Adv. Tanu Mehta
Editor-in-chief
Adv. Mehta is a seasoned legal professional with over 27 years of experience as an Advocate, Counsel, Mediator, Arbitrator, Conciliator, and Legal Advisor. Based in Mumbai and Lonavala, she is empanelled as a mediator with the High Court of Bombay, the City Civil Court, and leading national institutions including AMP, CADR, CMC, IMC-ADR, IICA, Presolv360, Sama and GIMAC. As an Advocate and Counsel, she has represented a wide range of clients—from individuals and corporations to government bodies, NGOs, and trade unions. She was the first consultant director of the Centre of Mediation and Research of MNLU Mumbai and designed and began their flagship M.A. in Mediation and Conflict Resolution. A sought-after speaker, she has addressed global platforms such as the Asia Pacific Mediation Forum, the World Mediation Organisation, Mediators Beyond Borders, and the Maharashtra Judicial Academy. She currently serves as Chairperson of the Committee for Mediation and Conciliation at the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, actively promoting institutional mediation. She is a Sociology graduate of Mumbai University, holds an LLB from Government Law College and a postgraduate M.A. in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University (TAU). She has independently handled significant matters in constitutional law, human rights, land regulation, copyright, service and administrative laws and she specialises in matrimonial, property, criminal, social, and commercial dispute resolution.
I recently visited a stand-up comedy show, where, the comedienne stated that since ‘journalists’ had started doing comedy, it was now left to the comediennes to become journalists. The whole auditorium burst into a cackle.
Journalism and Media were supposed to be a mirror to our world and society. Unfortunately, they have become mouthpieces for propaganda and paid news. It is therefore necessary to continue practicing real journalism.
Nidaan Lawscapes offers the hope of building a thriving journalist culture in the Legal profession. It seeks to illuminate the realities of law through the critical reflections of litigants, students, advocates and judges, and executors of law. All possible stakeholders of the Judicial system need to be heard, understood, and share their live experiences of Law and Justice in India. Nidaan Lawscape seeks to bring this understanding to its readers.
Law is made by the efforts of Industry Lobbyists, Policy-Makers, Political Parties, Universities, Organisations such as Unions, NGOs, and Think Tanks, etc. which all need to be seen, heard and appreciated. What was the aim, who were the beneficiaries, where did it succeed, where did it lose, and such other questions need dissection and analysis. By bringing together diverse perspectives from theory and practice, we aspire to offer a holistic understanding of the evolving landscape of Law and Justice.
Nidaan Lawscapes is founded in a small town called Lonavala. It is ambitious in it’s aim of coverage of the whole country’s legal landscape, but it also wants to open the doors of reporting of the large rural and semi urban landscape of judicial and quasi-judicial work that takes place in the thousands of small towns, tehsils and villages of India. The real aspirational India lives in these small towns and villages ,and this is where we need maximum reform and concentrated focus to bring access to justice.
Welcome Aboard ! We are excited to hear from you as we move together in this journey.