1.K.Krishna Murthy v. Union of India 2.Bhim Singh v. Union of India: (W.P.[C]21 of 1999): Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) under challenge. 3.Economic Transport Organisation Delhi v. Charan Spinning Mills (P) Ltd. …
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OCCASIONAL DIGEST
1. Lord Bingham’s 2008 Grotius Lecture at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on Nov.17 and Arvind Sivaramakrishnan’s article in The Hindu on Judicial Compensation for Legislative Weakness.ADDENDA: Thanks to Dilip, I got …
Continue readingPRS Conference on Effective Legislatures- Part I
At a time when elections in five states have just been concluded and general elections are due to be held by May next year, PRS Legislative Research held its first Annual Conference on “Effective Legislatures” …
Continue readingCan electoral corruption be tolerated?
Under Section 123 of Representation of People Act, 1951, any gift, offer or promise by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent …
Continue readingPIL ON COUNTER-TERRORISM
Former Attorney General, Soli Sorabjee has chosen the PIL route to seek urgent measures to improve our counter-terrorism capabilities. (This report says he is probably the first former law officer to do so). As the …
Continue readingHalsbury’s Law December issue on Human Rights
Halsbury’s Law’s December issue is on many facets of Human rights. Contributors and interviewees include Justices Srikrishna,(historical and contemporary overview) J.S.Verma, and Sujata Manohar. In this issue, Chaitanya Kalbag cross-examines Justice J.S.Verma and Virendra Dayal. …
Continue readingTreating Terror
The latest attacks have not produced many new ideas (I am guilty of this as well) on tackling terror (virtually none at all in the Indian media as far as I can tell) with most …
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Debate on media coverage of terror
The Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP), New Delhi, is organising a two-hour debate on the media’s coverage of terror, in the context of the recent Mumbai attacks. “Who is to blame for media hysteria on …
Continue readingMumbai attacks & Non-State actors
Over at the legal developments blog, there is a good academic discussion – missed in the mainstream media – on how and whether India can establish the link between the terrorists involved in the Mumbai …
Continue readingMumbai attacks: Diplomacy is the answer
The Mumbai attacks have provoked a mixed response, ranging from jingoistic knee-jerk reactions to sober analysis based on facts and reasoning. As our blog is better known for the latter, it was indeed a surprise …
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