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Tag: Legal Profession

(Re)Booting the Bar: Barbs, Bribes and a Bar Exam

On March 6, 2016 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

In a post some years ago, I reproduced a letter that I’d written to the then Chairman of the Bar Council, Gopal Subramanium (a leading senior counsel, whose prodigious talent I had the great privilege …

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History of the Bombay High Court

On May 18, 2015 By Abhinav Chandrachud In New Scholarship

In a new book published this month, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary”, I explore the history of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj. The book seeks an answer to one central question: why did the court transition …

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India’s “Grand Advocates”

On November 1, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Marc Galanter and I have this piece out as part of Harvard Law School’s Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper Series (a version of it will also appear as a chapter in a forthcoming …

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Qui Tam Enforcement: A Possible Anti-Corruption Tool in India

On October 3, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

I had this op-ed in Mint today on Qui Tam Enforcement. Basically under qui tam enforcement a private citizen can sue on behalf of the state to recoup ill-gotten gains from corruption. If she wins …

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Legal Practitioners Bill

On November 12, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Law Ministry has invited suggestions on the draft Legal Practitioners (Regulation and Maintenance of Standards in Profession, Protecting the Interests of Clients and Promoting the Rule of Law) Bill 2010 (thanks to the reader …

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Opportunities in the Legal Profession: Synopsis of a lecture

On February 8, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

By Nina Nariman, III Year, LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. [Synopsis of the 2nd lecture in the series ‘60 years of the Indian Constitution’ delivered by Mr. T.R. Andhyarujina, Former Solicitor General of India, …

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Budget 2009 and the Legal Profession

On July 7, 2009 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

Normally, when the annual budget is presented in Parliament, lawyers tend to spend a significant amount of time scouring through the fine-print, but essentially with a view to determine its impact on clients. This observation …

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Globalisation and the Indian Legal Sector

On April 3, 2009 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

In what may perhaps be the first academic study in the field, Professor Jayanth Krishnan (who is also a contributor to this Blog) examines the issues that revolve around the opening up of the Indian …

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Madness in Madras

On February 20, 2009 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

Two weeks ago, I wrote on these pages about Vasantha Pai, a lawyer, legislator, and freedom fighter in Chennai. All that he stood for, practised, and preached, was repudiated in and outside the Madras High …

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