The Special Lucknow Bench’s judgment in the Babri Masjid title case is too voluminous to enable an instant analysis. One such early analysis by Pratap Bhanu Mehta attracted a spirited critique...
*Frontline’s latest issue has a detailed expose of how the Hindustan Unilever is avoiding its responsibilities to its workers exposed to mercury in the thermometer factory it owned in...
Manoj Mitta’s excellent article on how Supreme Court betrayed the Orissa tribals made me read in full Chief Justice Kapadia’s 2008 Justice J.K.Mathur Memorial Lecture. Readers may draw...
Shekhar Hattangadi’s recent piece on the Bombay High Court’s judgment explains why justice has not been meted out to the Khairlanji victims, and how the judgment ignores “multiple...
Frontline’s recent issue is a celebration of the strengths of the Right to Information Act, and a critique of its flaws, as the activists see it. There are 10 components to the cover story, of...
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench)Division Bench’s verdict in the Khairlanji case has shaken the conscience of all right-thinking people, as the Judges refused to see any caste prejudice to...
*The encounter guidelines case in the Supreme Court (PUCL v. State of Maharashtra)is taking an interesting turn with almost all the States and the UOI having responded to PUCL/Prashant...
Legally India has this update on the case, and the outcome of the last hearing in the Supreme Court on July 30.
There is an excellent piece by Rajesh Kasturirangan at India Together on the truth about encounters. While I agree with him substantially that in practice the line between genuine and fake encounters...
* My analysis of MCOCA and its application to Hindutva terror groups. * My appreciation of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the James Laine case. *How lack of transparency in the appointment of...