Category: Blog
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Of Privileged Indians: Note from One to the Others
By Adv. Tanya Chandra, Co-Founder, LexQuest. Sometimes, it dawns upon us that being born into privilege of any kind, in an underdeveloped country, changes the course of our priorities, and it is indeed a safety net, hence an escape route from a life of deprivation, oppression, indignity and neglect that millions of the same country…
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Fast and Accurate Reading: The Only Skill you Need for Comprehension Exercises
By Teesta Lahiri, National Law University, Odisha. In CLAT, AILET and other law entrance examinations, the section on English has a varying weightage of 20-25% (40 out of 200 questions in CLAT, 35 out of 150 questions in AILET) which though numerically not much, often becomes the key scoring point in the paper and creates…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part IV
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Second Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Third Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Where no right of the person is infringed Where no right has been conferred on a person by any statute nor any such right…
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General Tips for attempting CLAT
By Jhalak Nandwani, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “It is not enough to aim, you must hit.” -ITALIAN PROVERB Many young minds aim to score well in the Common Law Admission Test and get an admission in one of the top ranked National Law Universities of our Country. However, merely aiming isn’t enough. What will help…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part III
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Second Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in cases of legislative action: “Doctrine of Parliamentary Supremacy” Another distinct exception to the otherwise mandatory application of Principles of Natural Justice is that of Legislative action. An interesting query arises here-…
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Special Category Status under the Indian Constitution: Emerging Thorns from a Murky Past
By Pranav Vaidya, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. After sustaining under centuries of British rule, when India took its first breath as a free democratic and secular republic, by ratifying a written Constitution in 1950, it was in a state of turmoil, as the British Rule on India virtually halted the political and economic development of…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part II
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in Emergency: Hurry versus Hearing Whether it is for public safety, public interest, public health or public morality- the action, preventive or remedial, that is needed, is the requirement of notice and where a hearing may be obviated, would be exceptional…
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Article 324(2): The Legal Tug of War?
By Anmol Kaur Bawa, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India, Ministry of Law and Justice Secretary (Writ Petitions Civil Case no. 104/2015), is the recent PIL case, filed in the Supreme Court, which has managed to sprout a new series of debate between the Judiciary and other wings of the Government. The…
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Reshaping Education: The BRICS Way
By Sandeep G., SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. GDP is the indicator of the economic strength of every Country. Presently, all nations compete with each other to increase their economic strength, by domestically formulating highly feasible economic policies and entering into treaties with various other nations. However, an encounter against the prevalent illiteracy rate in India has, since…
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Of Law and Policy…
By Tanya Chandra, Founder, LexQuest Foundation. At LexQuest, we have come to believe that thus far, our most well received articles are the ones which are purely legal in nature, and delve deeper into various facets of a certain aspect of law alone. Now, we know fully well that the dearth of good legal literature…