Today’s Indian Express features an op-ed by Darryl Li – who is part of the legal team that is defending the Guantanamo detainees – addressing the point raised in this post’s...
Now that the attacks are officially over, the analysis will begin. Today’s papers – from across the globe – carry several pieces that offer commentary on the tragic events in Mumbai, many of which...
Namita Wahi, whose inaugural post is below, is a welcome addition to our team. Here is a brief bio: Namita graduated from National Law School, Bangalore in 2004. That same year, she pursued an LLM at...
Hearings on the Naz Foundation case are currently underway in the Delhi High Court. The May round of hearings formed the basis of prior posts on the blog (available here, here and here). Here is an...
Today’s Indian Express features an op-ed by Kapil Sibal who seeks to respond to the call for reviving POTA, while explaining how the UPA government views the issue of tackling terrorism. Given...
Almost from the time of its inception, contributors to this blog have focused on the issue of corruption in the higher judiciary at regular intervals. This post from three years ago seems...
P. Chidambaram delivered the Convocation address at the 6th annual convocation of the NALSAR University of Hyderabad on July 19, 2008. Somewhat unusually, he chose to speak on a very topical issue...
The issue of delays in the Indian legal system has generated considerable discussion on this blog. (See, for instance, two separate discussions from the 2007 archives here and here). Colin Gonsalves...
Today’s Indian Express has a column providing analysis of recent events in Pakistan, focusing on the lawyers’ “Long March” held on June 10 in Islamabad. It is refreshing to...
I believe the Naz Foundation case has the potential to become one of the most significant cases in Indian constitutional jurisprudence, and I am glad that we are following its route through our legal...