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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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 …
Continue readingTwo 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 …
Continue readingThe 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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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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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 …
Continue readingThe 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 …
Continue readingA 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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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 …
Continue readingA 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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