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Climate Change and Impact on Tourism – Part 1

For example, I am taking two places. i) Kanyakumari - a famous coastal pilgrimage and tourist centre and ii) Kodaikanal - Hill Station in Tamilnadu. i) Kanyakumari - It is already a hot place usually but did not fail to attract tourists from abroad and all parts of India due to its long heritage, beautiful [...]

How the Indian Legal System treats its prisoners? What are the different international treaties on prison reforms ratified by India?  

-Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, Madurai Bench of High Court of Judicature at Madras Introduction: Recently, the Apex Court of India criticized and expressed its concerns on the debased and depraved conditions of the prisons and sub-human treatments to prisoners prevailing in Indian prisons. The shabby structure of the prisons, cram-full and congested prisons, increasing [...]

Tourism and Environmental Law Discussion – Part 2

Religious tourism forms a major portion of the tourism sector in India today. Some of the largest such destinations also happen to be in ecologically sensitive areas, such as the various religious shrines and destinations in the state of Uttarakhand. The Char Dham Yatra, for instance, puts serious pressure on the tourism infrastructure of the [...]

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Tourism and Environmental Law Discussion – Part 1

What are the Pillars of Tourism as Business?  There are three pillars of tourism as a business. Those are: a) A policy component: For any tourism business, irrespective of its size, an internal policy or business plan is very important. The tourism plan will identify the area or particular type of tourism business to be [...]

What are the laws a doctor must be aware of?

– Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court & Partner, Spicy Law Firm. Introduction: Doctors are approached by patients as the patients believe that the doctor can give medical treatment with the knowledge and experience gained from the medical education and years of practice, and [...]

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indian LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships)

– Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court & Partner, Spicy Law Firm. Introduction: LLP is a new corporate vehicle in India and it is a right combination of features of a Partnership firm and a limited liability company (A private limited company).  It is [...]

Commercial Courts, Commercial Divisions and Commercial Appellate Divisions (“Special Courts”)

– Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court & Partner, Spicy Law Firm. Introduction: As we all know, in India, the Judiciary is overloaded with bundles of cases and hence we cannot expect to get a speedy decision for the cases. Due to this indefinite [...]

Are international treaties entered into by India binding on our country? How can the obligations be enforced?

– Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court & Partner, Spicy Law LLP. Introduction: This article will discuss about the treaties entered into by India, whether those are binding on our country, the difference between binding and non-binding treaties[1], the difference between MOUs and Treaties, [...]

Due diligence checklist before buying a chemical factory

Introduction This article is about due diligence checklist before buying a chemical factory. There are three different aspects the prospective buyer should look for before buying a chemical business. Those can be categorized under the following broad heads. 1. Corporate structure, 2. Operation of business (Manufacturing, export, etc), and 3. Compliance with legal regulations. Let [...]

Is offering your house to strangers for staying through Airbnb legal? What would one need to do so legally?

– Abul Kalam Azad Sulthan, Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court & Partner, Spicy Law Firm. Introduction: Airbnb is an aggregator and online marketplace which enables people to list their properties, vacant rooms in home for short-term stay. Airbnb does not own any property, building etc, but merely [...]

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