Indian arbitration is on a slow road to death, like much around us. As we struggle to grasp the enormity of the unfolding human tragedy, there is no mind-space, even to spare a thought to the monetary calamity set to befall us. The economy will require many measures for its revival in the time to…
Payal Chawla, said the judgement was “not just character assassination, it’s a massacre of her character. The woman partying in a bar and dancing with a drink in her hand seemed to have irked the judge. It seems like the young woman’s morality was on trial, and not whether there had been a rape. It…
In recent weeks Chushul has been in the news. It has the highest airfield in the world. This airfield was built in 1961. Our father and his friend since Kindergarten, Col. Trilok Mehrotra, were part of the elite force that build the airfield. When winter set in, they were both sent to Nagrota, a town…
Payal Chawla TW: SEXUAL ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING A minor girl child of 12 years leaves her home looking for a guava. She is lured by a neighbour, into his home, on the pretext of giving her the fruit. He then touches her breasts and attempts to pull down her salwar. The shouts of the…
Meenakshi Arora, Payal Chawla This Article was first published in the Indian Express on 27.09.2020 and in Bar and Bench on 03.11.2020 10:47 am titled ‘Malicious Whistleblower’ Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven, two naval officers, witnessed the torture of British prisoners of war at the hands of their commanding officer, Esek Hopkins. Outraged by his action, they…
