Thread 2, based on documents available online, continuing with a quick comparative read of the old & new Indian evidence statutes, beginning with admissions WHICH SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR ANYTHING.

(Thread 1: Interpretations & Relevancy of Facts )threadreaderapp.com/thread/1808021… Admissions begins:

An admission is a statement, 1 [oral or documentary or contained in electronic form], which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fact, and which is made by any of the persons, and under the circumstances, hereinafter mentioned.

No change

Notes on the new Indian evidence statute:

Extent: Section 1(2) does not explicitly say that it applies to the whole of India. (Presumably, that's a given?) Also, unlike the old law, it appears to apply to all courts martial without any exclusions.

Other than that, no change. (These notes are based on a quick comparison of the two statutes using documents available online. They may not be accurate, and should not be relied on for any purpose. They're merely an attempt to get a sense of what the new evidence law says in comparison to the old one.)

This will likely be long thread about an attempt my brother and I made to open one SB account each at @AxisBank.

It's been messy and we require assistance — if anyone knows who at the bank can address this, please let me know.

Here's what's happened: To open SB accounts, we downloaded the ac opening form from the Axis Bank website & filled it up. We shared the soft copies of both our forms with Mr M via WhatsApp.

He said he needed live photos of our original docs and of us, & some papers to be signed instead of that form.

There's much to be desired when it comes to healthcare accessibility in India.

We've talked about the compulsory licensing of patents. We've talked of revocations & waivers. Some of us have even thought of not just a #TRIPSwaiver but of the #TRIPSend.

It may be inadequate. 🧵 These are some of the legal options available:

🔹 under the Patents Act:

Compulsory licensing:
Usually, possible under s 84 but, now, s 92 could come into play if the govt issues a notification which would enable it to bypass some of 84's stringency.

With all the brouhaha about how regressive that abortion ban from somewhere in the US is, you'd imagine our own laws are fab, and that Indian women can access abortion if / when they need / want to...

but not really. The MTP Act legalising abortion left control with docs. 》 》Also, the MTP Act was essentially a 1970s population control measure. So, yeah, women got some sort of right to access abortion but women's rights weren't really prioritised in the statute.

Also, the 20-week cut-off period for a legal procedure has often been a disaster. 》

We didn't hear as much about constitutional law(yers) even a few years ago because we had relative stability. That was a good thing. Constitutional law is not meant to be a spectacle: it's stodgy and you don't ordinarily look at it closely except when things go wrong.

》 It's been in focus in recent years. Not just in India but across vast swathes of the world. Not coz we're negotiating the creation of a better world. But coz we're exploring the limits of power. We're testing whether checks and balances work; we're finding they don't always.

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