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    · Jul 27, 2025 · 07:00 am
  • From the biography: Meet constitutional lawyer MK Nambyar as an academically gifted schoolboy

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    KK Venugopal Suhrith Parthasarathy Suhasini Sen
    · Nov 10, 2023 · 08:30 am
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    · Jun 20, 2022 · 07:36 pm
  • The law in India and other countries rests on what ‘reasonable person’ would do. Who is this person?

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    Kevin Tobia, Aeon
    · Feb 02, 2019 · 09:30 pm
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    Aria Thaker, qz.com
    · Jan 09, 2019 · 01:30 pm
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    How well do India’s free legal aid services work? Not nearly well enough

    Aarefa Johari
    · May 19, 2018 · 09:00 am
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    · Aug 15, 2017 · 02:00 pm
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    · Jul 13, 2017 · 12:30 pm
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    · Jul 09, 2017 · 09:48 am
  • Cutting the jargon: Here's a website that translates Indian laws into simple English

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