LCI Learning

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn

Share on Email

Share More

Articles by BAPOO M. MALCOLM

avatarView Full Profile

The Good, the Bad and the Wanting To Be Beautiful

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   01 December 2014 at 12:02

Crooks clog the courts, denying the honest the time to have matters heard Friday afternoon. It was getting late in the Thane district court. The next day was a holiday. The opposing advocate had not turned up. We asked the judge to consider our si ..


Posted in Others  1 comments |   1067 Views


What are the similarities between dumpers & pizza deliveries?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   28 November 2014 at 12:59

Behram Doctor, a Chartered Account, was a dear friend and a very decent human being. On the 29th of September 2011, he got on to his motor-bike to take it to the garage for servicing. At Mahalaxmi, being a law abiding citizen, he waited at the traff ..


Posted in Others  4 comments |   1271 Views


Arvind Datar and breach of promises

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   27 November 2014 at 10:56

ArvindDatar and Moneylife had a wonderful session at the Yacht Club some time back. It was preceded by the launch of Kanga and Palkhiwalla’s latest edition of the Income Tax tome, Datar editing. Datar started his talk on Corporate Frauds by ..


Posted in Others  5 comments |   1311 Views


The law catches up with us !

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   26 November 2014 at 10:54

This may be a wonderful pun concerning the articles that Moneylife readers have been getting in the past few months. While the idiom really means �catching crooks�, in this case the Bombay High Court has confirmed what we have been sayin ..


Posted in Others  1 comments |   794 Views


Malicious Prosecution

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   24 November 2014 at 11:48

A case for prosecuting the prosecutors Regular readers of Moneylife, and others, will recall an article called �Who will guard the Guardians?� �..�Quis custodiet ipsos custodes�.In that piece we had mentioned that a ..


Posted in Others  2 comments |   1243 Views


Do I have a right to be not made a monkey of?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   21 November 2014 at 10:50

DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE NOT MADE A MONKEY OF? Yes. You do............... Last week, we asked if job-seekers, when sent off on smoke-and-mirror interviews, are entitled to judicial relief. Most Moneylifers must have said, “So what?”. It ..


Posted in Others |   933 Views


When the Remedy Hunts for a Malady

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   20 November 2014 at 15:14

The court�s imagination sometimes makes the crime fit the punishment instead of the converse Great cities are built on river banks. Delhi is on the Yamuna; Kolkata on the Hoogly; Varanasi on the Ganges. New York has its Hudson, Paris its Sei ..


Posted in Others |   854 Views


There cannot be legislation to curb human greed

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   20 November 2014 at 15:13

A woman walks into a police station with a complaint. She has, she claims, been cheated. Cheated of Rs. 25 lakhs! And she wants her money back. And she wants the police to help her. So far, so good. What then is her story? And the interesting pa ..


Posted in Others  1 comments |   844 Views


Now blunt the other side

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   18 November 2014 at 11:15

A signboard says, �MEN AT WORK�. An article declares, �Sexual Harassment at Work�. The worst is the combination of both ��Men at work indulging in Sexual Harassment at work.Sexual harassment of women prevailsat ..


Posted in Others  2 comments |   829 Views


Juveniles are foremost the parent's responsibility

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   14 November 2014 at 11:02

Juveniles are very much in the news these days. Those under 18 years of age are considered as not fully matured and treated with kid-gloves. The contention is that they are not totally aware of the consequences of their actions. It may or may not be ..


Posted in Others |   1066 Views