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Month: December 2008

Digest of recent Constitution Bench cases heard by the Supreme Court

On December 13, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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

On December 13, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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PRS Conference on Effective Legislatures- Part I

On December 13, 2008 By Namita Wahi In Uncategorized

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” …

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Can electoral corruption be tolerated?

On December 12, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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PIL ON COUNTER-TERRORISM

On December 12, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Halsbury’s Law December issue on Human Rights

On December 11, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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. …

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Treating Terror

On December 9, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

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

On December 9, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Mumbai attacks & Non-State actors

On December 8, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Mumbai attacks: Diplomacy is the answer

On December 7, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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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