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Mass disasters unlimited
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| | November 11, 2009, 00:22 IST |
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The ‘strict liability’ insurance law suffered virtual death long before the recent IOC fire in Jaipur.
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Quick-fix solution
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| | November 04, 2009, 00:59 IST |
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Two judgments of the Supreme Court delivered in recent weeks are significant as they highlight the problem of long delays in cases involving intellectual property rights and the quick-fix solution suggested by the court.
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Engineered delays
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| | October 28, 2009, 00:42 IST |
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Most of us generally know why the wheels of justice are grinding slowly: Courts and judges starved of funds, indiscriminate grant of adjournments, lack of infrastructure and the like.
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The first-charge fluster
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| | October 21, 2009, 00:30 IST |
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Managing the queue of creditors at the door of a failed industry or a recalcitrant one has become one of the onerous tasks for the courts these days.
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Time to let in some sunshine
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| | October 15, 2009, 00:55 IST |
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From the primacy of the executive in choosing judges to a limited role for it, M J Antony traces the swinging pendulum and the issues arising from the lack of transparency.
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Heartless against faceless
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| | October 14, 2009, 00:01 IST |
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The rate of compensation for land acquired under the Land Acquisition Act has been one of the constant themes in the judgments delivered by the Supreme Court in recent weeks.
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The cause and effect trail
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| | October 07, 2009, 00:24 IST |
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One of the tricky issues on which insurance lawyers argue incessantly is the ‘proximity’ of a happening to the insured event.
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Tyranny of procedure
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| | September 30, 2009, 00:05 IST |
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A lawsuit should be a continuous, seamless process from the stage of filing to getting relief.
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Arbitration tribulations
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| | September 23, 2009, 00:11 IST |
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Arbitration is supposed to be a speedy and economic way to resolve disputes.
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Heart in the wrong place
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| | September 16, 2009, 00:38 IST |
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One bench of the Supreme Court wants to reverse beneficial precedents in road accident insurance.
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Enhanced immunity
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| | September 09, 2009, 00:40 IST |
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Two ancient government monopolies, the telecommunications and postal services, have enjoyed undeserved immunity from consumer laws ever since their inception in the 19th century.
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Babu in umpire's hat
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| | September 02, 2009, 00:15 IST |
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Officials doubling up as arbitrators violate the principle of neutrality in decision making.
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Debt collection pangs
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| | August 26, 2009, 00:06 IST |
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Borrowers can move civil courts to stall recovery proceedings as they have few other choices.
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Defeat in victory
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| | August 19, 2009, 00:42 IST |
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Though procedure is said to be the ‘handmaiden of justice’, sometimes she strangles it.
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Signing on dotted lines
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| | August 12, 2009, 00:43 IST |
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Bulky tender documents scare away honest bidders, help the greedy ones and breed corruption.
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