The Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP), a group of law postgraduate students and Faculty members dedicated to the practice of public interest law on a pro bono basis, has submitted this report to the...
Two recent, and rare, Op-Eds celebrating rather than berating our politicians (Shekhar Gupta) and our constitutional institutions (Jaithirth Rao) make interesting reading. In this context, readers...
I recently noted the recommendations of the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Prevention of Torture Bill with respect to the impunity clause which required prior governmental sanction in this...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s thought-provoking piece analyses the tensions between multiculturalism and liberalism. This comes in the backdrop of David Cameron’s recent call for ‘muscular...
Those following the debate on the appointment of PJ Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner may be interested in the Nolan Committee Report on Standards in Public Life, submitted to the British...
A consultation organised by the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion (CSSE), National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the Alternative Law Forum (ALF), Bangalore In the wake of the...
The Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Torture Bill has recommended significant amendments to the Prevention of Torture Bill passed by the Lok Sabha. These recommendations include widening the...
The Law Ministry has invited suggestions on the draft Legal Practitioners (Regulation and Maintenance of Standards in Profession, Protecting the Interests of Clients and Promoting the Rule of Law)...
Chavan and Kalmadi have paid the political price for corruption, and Raja may soon follow. Of course, political sanction does not require proof of guilt in a court of law and can therefore be...
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Velusamy v Patchaiammal yesterday drew sharp criticism from Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, and rightly so. The case was about the the rights of an...