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Month: October 2008

Marriage registration: a few questions

On October 30, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

After reading Tarunabh’s piece today, I was wondering whether the Law Commission’s latest report had anything to say on some of the actual problems faced by those seeking to register under the Special Marriage Act, …

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Singur & the Right to Property

On October 29, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

There is an interesting piece in the Statesman today by the senior advocate, Bishwajit Bhattacharyya. The author blames all the three, Mamta, Tatas and the West Bengal Government for the fiasco, but emphasises that the …

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An Insider’s Account of Indian Supreme Court?

On October 27, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Court and the Constitution of India: Summits and Shallows by O.Chinnappa Reddy, OUP, 2008, Rs.795, pp.337. At last, a truly insider’s account of the Supreme Court? I have not yet read the book,(having got …

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The Indian Constitution “outside the Constitution”

On October 25, 2008 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The argument that engaging with merely the “Constitution” is not enough to make sense of how constitutional tasks are performed in legal systems may, at first blush, seem surprising to some. Two recent pieces of …

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SUPREME COURT: A weekly select review -I

On October 24, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The following cases were heard at length in the Supreme Court this week. This is a select review of what I consider as important. 1. Kunga Nima Lepcha vs. State of Sikkim: W.P.(C)353 of 2006: …

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Supreme Court’s performance under scrutiny

On October 24, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Supreme Court’s performance has come under close scrutiny in the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s 28th Report on the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2008. The Report presented by the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public …

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Making violence costly

On October 23, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Maharashtra cabinet has approved an Ordinance to amend the Police Act apparently making a political party or an organisation liable for damages caused to property by its workers. The finer details need to be examined. …

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Introducing new contributor: Madhav Khosla

On October 23, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Madhav Khosla as a new contributor to our blog. Madhav graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, earlier this year, and is currently at the …

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Soli J.Sorabjee’s critique of I.R.Coelho judgment

On October 23, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

In his lecture delivered at Oslo University, Norway on October 6, Soli J.Sorabjee defends the basic structure doctrine, but offers a mild critique of the I.R.Coelho judgment. He says: “With the utmost respect, the judgment …

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Constitution of India in 2050

On October 22, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Halsbury’s Law Monthly, the online journal being published by LexisNexis has devoted its latest issue to the discussion of what Constitution of India will look like (or how it should look like) in 2050. …

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