How should Professional Bodies punish multiple disciplinary offences? The principle of ‘Totality’
When a professional is found guilty of multiple misconducts, should a disciplinary body impose separate punishments for each offence, and then add them up, or just impose a single punishment for all? What if the offences occurred during the same incident, or at different times? How should the appropriate punishment be decided?
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When sporting ambition sidesteps integrity, the entire nation pays the ultimate price— loss of international reputation and respect; the dreams of future sportsmen and women dashed; and the disappointment of millions of fans. What is the law behind all this?
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The boundaries between patriotism and targeted harassment (by UK Menon)
True patriotism does not require public humiliation. It requires proportionality, empathy, and respect for the law. And for the people living within its borders.
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Is Anwar’s position as prime minister dissolved by Article 48(3) of the Constitution?
When the King’s ‘unconditional’ pardon does not explicitly use the magic words that, “We remove this person’s disqualification to stand in elections,” what happens? Can a ‘free’ pardon ‘automatically restore’ a politician’s rights to compete in an election? The answer lies hidden in the delicate rules of constitutional interpretation.
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Can motor insurers dictate how accident victims spend their compensation? A Commonwealth Perspective
The answer is a thunderous ‘No’. When justice is served after a motor accident, only you—not insurers, trustees, or courts—decide how compensation is spent. The law protects your right, absolutely and inviolably.
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Why did India’s greatest legal mind refuse the Chief Justiceship?
For seven years, he was briefless. Politicians feared his moral courage. He refused the post of CJ. That post would have been his for five and a half years. Yet when Seervai spoke, the Constitution itself seemed to roar. This is the untold story of how one man's unwavering integrity shaped constitutional law across ...
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