Saturday 26 January 2013

Book Review of 'Ultimate Guide to Judicial Service Examination 2013'



 

Name of the book: Ultimate Guide to Judicial Service Examination 2013

Author: M.A.Rashid
Publisher: LEXIS NEXIS


Book Review by Nisa Fasil


This book "The Ultimate Guide to the Judicial Service Examination 2013 for all states" written by M.A.Rashid and published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths,Wadhwa expansively covers topics for judicial service examinations of all the states in India. Twenty six subjects and not more than 15,000 multiple choice questions are covered. The incorporation of fifteen model question papers added to the credit of this book. The author, an eminent academician has scrupulously analyzed the syllabus and trend of questions asked in judicial service examinations of various states. An inimitable feature of this book is the inclusion of questions from previous years question papers. There is an extensive and exclusive segment of legal GK which no other book has covered. Another uniqueness of this book is the inclusion of case laws as problems questions. The Judgments of the apex court in all the twenty five subjects are also included. This will equip the aspirant of judicial service examinations to analyze the subjects in an objective way. In all respect the book is an asset not only for judicial service examinations but also for APP examination, AIBE, UGC-NET and other law competitive examinations.




(Nisa Fasil is an author, academician and a Lawyer. She is also the Content Creator of Online news magazine www.worldbeyondweb.com)

Thursday 24 January 2013

Gourav Vijay no more


Gourav Vijay
By Nebil Nizar


Thiruvalla: Taking into grief the students and faculty of Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram, Gourav Vijay, a final year student passed away.

A very good mooter and bright academic student, Gourav, along with poetry, was also active in Politics. Being a very acceptable and friendly person, he represented his class in the College Union last year.

 'He was an excellent friend and a good human being. Our friendship was no more than acquaintanceship until a few months back, we then became thick friends.No person can ever forget him', remembers his friend and classmate Hashir Sharaf. His friend and former roommate Rahul V.I remembers him as a human with strong principles and ideologies. He added, I learnt a lot of things from him. He loved being addressed as comrade. His senior at college and close friend Raveena Naaz says, 'It is he who said to me that life is not that silly. I had a lot of good moments with him. His poems still linger in my ears.'

Gourav is the son of late Judicial Officer Vijayakumar and Komala Kumari, now a court officer. He also has a brother named Vivek Kumar. He is also a close relative of Prof. Suhrut  Kumar.

Gourav's body will be cremated on Thursday, 24th January 2013 at 03:00pm at Podiyadi near from here.

Condolence messages maybe sent to  Thundiyil House, Nedumpuram P.O, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala. Prof. Suhrut Kumar may be contacted at 09446981571.

Saturday 19 January 2013

Alarmed Media after the Delhi rape incident


An Indian participates in a candle-lit vigil to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi. Dec. 29 2012.
Photo: Associated Press/ Dar Yasin 

*Jino M Kurian

(Gist: Rachira Gupta, article on “Challenging India’s Rape Culture” published in The Hindu, 10 January, 2013).


Recently, media reports are quoting more molestation related news. Coverage of similar news, especially after the Delhi incident, is making them more socially responsible and committed. The only agony is that they have been too late in responding towards atrocities against women in the society. It costs the value of life of a poor Indian woman, who sacrificed her life in a foreign country, by victimisation of an evil done by some Indian brothers. The trend of reporting of atrocities against women will result in the awakening of the society. Still, the reports stimulate to think that crimes against women have just started or there were no crimes before the alleged Delhi incident.

It’s not right; there were similar kind of atrocities prevailed in Indian society even before this. Circumstances may differ but the reason more or less the same. Rape is killing of dignity and ingenuity of a woman. It is the murder of rights of a woman. A murder should be punished with death penalty itself. Obviously, Delhi incident was rarest of the rare and the accused has the liability to summon towards death penalty.

No one has the right to touch others without their consent. It is the moral and legal duty inscribed in Indian living cultural. People of India lost their genuine culture somewhere, was it in the midst of the growth which is presumed being achieved? Or while in the process of imitating others’ culture, by forgetting their own indigenous values? In neither way it was a negligently missed conduct, but a conscious act done by the co beings for mere showing up of maturity. People presume that they achieved a undefeatable growth but still their activities are showing that they are living in a prehistoric period.

Media reports about molestation and other kind of atrocities against women is indicating a positive trend. They should have made it sometimes before. Now, the society has gone through a series of adaptations and it is not easy not to wipe away the existing and upcoming crimes from the society. To a certain extent Medias were also factors in seeding crime evolving environment in the prevailing society. Instead of keeping the holiness of Indian traditional values, at least some of them went behind the modernity of the West. West are not living without moral values. They keep their cultural and moral values with enough priority. It is totally different from the traditional Indian concepts. It is improper for an Indian society to adapt with such differently moulded concepts.  Such invasions on cultural values result in generating crime oriented societies. Medias, literalists, artists or other people who went behind other cultures also made the same mistake.

The alleged news reported Medias also have a role in this cultural disintegration. Medias cannot flip away from their liability in changing India’s indigenous cultural values to the existing modern culture. Different lifestyles, costumes and cuisines of post modernism is conveyed to the society through Media’s advertisements and trend oriented programmes. Indian people are not yet capable to distinguish necessary and unnecessary things shown before them.

India is a democratic country, it is not appropriate to change the existing systems with a spontaneous action. Only remedy is to cultivate good cultural values among the people. Medias have the capability to do this duty. They can make changes in the opinion and behaviours of the social values. They can fix and wipe away cultural and moral values among the people. Instead of Medias no others can make changes in this society. So it is the time for Medias to make a code of conduct, which is purely dipped in Indian colours.


(*He is a student of LL.M Corporate Law, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Contact at jinomkurian@yahoo.co.in, +91-9705942751)  

Monday 14 January 2013

Prof. Rajesh Rajagopal passed away

Prof. Rajesh Rajagopal
Photo: Government Law College Ernakulam

By Nebil Nizar

Kollam: Celebrated teacher of Law at His Highness Maharajah's Government Law College Ernakulam, Prof. Rajesh Rajagopal, aged 42, passed away at his residence in Cochin on Sunday, 13th January 2013 following a cardiac arrest.

A native of Kollam, Professor Rajesh earned his undergraduate law degree from Kerala Law Academy Law College, University of Kerala, and LL.M in Criminal Law from Cochin University of Science and Technology, with Gold medal.

Rajesh was a very active leftist thinker during his student days. He belonged to the early batch of mooters of the very prestigious Kerala Law Academy Moot Court Society.

He practiced Law at Kollam District Court for several years. His career as a Law teacher began at Government Law College Calicut. He was then transferred to Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram. His last posting was at Government Law College Ernakulam.

Prof. Manoj Krishna, his Professor, friend and later colleague, remembers Rajesh as a very good friend. He added 'Rajesh was a good teacher. His analytical skills were very popular and second to none. As a teacher, he went along with the students and supported them in every curricular and extra curricular activities. He was a real asset to the teaching fraternity.'.

Niaz Salim, Prosecutor, Indian Railways, remember their association at college days. He said 'Rajesh was my senior at college, but seniority in age never acted as a barrier to our friendship. We always stayed in constant touch all this years. He was a sincere, down to earth intellectual who always helped others in need'.

His former student at Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram, Parvathi Janaki, speaking to us said 'He played a huge role in shaping my career. I remember some valuable moments with him during moot court time. His contributions must be really appreciated. He was a real visionary and guru.'

Prof. Rajesh is the son of Dr.V.K Vijayalakshmi and late Advocate-Politician N. Rajagopal. He is survived by wife Bindu V (Engineer, BSNL) and son Arjun Rajagopal. Condolence messages may be sent to Dr. Vijayalakshmi, Lakshmi Nivas, Kankathumukku, Thirumullavaram P.O, Kollam- 691012, Kerala.



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Thursday 3 January 2013

News stories

News story about our blog interview with Dr. Justice (Retd.) V. R. Krishna Iyer carried by UAE based media Giant 'Gulf Today' in their website.
Read at http://gulftoday.ae/portal/08bfb327-261e-4b9c-a416-f7018a27a1cf.aspx






News story about our blog interview with Dr. Justice (Rtd) V. R. Krishna Iyer carried by Oman based 'Oman Observer' in today's newspaper. 
See Page 5 at http://main.omanobserver.om/files/pdf/2013/1/3/OmanObserver_03-1-13.pdf