Amrapali is in news. Not the Amrapali of Vaishali of the time of Ajathashatru. It is Amprali Builders. Many buyers had booked flats with them in 2011 and they have not got possession. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was brand ambassador. Many said they trusted Dhoni and went for Amrapali flats. India had won the World Cup….
Grounds for divorce
In India different laws govern marriage and divorce. There is Special Marriage Act. There is Hindu Marriage Act. There is Indian Divorce Act which deals with Christian divorce. There is Anand Marriage Act 1909 which deals with Sikhs. There is The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936. There is The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act….
IPL out of Maharashtra
Bombay High Court has ordered IPL matches out of Maharashtra after 30 April for this year. It was in response to a PIL which wanted matches out of Maharashtra because cricket grounds needed lakhs of litres of water when there was drought in large parts of Maharashtra. The judgment affects 4 matches at Wankhede Stadium,…
Panama Papers
On 4/4/2016 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Indian Express and Suddeutsche Zeitung made public many documents, around 11.5 million, related to firms registered in Panama. Mossack Fonseca is a law firm in Panama. Documents of Mossack Fonseca that have become public have resulted in problems for those who figure in them. Ramon Fonseca, founding…
Tatasky nightmare
Today, 22/3/2016, in the evening my Tatasky English Entertainment Package channels were not accessible. I had paid the subscription on 9/3/2016 which is valid till 10/4/2016. It is unpleasant when you are told you have not subscribed and a nightmare when you have to go through long process of telephone calls and SMSes and still…
India 79 all out
Best laid plans of men and mice go awry. Beware the Ides of March. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. It is not over till it is over. Favourites do not have the divine right to win. So it was for India at Nagpur on the Ides of March 2016. India began as…
The Great Bank Robbery
There are various ways of robbing a bank. One way is to enter a bank, brandish a revolver, and ask cashier to hand over the cash. Second way is to burgle the bank. Third way is to hack into the bank’s computer system and transfer the amount. There are some other ways. All of them…
American Presidential Contest
Have you heard of Benjamin Solomon Carson, Christopher James Christie, James Richard Perry, James Stuart Gilmore, John Ellis Bush, Michael Dale Huckabee, Piyush Jindal, Rafael Edward Cruz, Randal Howard Paul, and Richard John Santorum? Never heard of them. Surnames are familiar, not names. Don’t worry. These are Americans who are or were in race Republican…
BCCI revamp
Lodha committee submitted its report on 4/1/2016. The committee consisted of for CJI R. M. Lodha and former Justices Ashok Bhan and R. V. Raveendran. The committee made many recommendations. Most of them are good, some are not clear, and one regarding making betting legal is bad. Good to have former Test cricketers who retired…
Women and temple
Some have challenged ban on entry of females in the age group of 10-50 to Sabarimala temple. Feminists say it is discrimination. Devotees say it is differentiation. For women there is a separate temple where men are not allowed. On 26/1/2016 a group of women wanted to enter Shani Shingnapur temple. Local women did not…