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Month: June 2009

Lalgarh and the Police State

On June 20, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Press reports tell us that security forces are ‘set to take control’ of Lalgarh in a few hours. It seems that the various groups involved in the conflict include ‘Maoists’, ‘CPM-supporters’, ‘Trinamool-supporters’ and the ‘police’. …

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Musings on contemporary academic culture

On June 20, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

By Pratiksha Baxi [Guest Blogger] [Pratiksha Baxi is no stranger to us, having written her first provocative post recently for us on tabloidization of law. Today, she seeks to initiate another debate on the aberrations …

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NLSIR: New Issue

On June 18, 2009 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The new issue (volume 21(1)) of the National Law School of India Review has been published. The entire issue is available online, and includes articles by UMAKANTH VAROTTIL (A CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE TRANSPLANT EFFECT …

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The importance of free and fair elections

On June 17, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

When Jayalalithaa and Ram Vilas Paswan complain about rigging in the EVMs, we ridicule or pity them, convinced as we are about the strength of EVMs. When Subramanian Swamy writes about the issue, we,however, need …

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A.G.Noorani on appointing a PM -II

On June 16, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The second part of A.G.Noorani’s review article in Frontline chronicles the hung Parliament situations at the Centre and how the Presidents addressed them. What is relevant for our understanding is how he draws the necessary …

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Beard, Burqas and Bias: Message from Maldives

On June 15, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Thanks to my colleague’s alert on Twitter, I found this debate in Maldives extremely interesting. While the author of the article is certainly against the widespread inclination to grow beard among the people of his …

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Rethinking the Public Distribution System

On June 14, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

This article in today’s LA Times discusses the potential threat of stem rust on wheat, the world’s most widely grown crop. Painting scary stories like this article does – it claims up to 80% of …

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Meeting the swine flu threat

On June 13, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 is being invoked against uncooperative swine flu patients who refuse to be segregated in a hospital to prevent its spread. The Act can be invoked using Section 188 IPC, (Disobedience …

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Appointing a PM: Is there an ideal method?

On June 6, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The near-clear mandate of 2009 meant that the President is free from the dilemma of whom to appoint as the PM. But the dilemma is worth addressing, if only because it is by no means …

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Discrimination debate hots up: Government set to act

On June 5, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Government appears set to legislate on the Equal Opportunity Commission. The President’s address to the Lok Sabha promised to ‘set up an Equal Opportunity Commission’. The Minister for Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily, mentioned …

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