Archive: November 2016

I wrote a short piece for India Together describing how the current demonetisation process undermines the fundamental features of the Rule of Law. I argue that policy surprises and constant changing...

On 26 November 2016, I took part in a panel at the Consulate-General of India in Sydney to celebrate Constitution Day. I’ve provided my speech notes below. I was told to avoid controversy and to make...

(A guest post by Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor of Law at NUJS, Kolkata) PART-II Why Triple Test Must Not be Interfered With? The five-judge bench in Jaibir Singh had not only assailed...

(Guest Post by Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor of Law at NUJS, Kolkata) The constitution of a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court to examine whether the decision of Bangalore Water...

Guest Post by Sujoy Chatterjee The Union Government has faced criticism from sections of the media and civil society for imposing a 24-hour “ban” on Hindi news channel “NDTV India”. The Union...

Guest Post by Charanya Kumaran, Advocate, New Delhi Recently, a Constitution Bench of 9 judges of the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgment on validity of entry tax legislations enacted by...

Professor Upendra Baxi recently spoke at OP Jindal University on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. Here is a transcript of his remarks. Mr Vice Chancellor, OP Jindal University, Dr. Dipika...

The third conference of the International Public Policy Association will take place at Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 28th June to 30th June 2017. One of the panels...