In Swamy v Singh, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the 3 month time limit imposed on the grant of governmental sanction under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 for prosecution...
The renowned legal scholar, eminent jurist, former Law Commission member and Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court Vepa P. Sarathi passed away yesterday, four years short of his 100th...
Pakistan joins the UK in taking the question of forced (not merely ‘arranged’) marriages seriously. However, unlike the UK which has a civil regime in place to protect people in danger of...
The cops in Gaziabad ‘punished’ young couples in parks this morning by making them do sit-ups (calling it ‘Operation Majnu’). The case highlights the need for the upper...
The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment in Air India Cabin Crew Association v Union of India last week. Here is the press note sent to me summarising the judgment. The judgment is...
As someone who is pleased with the unprecedented attention that Anna’s movement has brought to the issue of corruption in our public discourse, but critical of certain tactics of the movement...
Readers may be interested in accessing Delhi University’s archive of digitised books whose copyright has expired. The archive has some useful legal material.
The NCPRI has now made public its alternative proposals outlining the measures needed to tackle corruption. Further details are available here, here and here. There are many substantive differences...
The Salwa Judum order by the Supreme Court has attracted much comment from members of this blog (see Rohit, Madhav and my reactions). Nandini Sundar, one of the petitioners in the case, has defended...
Socio-Legal Review Call for Submissions Socio-Legal Review welcomes contributions for its eighth volume to be released in 2012. About the Journal The Socio-Legal Review (SLR) is a student-edited...