In April 2010, Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe announced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council that Pune’s Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh would be transferred and steps would be taken to upgrade security following a spate of high profile… Read more ›
I studied law; and by a quirk of fate, instead of becoming a professional lawyer, I became a bureaucrat. I never dreamt of joining any service. But one day, I saw an advertisement for the Indian Administrative Services Examination which… Read more ›
Lalit Modi and the IPL There can be no doubt that Lalit Modi (born November 29, 1963), Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), created the IPL in 2008. There can be no doubt that Lalit Modi took… Read more ›
Social Issues, Current Issues, Miscarriage of Justice, LegalApathy, An Indian Bureaucrat’s Diary, Travelogue on India, Binoy Gupta Read more ›
Indian Express February 11, 2010 Today, I was pleasantly surprised to read a news article about a Public Interest Litigation involving a snake….a king cobra…… to be precise. The report said a 16 feet king cobra was rescued from a… Read more ›
It took the legal system 19 years and 400 hearings to convict and sentence the former DGP to 6 months imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1000 for molesting a teen……..who was driven to commit suicide S S Rathore, (who retired… Read more ›
After the monsoons, Flamingoes – the lesser and the greater ones – and a lot of other migratory birds come to the coastal mudflats of India from the North.They feed on the mudflats during the next five or six months… Read more ›
The appointment of Chief Judges of different High Courts of India and Judges of the Supreme Court is made by the President of India (read Home Ministry) on the recommendation of a collegium of judges headed by the Chief Justice… Read more ›
the most popular week end get away for Kolkatians (Calcuttans) Digha (originally known as Beerkul) is the most popular beach, and weekend get away, for the people of West Bengal in general, and Kolkata in particular. In 1780, in one… Read more ›
Reintroduction in India The Cheetah is the fastest land animal on earth. The word “cheetah” is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘chitraka’, meaning “speckled”. Asiatic Cheetah Once upon a time, the Asiatic Cheetah (a different sub specie from its African… Read more ›
Land Mark Judgement in favour of the gaysThis judgement has been treated as a land mark judgement protecting the rights of the gays.