The Hindu Magazine’s celebration of 60 years of Indian Constitution is notable for the choice of its articles which are interesting to an average reader. The lead article is by Vikram Raghavan...
Supreme Court’s observations while hearing Khushboo’s case have offended many well-meaning people. “Why did you make such an extensive wise statement on virginity?” the Bench...
To,Shri Hamid AnsariVice President of India6 Maulana Azad RoadNew Delhi 21/1/09 Subject: Inquiry Committee appointed to inquire into the motion for the removal of Justice P.D. Dinakaran Dear Sir, We...
Today’s report in Times of India on the Law Ministry’s consideration of the proposal to reform the Supreme Court is confusing. It wrongly suggests that the Law Commission has recommended...
New Delhi is in the grip of an academic fever, despite the unprecedented fog in recent years. Only yesterday, I attended a huge gathering, (with the Conference room literally overflowing with the...
In this piece, I examine how S.P.S.Rathore managed to get relief from the High Court (in 2002) and the Supreme Court (in 2005)when the national media went into a deep slumber. Even now, the specific...
I am currently reading the Bombay High Court’s 150-pages judgment in R.V.Bhasin v. State of Maharashtra delivered recently. According to news reports, the Court has upheld the ban on the book...
Wishing the LAOT readers a very happy and prosperous New Year, nay, a New Decade. Right on the N.Y.Day, we have a very interesting controversy amidst us on Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone...
*T.Jayaraman’s review of Meera Nanda’s book, God Market. *My review of Anirudh Krishnan and Harini Sudersan’s recent book on reservations.*My article on how the principle of...
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Dr.Gulshan Prakash v. State of Haryana (Delivered on December 2 by Justices K.G.Balakrishnan-P.Sathasivam-J.M.Panchal)is sure to create a controversy of sorts...