My friend, Kersi Shroff, of the Law Library of the US Congress wrote this interesting note on the suspension and reinstatement of Pakistan’s Chief Justice. I like the note for its cogent...
I am responding to Venkatesan’s criticism of Dilip’s and my posts on Arundhati Roy’s recent article on judicial activism and the Sabharwal controversy. As a threshold matter, I...
An aspect of Supreme Court’s functioning which intrigues everyone is the role of the Law Clerks, and whether the secrecy over their functioning is justified. A comparison of the institution of...
Arundhati Roy’s article in Outlook magazine has elicited two critical responses from Vikram and Dilip. (Vikram’s post and Dilip’s comments are here,) Both need to be examined. I...
A longstanding criticism of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been that its orders were subject to reversal by its appellate body the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in an...
Students and faculty of NALSAR University of Law deserve our congratulations for bringing out an outstanding Journal – The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law.. While the Journal may be...
I’m at a workshop on South Asian legal studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. One of the speakers here cited this article, “Scandal in the Palace” in Outlook by...
Normally, proposals for reform of democratic institutions are received with scepticism, because of their questionable relevance. This article, published in Mint, by Ramesh Ramanathan is an...
This Supreme Court order to avoid unnecessary summons to government officials a timely and important one. Ever since the Vasudevan episode of the mid-1990s, state and central government officials...
While the world press keeps its focus on the situation in Burma, the print media in India seems to have moved on. Over the last fortnight, there were a few pieces which focused attention on India’s...