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A System Abused: How a 'Happy Couple' Misused the Family Court

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Many things that had faded away have been resurrected—listening to the radio, watching movies in theatre, and several others. Movies were once an addiction; 9 pm was almost always movie time, and the language or genre didn't matter. That habit has since  died down. While OTT platforms have taken over a part of it, the addiction itself largely doesn't exist anymore. Instead, writing has become an obsession, and finding topics for it has become another addiction. In the life of a lawyer, especially after many years in the profession, experiences are overwhelmingly legal. Therefore, the law naturally provides the most fertile ground for topics. Today's subject, for instance, is a little fraud that was exposed in Court 5A of the Kerala High Court. The court was hearing a set of matrimonial appeals between one Anu and one Bina. (The names of all parties involved in this case have been changed to protect their privacy.) Now, don't be surprised—they were not in a matrimonial t...
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The Heart of RERA: How the Allottee's Rights Unlock the Act

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  Author's Note: The Genesis of this Article This article stems from a recent, practical teaching challenge. While serving as a faculty member for the internship on real estate law, jointly organized by the PCL Foundation and LJRF Voice, I was tasked with making the dense RERA Act, 2016, intuitive for a new generation of law students. In preparing that material, it became clear that a traditional, sequential reading of the Act—starting with definitions and registration—was not the best approach. The 'key' to unlocking the statute, and making its complex machinery feel logical and purposeful, was to abandon that traditional start and instead begin at its very heart. This article is a refined version of that core teaching, offering what I hope is a simple and illuminating path to mastering the Act by starting with the "why": the rights and duties of the allottees. Chapter 1: From a Failed Compact to an Enforced Right In Indian epics like the Mahabharata, 'Dharma...
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What a Swimming Pool Taught Me About the Law

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As I approach the age of superannuation, many of my friends are starting their countdown to retirement. My legal practice means I don't have to, but it offers no immunity from the arrival of 'slow killers' like blood pressure. My children worry about my growing lack of mobility, so my son persuaded me to try yoga. I gave it a shot, but scheduling got in the way. The next item on their 'get-dad-healthy' list was swimming. That simple suggestion, however, dredged up a lifelong fear. For nearly 60 years, two traumatic near-drowning experiences from childhood had fueled a persistent question: could my five-foot-ten frame, carrying the weight of nearly a quintal, possibly float? Thinking about it now forces me to revisit a forgotten high school lesson. The law of buoyancy, also known as Archimedes' principle, states that any object submerged in a fluid is acted upon by an upward force equal to the weight of the fluid that it displaces. I had completely forgotten this...
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