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Month: August 2009

Introducing Vinay Sitapati

On August 11, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I am pleased to welcome Vinay Sitapati, who joins us as a contributor from today. Vinay Sitapati works on the editorial board of The Indian Express, New Delhi. He writes and reports on law and …

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New Blogger — Rohit De

On August 11, 2009 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

I am very pleased to announce that we have a new colleague joining us here on Law and Other Things. Rohit De is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University. His …

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Where High Court Judges Go and Come From

On August 11, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Yesterday’s Indian Express had this editorial questioning why High Court judges should be appointed to the same courts where they once litigated. It asks if top Indian administrative officers are rarely appointed to their home …

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Call for papers

On August 10, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Law & Economics, published by NALSAR, invites submissions for the 2009-10 issue in accordance with the editorial policy. The IJLE invites writings that, applying methods of economic …

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Lacuna in the Right to Information Act

On August 9, 2009 By Namita Wahi In Uncategorized

Since its enactment in 2005, the Right to Information Act has been lauded as a significant measure for the achievement of a more accountable and transparent government and bureaucracy. In a guest post on this …

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Strength in Numbers

On August 8, 2009 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

This may not be the most topical issue to be blogging about presently, especially in the light of the general tenor of the posts before this, but I wanted to consider, for a moment, the …

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New Contributors: Abhinav Chandrachud and Lawrence Liang

On August 7, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Abhinav Chandrachud and Lawrence Liang have kindly agreed to join the LAOT team. Abhinav completed his LLB from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2008 and then his …

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Nariman and Mehta on the Judges’ Bill

On August 7, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill 2009 is attracting a lot of attention, especially for the puzzling (and disappointing) official stance adopted on it by the judiciary (recounted in this recent post). I …

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Justice Sinha’s legacy: Strict Scrutiny, Death Penalty, Counter-majoritarianism

On August 6, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Update: See link to yesterday’s death penalty judgment below. Justice Sinha, arguably one of the most interesting judges on the Supreme Court today, retires on the 9th of August 2009. He has written many important …

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RS Debate on Judges (Assets and Liabilities) Bill 2009

On August 5, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

During the debate on the now-deferred Judges (Assets and Liabilities)Bill, 2009, the Leader of the Opposition in the RS, Arun Jaitley made the point that it was perhaps the first time a Bill, before it …

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