The Aadhaar litigation will go down in history for being the second longest hearing in the Supreme Court of India. The case was heard for 38 days over a span of four months in which …
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Namratha Murugeshan
Namratha Murugeshan is a 4th year student of NALSAR University of Law.
What is the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018
India has seen the rise of multi-crore economic losses caused due to wilful defaults and scams. Individuals like Vijay Mallya are responsible for a loan default worth almost Rs. 9,000 crore, Nirav Modi and Mehul …
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Public Law and Cryptocurrencies
The institution of property – Form and Function This is the second post in a two-part series about about the legal nature of cryptocurrencies in India. The first part is available here. On December 28, …
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Misnomer of the decade: Crypto-“currency”
A lawyer and her client walk into a room full of accountants. The client looks at the room and says, “I hereby pay my lawyer, X units.” All the accountants note this transaction in their …
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The Honorable Dissent: Who said, what? – Part II
Guest post by Namratha Murugeshan It has almost been a month since the four puisne judges of the Supreme Court addressed the public regarding a ‘crisis’ in the Indian judiciary. A lot has been said …
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The Honorable Dissent: Who said, what?
Guest post by Namratha Murugeshan Friday, the 12th of January, 2018 witnessed a historic vocalization of dissent in the Indian judiciary albeit outside the courtroom. In an unprecedented press conference, four puisne judges of the …
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