bad press the country had been getting here following the repeated attacks on Indian students. But barely have these visits ended ..


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WAITING FOR JUSTICE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   09 December 2009 at 21:46

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh aptly echoed the nation's sentiment when he said last week that the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred 25 years ago deserved adequate compensation. Unfortunately, this is one area where successive governme ..


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What about a ranting Lawyer ?

  A. Patrawala Advocate   09 December 2009 at 09:50

Dictionary meaning of the word "ranting " isA loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion (noun)Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner (verb)My two files on a ranting lawyer are lying orphan as the dosseir is not pub ..


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THE FOOD COURT SECURITY CAN'T BE LEFT TO IMPORTS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   06 December 2009 at 21:44

THE Centre has initiated a policy of reducing domestic agricultural prices and allowing the domestic production to decline. The rationale is that the country's food security can be ensured through imports. Hitherto, sugarcane prices were decided by t ..


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