Commentators have often noted that the High Courts, District Courts, and other subordinate courts are rarely systematically studied in India. In such a large country, it’s difficult to easily...
The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law will have an online symposium tomorrow October 11th. Prof. Kent Roach’s “Judicial Review of Anti-Terrorism Legislation: The Post-9/11 Experience...
Fali Nariman was interviewed last night on NDTV’s Walk the Talk (reprinted in the Indian Express on 21/9/09). In the interview Nariman stated – with some prodding by Shekhar Gupta –...
In yesterday’s Indian Express I had this piece highlighting that the average MP has no office or staff, beyond a single secretary, and arguing that MPs need to get sufficient resources if we expect...
I am delighted to introduce Aparna Chandra as a new contributor to the blog. Aparna graduated from the National Law School in 2006 and with a LLM from Yale Law School in 2007. She worked for a couple...
Today and tomorrow the Chief Justices of the High Courts and Supreme Court of India are having a conference in Delhi on how to expedite the disposal of cases. Although the meeting is not public, in a...
Yesterday, a FIR was registered by the police against former President Musharraf on order of a sessions court judge. The FIR charges Musharraf with wrongfully confining certain Supreme Court justices...
Yesterday’s Indian Express had this editorial questioning why High Court judges should be appointed to the same courts where they once litigated. It asks if top Indian administrative officers...
There is a new blog on corruption and accountability issues by the Accountability Initiative called the Accountability Forum. Yamini Aiyar, who recently contributed a guest contribution on this blog...
In a case followed earlier on this blog, a 14 judge bench of the Pakistani Supreme Court yesterday declared the Emergency under Musharraf unconstitutional. The order can be found here. It is not long...