Creative vs logical

Real Lawyers Have Blogs’ Kevin O’Keefe noted a post at Business 2 Community titled “10 ways businesses can blog better.” Tip No. 7 was that business blogs should append a “call to action” at the end of every blog post—a “call to action” being a sentence or two describing your business, credentials and contact information interspersed with some “call now!” type language. O’Keefe thinks putting this information in each post is the wrong way to go.“Look at pieces in business journals, reviews, and publications,” O’Keefe wrote. “Look at insight from doctors, engineers, professors, and commentators in these publications. You don’t see a ‘call me for this or that’ at the bottom. It’s just not done. Why accept that you and your blog posts are any less authoritative than pieces published by these folks? Why feel so vulnerable that you’ll offer your expertise but only if … [Read more...] about Should you self-promote in your blog posts? | Finding a lawyer via Google vs. social media

The wretched law of sedition frequently comes to the rescue of people in power left cold by the despondence of their deeds. It is hardly surprising that the colonial British empire tried to warm its morally naked soul by taking shelter behind the offense of sedition as enacted under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code. What defies logic is the deafening silence of the Parliament of independent India on the offense of sedition which was responsible for conviction of renowned freedom fighters like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatama Gandhi and the like. Realizing the potential for mischief being caused by the draconian Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court of India read it down in successive judgments. This was done by invoking Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, the sentinel of freedom of speech and expression. However, the limits of judicial intervention in essentially legislative domain of State are exposed in the JNU case which would force the constitutional courts … [Read more...] about Freezing Behind the Wretched Law of Sedition

Introduction The meaning of the history cannot be confined to the rise and fall of kings and wars around a territorial unit. The genesis of ideas and their rule over the civilization is significant history of mankind. For instance, the Great Britain has no written constitution, but declarations of Rights of Men and consequential developments constitute landmarks of legal history of Britain. The Magna Carta, meaning Great Charter first issued by King John of England in 1215 and 1689 Bill of Rights are two documents which influenced the legal history of that nation, US and several commonwealth countries like India. King was granting certain liberties to God, the Church and the free men of England.Like love & pleasure, the knowledge increases on distribution defying the logic and mathematics, even Medical Science proved that the liver increases on distribution. In fact, “Information is the source of knowledge and empowerment”; we need to trace the origin of idea of … [Read more...] about Right To Petition To Right To Information: Evolution Of Human Right To Good Governance

Maneka Gandhi vs Union of India is one of the most famous cases in the history of the Indian Supreme Court. It is the crown jewel of our constitutional canon, India’s answer to Brown vs Board of Education, the case that revolutionised the Court’s civil rights jurisprudence. It is the judgment that consigned the notorious A.K. Gopalan to the dustbin of history, inaugurated an era in which the Constitution’s fundamental rights were to be read in an integrated and holistic manner, and breathed life into the “colourless” due process clause of the Constitution.But Maneka Gandhi did not win her case. Her constitutional challenge to Section 10(3)(c) of the Passports Act failed, and the Court accepted the Attorney-General’s “assurance” that she would be given a hearing about her passport being impounded. The operative order of the Court, which is rarely quoted, stated:“Having regard to the majority view, and, in … [Read more...] about The Supreme Court’s Right to Privacy Judgment – X: Conclusion: The Proof of the Pudding

7th Circuit made a powerful statement that times are officially changing. The court, in a 8-3 decision, overruled a series of prior decisions that had held “sex discrimination” is somehow different than “discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.” And the best part? The court wasn’t even packed with a bunch of wacky liberals waving rainbow flags; this was just good jurisprudence, plain and simple.Back when I was in law school in the mid-90s, discrimination against “homosexuals” (“LGBT” wasn’t quite a thing yet then) was often a hot topic for exams. Creative professors would test the limits of our flexible thinking by posing the question of how discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation should be evaluated legally. On one hand, sexuality had not been ruled a characteristic of a “protected class” in the way that race, religion, national origin, and gender had. Therefore, constitutionally, laws and … [Read more...] about Court Takes Major Step in Ruling Sexual Orientation Connected to Sex Discrimination