Author: Inder Jain

Origin and Meaning: “Dura Lex Sed Lex” is a Latin maxim that translates to “the law is harsh, but it…

Introduction The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 has fundamentally transformed how families in India handle wills and inheritance. Two critical…

Introduction In the architecture of modern corporate governance in India, independent and non-executive directors occupy a distinct and deliberately limited…

Introduction: When Power Changes Hands In 1986, food inspectors across Punjab began prosecuting vendors under the Prevention of Food Adulteration…

Introduction Imagine a judge presiding over a case where they hold shares in the defendant company—can justice truly be blind?…

Introduction When Substantial Justice is pitted against Technicalities, Courts sometimes throttle Justice in the name of Law’s Technical Rigour. Moreover,…

Introduction The question of whether writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India extends to private bodies has…

Introduction Articles 226 and 227 of the Indian Constitution establish distinct yet complementary powers of the High Courts. Article 226…

Judgments Contrary to Binding Precedent It is common knowledge that sometimes Courts pass judgments which are contrary to the binding…

Introduction The enduring doctrine that “tax and equity are strangers” encapsulates the judiciary’s commitment to literal and strict interpretation of…