The Supreme Court has raised concerns about discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, questioning the Centre on the lack of 'upward movement' for meritorious candidates. The court also ordered nationwide monitoring of care institutions for persons with cognitive disabilities.
'You need the drishti, the experience. I am beginning to see things differently.'
'I cannot think of a teacher who has had such a high impact on students across several generations and who has produced several professionals in various disciplines of law.' L Vishwanath salutes Professor N R Madhava Menon, who passed into the ages recently.
KIIT National Law School (KNLS) at KIIT University Bhubaneswar, Orissa is opening and offers admissions to its various programmes.
The National Law School of India University, Bangalore, a premier Law University in India, invites application for admission for its Distance Education Programme on law for the Academic year 2008-09.
'Why should children, who are already burdened with so many subjects, be over-burdened with three languages?'
'The vast majority of BJP supporters in Tamil Nadu can't speak any language other than Tamil.' 'When rural Tamil Nadu can't speak any other language than Tamil, how are they going to convince them that they have to learn Hindi?'
'It has changed the political character of India by ejecting socialism as an ideology from the Constitution of India.'
'It will be difficult to challenge Hindutva anymore as the police will have the power to charge you as anti-national.'
'Why should we disclose classified information to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?'
'...by directing these draconian provisions against political and ideological opponents of the ruling group, minorities, and those who dare to dissent through and selective prosecution and prolonged incarceration as undertrials.'
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh asked the UGC to furnish the details of steps taken on a plea by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi.
Whenever the history of India's National Law Schools is written, N R Madhava Menon's name will be deeply inscribed in it, says Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
Shyel Trehan, an alumna of the 2000 batch of the National Law School, was one of the organisers who managed this near impossible achievement.
Companies today are taking a very fashionable way to reduce their workforce. Instead of the outright firing of employees, an alternative approach that some companies are using is the passive-aggressive method which is both deliberate and accidental, points out corporate lawyer Ishanee Sharma.
'They fear their caste privilege will be exposed if there is an OBC caste census.'
'If we want a stable society, then all groups must feel that they have a seat at the table of power.'
'Upper castes who complain against reservations are fighting only for their own castes.'
Tuition classes: Saviours or demons, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'Many enter the civil services with the desire to do good work but get beaten by the system, step back or become part of it.' 'Ten fantastic officers out of 100 can completely change the game.'
Simran Dhir talks about Delhi, Indian parents and the inspiration behind her debut novel Best Intentions.
For the first time, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Bombay and Delhi were ranked among QS top 50 engineering colleges in the world.
Four enterprising women tell us how they tackled bias and criticism to create a niche for themselves and are now leading their businesses.
You aren't dealing with a normal, civilised, law. The NDPS Act, in its preconditions for bail, and insistence on evidence of innocence rather than guilt, is worse than UAPA. Imagine yourself or your child at the other end of this, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Inordinate delays, difficulty in getting orders implemented put off litigants.
A perceptible shift is seen in the way the young breed of edupreneurs look at the universities they have inherited. Is it for the better?
The police have questioned over 80 persons, including rowdysheeters, in connection with the alleged gangrape of a 21-year old National Law School of India University student from Nepal in the Bangalore University campus.
A 21-year-old student of National Law School was allegedly raped by an eight-member gang inside the adjacent Jnanabharathi campus of Bangalore University, police said on Monday. The second-year student, staying in the university hostel, in her police complaint said the incident took place when she had went out with her boyfriend, who works with an IT firm, on Saturday night.
The Bangalore police on Saturday arrested five people in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 21-year old student of the National Law School in the Bangalore University campus. The second-year student, who stays in the university hostel, said the incident took place when she had gone out with her boy-friend, who works with an IT firm.
The central government plans to usher in second generation legal reforms that would eliminate litigation delays sharply in India. It would also like to put in place a legal regulatory regime and an oversight mechanism for the smooth functioning of the judiciary without infringing on the independence of the institution.
Company appoints Parvatheesam K as compliance officer.
The LLB student at National Law School, Bangalore, shares her mantras.
Information on India's first common entrance test for admission to seven of the country's national law schools for the year 2008-09.
The opportunities for Indian law graduates abroad are getting brighter. We take a look at why and how you can take advantage.
The National Law School of India University, Bangalore invites applications for admission to its BA LLB (Honours) and LLM programmes.
The National Law School of India University invites applications for its research programmes.
At a time when finding out who is paying for labourers' train tickets is a task for Sherlock Holmes, Hemant Soren's Jharkhand government has flown in stranded workers from Ladakh, and is probably the only state that has tried to give 'migrant workers' a modicum of respect, observes Debashish Chatterjee.
'The students are literally going around with begging bowls.'
National Law School of India University Bangalore invites applications for admission to the BA LLB (Honours) and Post graduate (LLM) programmes for 2006-2007.
The student front of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has blotted its CV by allegedly instigating and engaging in violence on marquee campuses like JNU and Hyderabad Central University