Hamlet of Law

Explore the intriguing journey of Justice Tharani Vemuganti, who achieved the bench at an early stage. Listen to this episode of The Hamlet of Law wherein she delves into her compelling story, challenges faced, and insights on the legal system. An episode of ambition, resilience, and navigating challenges in the courtroom.

Explore the journey of Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former judge, Supreme Court of India, transcending from advocate triumphs to revered judicial wisdom. Revel in captivating and profound insights, shaping a remarkable legal legacy in his own words!

Delhi has a Lieutenant Governor instead of a Governor or Administrator like other States and UTs and despite being one of the most populous territories in the world, the franchise rights of Delhi’s citizens are insignificant vis-a-vis fellow citizens of other states in India for significant control over Delhi’s administration vests with the Union Cabinet and not with elected Delhi govt. With murky...

Find out the events surrounding the homicide of 2 Indian fishermen in India’s contiguous zone by 2 Italian marines, who, to make the incident controversial, were on official duty. To make things even more controversial, India refused to concede to the much accepted ‘sovereign immunity’ of the marines and charged them for murder. This episode gives a comprehensive account of all the arguments of Ha...

Listen to this episode to find out why judges sit it panels of two or more, especially at the highest echelons, and why judges dissent in judgements when dissenting opinions have no utilitarian value and even why you and I as a citizen can walk into a random courtroom and attend random judicial proceedings and many more interesting mannerisms of our courts!

In 1951, the Nehru government amended the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution just 15 months after enacting the venerated constitution, which Nehru himself heavily supervised while drafting, just to revive Zamindari abolition laws after the High Courts struck them down for violating Fundamental Rights of the citizens. All of this without an elected parliament, hence without a proper representat...