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Law Commission Report

  Raj Kumar Makkad   03 November 2009 at 19:05

The Law Commission had suggested in its 166th Report on “The Corrupt Public Servants (Forfeiture of Property) Bill, 1999”, that a law be made for confiscation of property acquired by corruption. It is not merely sufficient to remove a cor ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1983 Views


Can Assessed Income be Less than Returned Income?

  Vineet   03 November 2009 at 19:05

Section 143 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) was substituted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f 1/4/1989. Prior to 1/4/1989, as per the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 143 of the Act the Assessing Officer after examinati ..


Posted in Taxation  2 comments |   9718 Views


Pregnant Women Beware Now

  Raj Kumar Makkad   02 November 2009 at 16:37

According to researchers, pregnant women who take antidepressants such as Prozac (ironically also referred to as the "happy pill"), increase the risk of birth defects in their babies by more than half. Even more alarming, women using SSRIs ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   1445 Views


Competition law & foreign investors

  Raj Kumar Makkad   02 November 2009 at 16:37

The start of 2008 sees India’s long-awaited competition regime finally taking shape. Under the Competition Act 2002 as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act 2007 (the Act), India now has a competition regime which governs mergers, cartels ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   2189 Views


EVERY ADVOCATE MUST READ - OPINION BY MADRAS HIGH COURT

  PJANARDHANA REDDY   01 November 2009 at 19:40

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Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   6710 Views


Captured terrorists deserve no sympathy

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:04

errorism is rather a new phenomenon and it has engulfed many parts of the world. In India, it is fully entrenched. Terrorists have always been ruthless and cruel with their victims. Beheadings by Taliban and acts committed by recently killed Zarqawi ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   936 Views


IS PROSELYTIZING NECESSARY BY RELIGIONS?

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:04

The aspect of conversions by various religions has always been controversial in the world. Hatred between certain societies in the world has been the outcome of this phenomenon. Inspite of modernity and dawn of scientific age and growth of scientifi ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1083 Views


United Kingdom: Asian Liberalisation - In The Air?

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:03

Several years ago, the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) informally agreed that they would work towards full liberalisation o ..


Posted in Civil Law |   2059 Views


Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures

  Raj Kumar Makkad   01 November 2009 at 12:03

Disciplinary procedures: easy when you know what you're doing, but a costly & bureaucratic nightmare when you don't tick all the right boxes during the process. Getting a clear set of disciplinary rules in place for your organisation isn't diffic ..


Posted in Labour & Service Law |   6664 Views


Copyrights are going to be forgotton

  Raj Kumar Makkad   31 October 2009 at 17:55

Either copyright should apply equally to all works, or it should apply to none,I disagree. We should be careful in determining which classes of works we should grant copyrights to, and which we should not, and what the maximum lengths of the terms fo ..


Posted in Intellectual Property Rights |   2354 Views