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Articles by Raj Kumar Makkad

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WHY OVERWORK? BE HAPPY

  Raj Kumar Makkad   12 January 2010 at 16:17

The people of one of the most conservative states in the US have stumbled across a simple policy that slashes greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent, saves huge sums of money, improves public services, cuts traffic congestion, and makes 82 per cent o ..


Posted in Labour & Service Law |   5174 Views


DRAWING THE LINE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   12 January 2010 at 16:17

The Right To Information (RTI) Act has been truly empowering. It is possible for ordinary people to know what is happening inside government, a legitimate right and concern in a democratic polity. art_imgs = 0; cur_art_img = 1; function prev(){ ..


Posted in Civil Law |   3604 Views


CLIMATE JUSTICE AND EMISSION CUT

  Raj Kumar Makkad   12 January 2010 at 16:17

Climate change resulting from high degree of concentration of green house gases in the atmosphere has become a matter of serious concern of governments and environmentalists throughout the world. Several research studies have revealed that global sur ..


Posted in Civil Law |   3711 Views


PROPERTY DISPUTES

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:11

The Central government recently announced that it intends to amend the Copyright Act, recommending a slew of proposals that seek to update and modernise the statute. Among the proposals is the introduction of provisions penalising the circumvention ..


Posted in Property Law  3 comments |   3933 Views


INEVITABLE DELAY

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:11

Given the complexity involved in conceptualising and implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), it is becoming clearer by the day that the scheme cannot be introduced by April 1, 2010, as originally proposed. An overwhelming majority of States ha ..


Posted in Taxation |   2768 Views


JUDICIAL IRE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

Judges have every right to be a little irritated when the orders of their courts are ignored be it by individuals or by organs of the state. They are currently irritated by the failure of 'the agencies' to recover a number of missing persons – ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1571 Views


OVERREACTION ON JUSTICE CHOWDHURY'S COMMENTS IN BANGLADESH

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

Senior Judge of High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury recently attended a seminar on "Repression on the media and political violence: state responsibility and democratic culture" held at BRAC ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   2328 Views


LIBERAL FUNDAMENTALISM?

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

The Supreme Court's judgment in the NRO case has ruffled quite a few feathers. The governing PPP, in particular the president's men, are up in arms given not only the political embarrassment caused by the apex court's verdict as well as the revelati ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   2462 Views


The Indian Succession Act

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

Introduction The Indian Succession Act came into operation on 30th September 1925 and it seeks to consolidate all Indian Laws relating to succession. It has no retrospective operation and is applicable to ..


Posted in Civil Law |   3566 Views


MORE LAWS NOT THE ANSWER IN INDIA

  Raj Kumar Makkad   10 January 2010 at 15:40

This past week, attendance at cinema houses has suffered because of two stories that have repeatedly been shown on television. The star of the first is the 86-year old Congress Party politician,Narain Dutt Tiwari, who has been Chief Minister of two s ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   2286 Views