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The Law Commission of India performs the important function of bringing about law reforms. It is empowered to recommend legislative reforms with a view to clarify, consolidate and codify particular branches of law where the government felt the necessity for it. So far, 21 Law Commissions have been constituted and have scripted 262 reports.

Right from helping to restore the State road bus service in a Telangana village upon the request of a Class 8 student, to switching to his mother tongue Telugu to pave the way for peace between a couple locked in a 20-year-old case, the present Chief Justice of India

Digital payment technologies are rapidly changing the format of traditionally burdensome transaction methods and processes. In order to stay relevant with their clients, law firms will need to adapt and innovate in all areas of their service, including how they conduct their payments.

Two murder trials growing out of racial confrontations following the Black Lives Matter protests in America this past year ended with opposite verdicts, suggesting that the country’s legal system is in trouble.

The fabled mythical horse, Pegasus, continues flying since I surveyed the equestrian jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India (see Baxi, India Legal, November 1, 2021). The winged horse has appeared again, this time round in faraway California.

Delays in legislation are frustrating for the Opposition as well as the Presiding Officers. At the same time, a legislation carefully drafted, could be disastrous if fast-tracked, as seen in the case of the three farm laws.

To guide state-owned banks in taking accountability for non-performing assets, the finance ministry recently published a new set of standards and issued the “Staff Accountability Framework for NPA Accounts up to Rs 50 crore (other than fraud cases)”.

By Justice Kamaljit Singh Garewal The brouhaha over Saurabh Kirpal’s impending elevation to the Bench is an over-reaction. No one really cares who becomes a judge and who doesn’t, except the colle...

The Development of Humanitarian Laws in The Geneva Conventions and the subsequent development of Protocol 1 to the Geneva conventions of 1949 brought the aspect of Civil Defence under its umbrella.

Amidst yet another smoggy day in Delhi, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana took a hard stand against pollution and pushed the governments in Delhi-NCR to evolve a mechanism to tackle the menace.