This post is the fourth in a loosely-linked set of posts on colonial continuity in the Indian judiciary. Previous posts can be found here, here and here. In my previous post on India’s ‘British judges’ …
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Seeing Persecution: Koushal, s 377 and Evidence of Human Rights Abuses
Suresh Kumar Koushal v Naz Foundation (“Koushal”) is a bad decision which must be overturned. This is not a new or an original observation. (See, for example, most of December 2013 on this blog.) This …
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Review: Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India
Abhinav Chandrachud’s Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India (2017) is not Gautam Bhatia’s Offend, Shock and Disturb: Free Speech under the Indian Constitution (2016). Admittedly, both books are examinations of free …
Continue readingThe Exception: Ferdino Rebello and a Call for Help
My first post for this blog was about Indian judges who had previously served in state and Central legislatures. At that time, I noted that ‘despite the fact that no Supreme Court judge appointed since …
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South Asia, South Pacific, South Australia: Resistance to Imperial Racial Hierarchies and Australian Politics
I note at the outset that this blog post does relate back to this blog’s remit regarding ‘India’s laws and legal system’. (Or, at least, to the question of Indian political history and culture.) It …
Continue readingWho Was Basil James?
This is the third of a series of posts on colonial continuity in the Indian legal system. Previous posts in the series can be found here and here. Basil Reginald James was admitted to the …
Continue readingOn George H. Gadbois, jr
As reported by Vasujith, George H. Gadbois, jr, passed away on Friday night. This post briefly considers what Vasujith rightly terms Professor Gadbois’s magnum opus, Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1950-1989, and provides …
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