Archive for February, 2008

Right to Privacy

—Contributed by Deepak Miglani
Right to privacy is recognized as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. Things concerning a person's home, family, religion, health, sexuality, personal life and private affairs are covered by the concept of privacy. Under this right every individual has a right to be let alone [...]

Separation of Powers-Indian Context

— Contributed by Deepak Miglani Legal Buddy
Separation of powers, a term coined by French political Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu, is a model for the governance of democratic states. There are three distinct activities in every government through which the will of the people are expressed. These are the legislative, executive and judicial functions of [...]

Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray

SAN FRANCISCO — HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only high-definition DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format.

The format war confounded and frustrated consumers in Tokyo, above, [...]

Rupee Inflation & the SME crisis

—Contributed by Vasant Prabhu
The Rupee inflation has seen unidirectional movement since April 07 versus its famous greenback, the dollar, which thus far still remains the world’s undisputed Forex currency benchmark. The 12% rise in rupee has brought its own peculiar problems to the SME Industry but least expected from one quarter, [...]

MTNL Launches Mobile TV in Delhi

The speed to technology deployment is picking up day by day. Not long ago, we were hypothesizing about the possibility of Mobile TV implementation in India. And today, the news came that MTNL has launched Mobile TV in Delhi already.
The launch will see the subscribers viewing seven channels on their GPRS enabled handsets. The handsets [...]

Mobile World Congress 2008: Google and Nokia Team Up on Search

The days when mobile phones were just for making and taking calls are far behind us as more and more of us are using these sleek little bundles of silicon and plastic as a key access point for information. That's why we are always working to bring our fast and comprehensive mobile search experience to [...]

Sexual harassment is growing……..

–Contributed by Deepak Miglani

It is very difficult to define that what behavior constitutes sexual harassment. Such a behavior may be verbal or non verbal. It covers a wide range of behaviors, from patting a woman's bottom, pinching, verbal sexual jokes or innuendos, constant leering or ogling, to repeated, intrusive, insistent arms around the shoulder all [...]

Press is the fourth pillar of democracy….

—Contributed by Deepak Miglani Legal Buddy

Article 19(1) (a) says that all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression but the state can put reasonable restrictions on this right on the following grounds:-security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, decency and morality , contempt of court, demotion, incitement [...]

Shackled – Our SMEs

—Contributed by Sushant Munjal
If one reads the newspapers daily with the news about the Indian economy rising its not everyday that makes one wonder as he/she looks at the other side of the coin and wonder, how is it possible?
Big names acquiring others, new ideas are put forward by many but only a couple get [...]

Pardoning Power of the President

—Contributed by Deepak Miglani

Under Article 72 President  has the power to grant pardon, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence (1) by Court Martial ; (2) an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of [...]