A leading group of intellectuals, analysts, and policy makers – Sunil Khilnani, Rajiv Kumar, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Prakash Menon, Nandan Nilekani, Srinath Raghavan, Shyam Saran...
Oxford University Press recently published a book on the Judges of the Supreme Court of India by George Gadbois. The book has been covered on this blog previously. In a review article in the current...
In the new issue of the International Journal of Constitutional Law, I study the social rights jurisprudence of the Indian Supreme Court. I make many arguments, and the piece is available here. The...
In two excellent posts (here and here), Rohit and Tarunabh have brought to light interesting aspects of the decision in Nandini Sundar. In today’s Hindu newspaper, I offer my thoughts on the...
A recent interview of Justice J.S.Verma’s on CNN-IBN, with Karan Thapar, seems to suggest that, as the Chief Justice of India, he was against Justice Punchhi’s elevation to the Supreme...
Steven Wilkinson, the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies at Yale University, and one of the world’s leading political scientists working on India, will be presenting a paper at...
As many of us have been closely following, a political crises is brewing in Karnataka. The SC recently set aside the disqualification of 11 BJP MLA’s who had rebelled against the party. I hope...
Accountability Initiative, an initiative that focuses on accountability in governance and operates out of the Centre for Policy Research, is looking to hire a Research Associate. Further details are...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta will be delivering three lectures at Brown University next month. Each looks simply fascinating and those in the vicinity should most certainly attend. The first lecture is on the...
In an article in the current issue of Frontline, I reflect upon the CVC judgment, and the Supreme Court more generally.