Taxmann’s Guide to Chartered Accountants Act, Cost Accountants Act & Company Secretaries Act – Edition 2022. This is a comprehensive book providing the amended, updated & annotated text of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959, and Company Secretaries Act, 1980 as amended by the Chartered Accountants, Cost and Works Accountants and Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022. It…
BOOK REVIEWS What Is Justice? By Hans Kelsen. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957. Hans Kelsen's farewell address as an active member of the University of California Faculty is a fitting introductory chapter to the collection of fifteen essays which comprise his latest book. In keeping with his persistent legal positivism he answers the question "What Is Justice?" by advising…
Health is crucial and central for every human being and thus is a subject of continual interest. Health Law as a discipline is attracting an increasing amount of scholarly attention. It has several contours, among which are constitutional and human rights. Starting from roots enshrined in the Constitution of India, particularly under Article 21, health is also recognized as a…
Overview: From the boondocks of the Sundarbans to the hallowed corridors of the Supreme Court of India, and everywhere in between, comes this insightful and humourous “non-story” that regales the tales of struggling lawyers, their colorful clients, and the landscape of the Indian judiciary, all via the perspective and experiences of one such lawyer—Gourango, the unwitting star of this narrative.…
Scientific advancements in the past few decades such as the development of human organ transplantation, creation of human embryos outside the body using artificial reproductive techniques, preservation of human embryos and gametes, progress in biomedical research using human materials leading to the creation of cell lines, research in regenerative medicine and so on have brought to the forefront various uses…
India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for its sequels by covering the period between the Age of Discovery,…
From the bestselling author of The Accidental Prime Minister, here comes an insightful analysis of politics and elitism that answers many important political questions today. India’s Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress…
Globally, the rise of populist leaders and regimes has posed serious challenges not only to established democratic norms but also to the independence of institutions. The case of India is no different. A symptomatic decline in the working of democratic institutions in India may be evident in recent times. There are clear attempts to disregard the vital institutions of democracy…
The author has brought into focus the pioneering work on interpretation (Mîmâmsâ Sûtras or Rules of Interpretation) produced more than 2500 years ago by rishi Jaiminî an example of wisdom par excellence. Mîmâmsâ runs into 2668 sûtras spread over 12 Chapters and encompasses all interpretational principles evolved in the West and much more. These rules are ideally applicable to the…
