Shamnad’s post has raised some interesting issues. I would broadly endorse his concern over Justice Katju’s unfortunate reported remarks. But we must understand that these remarks are...
Venkatesan’s interesting post on the Salim case (dealing with the extent to which minority institutions can lay down rules that conflict with the religious beliefs of a student) drew some...
In what may perhaps be the first academic study in the field, Professor Jayanth Krishnan (who is also a contributor to this Blog) examines the issues that revolve around the opening up of the Indian...
Supreme Court’s summary dismissal of a Muslim student’s petition against his school’s decision to remove him from the school raises disturbing questions about the court’s...
While examining issues pertaining to corporate governance, a myopic approach is to look at the interest of the shareholders, whose interests are to be protected. On the other hand, there is a school...
The dismissal by the Supreme Court of the SLP by Mr.Joynath Victor De against his compulsory retirement by the Indian Airlines Ltd. for refusing to trim his moustache is bizarre because one expected...
Supreme Court’s judgment in Sanjay Dutt’s case, denying his plea for suspension of his conviction under the Arms Act is based on the subtle distinction which the Court tried to make...
This blog has discussed the issue of housing discrimination several times in previous posts (I, II, III and IV), so it may not be very interesting to go through the legal arguments once again (for...
A NICE QUIET HOLIDAY by Aditya Sudarshan, Westland, Rs.250. Aditya Sudarshan, a graduate of National Law School, Bangalore has recently published his debut mystery novel “A Nice Quiet...
The new National Law Schools have often – and justifiably – been criticized for their failure to develop a strong scholarly and research tradition and a corresponding body of scholarship on Indian...