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Abhinav Chandrachud

Advocate, Bombay High Court

Litigation 101 (Part 2): Bombay High Court Practice and Procedure

On September 22, 2018 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Bombay High Court

The following is a brief description of some procedural rules that a young litigator intending to practice on the Original Side of the Bombay High Court ought to be familiar with. This is obviously a vast subject and what follows only scratches the surface.

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Freedom of Speech

On September 26, 2017 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Constitutional Law, Free Speech, New Scholarship

In a new book published this month, “Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India” (Penguin, 2017), I argue that the enactment of the Constitution in 1950 made little substantive difference to the right …

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Substantive Due Process Update

On May 8, 2016 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

Two interesting, recent cases tell a very different story about the incorporation of the U.S. doctrine of substantive due process in Indian constitutional law. In Rajbala v. Haryana, (2016) 2 SCC 445, a two-judge bench …

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Litigation 101: Bombay High Court Practice and Procedure

On February 19, 2016 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Bombay High Court

The following is a brief introduction to the practice and procedure of litigation at the Bombay High Court.   CMIS Date: When a case or “matter” is filed at the Bombay High Court, it is …

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Book Launch: Bombay High Court’s History

On June 15, 2015 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

For anyone interested in Indian legal history, please come to the launch of my book, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court During the British Raj, 1862-1947”, this Thursday, 18th June, …

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History of the Bombay High Court

On May 18, 2015 By Abhinav Chandrachud In New Scholarship

In a new book published this month, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary”, I explore the history of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj. The book seeks an answer to one central question: why did the court transition …

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Citing American Authorities in Free Speech Cases

On March 28, 2015 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

The Supreme Court’s judgment in the section 66-A case was striking to me for one particular reason. Indian courts have long held that the judgments of American courts can’t reliably be used as precedents while …

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Supreme Court Law Clerks

On February 2, 2015 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

A paper I wrote on the institution of the law clerkship on the Supreme Court of India was published in the International Journal of the Legal Profession, and is now available for free online. A …

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Judicial Appointments in India

On May 28, 2014 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

In a new book published by Oxford University Press this month, entitled “The Informal Constitution: Unwritten Criteria in Selecting Judges for the Supreme Court of India”, I explore the prevalence of three informal eligibility criteria …

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Law Clerks, the Supreme Court, and Harvard

On March 26, 2014 By Abhinav Chandrachud In New Scholarship

  A draft of a paper I have been working on was recently posted on SSRN as part of the Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper Series. The paper is titled: “From Hyderabad …

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