The campaign for securing Binayak Sen’s freedom has organised the live coverage of Supreme Court’s hearing on his bail plea today through this link..
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Impact of OBC Reservation Policy in Higher Education in India: The TISS Report and Its Implications
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) recently came out with a report on the ‘Impact of Reservation Policy in Higher Education in India’. Amidst the din of the general election and the war in …
Continue readingLaw Minister
I was disappointed to hear that Mr. Bharadwaj will be sworn in again as a Minister. Hopefully he will not be given the Law Ministry. One of the UPA’s government major failures in the last …
Continue readingDebate on Basic Structure Doctrine (Continued)
We are pleased to continue our series of debates between authors and readers. Last month, we initiated this debate between Sudhir Krishnaswamy, author of the book, Democracy and Constitutionalism in India: A study of the …
Continue readingThe hollowness of oath of secrecy
As I watched the oath-taking ceremony of the Union Council of Ministers live on TV, I couldn’t miss the irony of administering the oath of secrecy to the new Ministers as required under the Third …
Continue readingPresident’s communique on PM’s appointment
Today, President Pratibha Patil followed the precedent set by her predecessor, Narayanan in October 1999, by appointing Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister, without requesting him to prove his majority in the Lok Sabha, even …
Continue readingIndia’s Options towards Pakistan: A Guest Post
Our guest blogger today is Vinod Joseph who used to be an advocate in Mumbai till he moved to London seven years ago. Writing is a hobby Vinod indulges in when he gets some spare …
Continue readingAnalysis of the 2009 General Elections: Contrasting views
As is perhaps to be expected, not all analysts agree on how we should interpret the results of the recently concluded general elections. Of the early analysis, I have been struck by three commentaries on …
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Rajeev Dhavan’s Nine-Point Legal Agenda for New Government
Rajeev Dhavan, in this article in Mail Today, outlines a nine-point legal agenda for the new Government. Each of these points will require elaboration; Dhavan has compressed them in order to provide a summary, a …
Continue readingWhat Makes Us Happy?
This is an interesting article from The Atlantic. Precisely, something which you would love to read to have a break from LAOT.
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