Tag: India legal

IPR and Digital Piracy: A Lost Cause

Recently, the New Zealand Court of Appeals approved an American request to extradite one of the world’s most celebrated digital pirates, Kim Dotcom, back to the United States. American prosecutors had alleged that the creator of megaupload.com had cost copyright holders upwards of $500m (Rs 3,454 crore) in unpaid royalties on pirated…

Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill: Cheque-mate!

By Ranjeev C DubeyCriminal Law

Amendments to curb cheque bouncing are flawed as they criminalise the victim of the crime when it should be the debtor approaching the court to find a way to stay out of jail. On July 25, 2018, the Lok Sabha approved yet another set of amendments to India’s troubled cheque…

Triple Whammy

By Ranjeev C DubeyConstitutional Law

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, reminds me of the doggerel about the Chaubay who went on to become a “Chhabbe” but came back a Dubey! There is grotesque irony in the idea that a law designed to provide security to Muslim women within marriage hastens…

Fee Fixation

By Ranjeev C DubeyLegal Profession

“Can’t you see,” Pink Floyd’s singer songwriter Roger Waters berated us in 1984, “it all makes perfect sense, expressed in dollars and cents.” This must be why Supreme Court senior counsels aren’t celebrities till they make Rs 10 lakh a hearing! This is easy to understand: if you are that…