Bhagabati Prasad Padhy

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOOD OLD FASHION OF LETTER WRITING?

March 11, 2023

Remember the excitement of a letter you have been eagerly awaiting for days, weeks and months delivered by your local postman on his cycle and sometimes he would walk miles to reach your place and hand you the letter with a smile on his face. The first touch of the...

INVASION OF UKRAINE: VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS AT STAKE

February 28, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 witnessing the Russian troops crossing the Ukraine boarders and explosions in cities including Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, has heightened the risk of human rights violation. The unprovoked invasion proceeded by a month long amassment of more than 1,00,000 Russian troops on the...

Beti Bachao: Poor enforcement of the PCPNDT Act frustrates Prime Minister Modi’s dream

August 11, 2020

Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister who in his Independence Day speech expressed the concern for protection of girl child. On the occasion of country’s 68th Independence Day on 15 August 2014, in his address to the nation, PM Narendra Modi espoused the cause of protection of girl child,...

Public Interest Litigation: A law and economic perspective

June 16, 2020

Whether courts can interfere in matters which are within the realm of the executive? And at the same time whether courts can shut their eyes to the cases of blatant deprivations of basic fundamental rights affecting right to life and personal liberty, are the questions normally arise in public interest...

Covid-19: Force Majeure and ‘Frustration in Frustration’ in discharge of contractual obligations

May 28, 2020

The present situation where law requires tenants to pay rent for use of commercial premises even though such premises are not used due to lockdown, where a party to a contract who is unable to perform his contractual obligation due to lockdown has to approach the court for redressal of...

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