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Month: February 2009

Preventive Detention and the Obama Administration: the al-Marri case

On February 22, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The latest issue of the New Yorker contains an excellent article setting out the challenges that a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2009 poses for the Obama administration. …

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Event in Kolkata: The US Death Penalty on the World’s Stage

On February 21, 2009 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata will host Susan Karamanian from the George Washington University law school on the 26th of February (from 4 to 6 pm in Room 006 of Ambedkar Bhavan). …

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Korean lawyers publish judges’ report cards

On February 20, 2009 By Harish Narsappa In Uncategorized

I came across an interesting story about lawyers in Korea publishing report cards evaluating performance of judges. You can read the report here. The report suggests that nearly 500 lawyers assessed the performance of judges …

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Madness in Madras

On February 20, 2009 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

Two weeks ago, I wrote on these pages about Vasantha Pai, a lawyer, legislator, and freedom fighter in Chennai. All that he stood for, practised, and preached, was repudiated in and outside the Madras High …

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Parliament’s debate on judiciary

On February 19, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I was lucky to watch the debate in Lok Sabha yesterday on the Bill (on the Lok Sabha channel) to increase the Judges’ salaries. Though the attendance in the House was thin, the House did …

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Supreme Court’s Annual Report (07-08): A quick appraisal

On February 19, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

At its website, the Supreme Court of India has published an annual report that seeks to cover developments from Oct 2007 to Sep 2008. In the foreword to the report, Chief Justice Balakrishnan suggests a …

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Some recent landmark/controversial decisions

On February 18, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

1. Election Commission’s guidelines for publication and dissemination of results of exit and opinion polls. 2. Supreme Court’s judgment in Martin F.D’Souza Vs.Mohd.Ishfaq. Coram: Markandey Katju, R.M.Lodha, Date of Decision: February 17, 2009. Lays down …

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Cracks in the EC: The Tribune Debate

On February 18, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Tribune has been carrying a series of articles on the cracks in the Election Commission. Today’s article by P.P.Rao ( Cracks in Election Commission ) is the latest in the series and is also …

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Another instance of the pathology of caste [Guest Blog]

On February 17, 2009 By Harish Narsappa In Uncategorized

This is a post by Chandan Gowda, Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion at NLS, Bangalore. In this post, he explains some of the reasons behind the demands for internal …

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RTI on Appointment of Judges: A partial success

On February 16, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

RTI applicant, D.K.Mishra has achieved partial success with regard to his application seeking information concerning the appointment of Judges in the Guwahati High Court from the CPIO of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government …

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