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I urge all those like me who invest in new clothes, sleep in bearish blankets, travel in heated cars and buy out shelves of rum, to please stop and look around through the fog. Your gaze is bound to fall on street urchins and beleaguered octogenarians shivering by the street, selling roses, scaled aircraft models or simply begging the winter away. Some of whom you see today will die tomorrow.

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Section 66A under the IT Act needs to be amended and redefined. It is against the freedom of speech guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. In the last few months a number of cases have come to light on how Section 66A is being arbitrarily used by the law enforcement agencies to arrest citizens for posting comments on the internet and social networking websites.

- Brief overview of an FIR - Procedure of filing an FIR - Where to file an FIR - Details to be given while filing an FIR - Limitations...

At the time of the first conference itself, have the client execute a vakalatnama and pay a token amount as retainer/fees on account. A client who has consulted many other lawyers will feel that you are serious and professional if you do this and at the same time, not be able to easily take his custom elsewhere once he has authorized you to represent him and paid you some money.

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How about you stop tolerating that a rape allegedly took place on your grounds, rather than blaming students for ‘bad behaviour’. Sadly, for the college this approach appears to be easier than acknowledging that it failed to keep its own back garden safe and something terrible appears to have happened on their watch.

As a start-up you need to know what the market will bear and how much you can charge. Over the years, the erosion and escape of capital from West Bengal the scope of high ticket litigation has decreased. It is now very much of too few cases being chased by too many lawyers.

A year ago a student captured the video of how this unhygienic food was being prepared in RGNUL's kitchen. The video was uploaded on Facebook. The administration instead of bettering the food, passed a gag order on the video.

A uniform may add a sense of belonging to the profession, but its not a pre-requisite to being a competent professional. No potent rays are emitted from the combination of a white shirt and a black pant which makes you a better lawyer.

Lawctopus has gained access to these two of these 'notices' issued by the administration of RGNUL Patiala. According to one notice electricity in hostels has been cut from 9 am to 3 pm as an attempt to force students to attend classes.

I am not happy about either choice; because if it is the latter, then you will never ultimately be happy, since you will keep on blaming, at least sub-consciously, the love of your life for holding you back from what you think, you could have been or when you compare your 1.5 lakhs a month at the end of your professional life with those bookish, nerdish friends who are pulling ten times as much and were doing so when you plateaued out. If you take the former, then you will have no life at all. By Protik Da

There is something that is even more necessary than speaking to being a good counsel. That is the art of silence; of knowing when not to speak. By Protik Prokash Banerji

I think the key to a perfect application is to actually believe in what one is writing. The panel is very experienced and are easily able to distinguish between an applicant who is committed to his/her area of interest from someone who has tried to force a research agenda. This also makes the preparation process more meaningful and fun.

File a RTI with the Ministry of Environment asking for a photocopy of the relevant files pertaining to the clearances. Just imagine an entire government file on environmental clearances as a part of your reading material!

I had researched hard, nearly painstakingly, to finally arrive at the place where I wanted to do my first internship. It was a small law firm which excited me because of all the usual reasons: personal attention, more work and thus lots to learn. I had looked up the partners on the internet and they seemed well qualified, well read & well dressed.

In a voice steeped in love and overwhelmed with fear—a balancing act that makes you sound like a frog with a sore throat—you finally say “Hi babbu”, cupping the phone to your ear and lips, whatever, and making small sounds that could have been dry kisses; she just called since she was missing you so much, especially since its been two hours since you last met at the CCD just after Court when you had told everyone that you were going to visit your sick aunt at the hospital, and she was wondering whether you could meet her for a while at the Mall because there was this new dress that she had seen and she just had to check it out with you, so that you could tell her whether it suited her or not. By Protik Da

NLU Delhi has created history by being the youngest college ever to participate in the world finals of Jessups International Moot Court Competition. Here is an exclusive interview with Shreya Rastogi and Akshay BD (the oralists)

The cover letter is a small email you write while applying to a law firm. It is really your pitch which says "Take me as an intern" Draft it carefully and do note the following points.

The General Knowledge section will concentrate only on current affairs from May 2010 to May 2011. Students weak at Mathematics as only elementary maths questions of standard 10 level will be asked.

There were as many as 176 delegates taking part in serious discussions during the day and were in for an equal amount of fun during the socials which included a delegate dance, the MUN ball and the championship dinner.

A cynical take on life and afterlife by a law student...

It has been more than one year since I have stepped into Oxford, and in this journey, I have undergone a metamorphosis. Through these columns, I am going to explore and bring to light my experiences, suggestions and lessons learnt in the pursuit of the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford.