As I was writing this article, I was intrigued by two facts, which defied easy explanation. Why do most commissions of inquiries start with a very limited tenure only to be extended many times later...
In the latest issue of Tehelka, the SCBA president, Krishnamani seeks to defend Justice S.H.Kapadia, who is in the centre of the controversy over conflict of interests. (Courting Controversy)...
The International Centre, Goa, in collaboration with Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) is organising the three-day Annual Media Summit at...
Today’s newspapers have carried reports on how Justices Markandey Katju and Asok Kumar Ganguly advanced two entirely different reasons to make a reference to Constitution Bench to determine...
Here is my review of D.C.Wadhwa’s Endangered Constitutionalism. I was surprised to know from the book that the Centre has, so far, repromulgated only one ordinance, POTO, and that too in 2001...
T.R.Andhyarujina has written in today’s Hindu, on the conflict of interests controversy. Andhyarujina is among those who feel that the expectation that the Judges should avoid all conflicts of...
Here is a good summary of the debate on the CNBC-TV18 India Tonight programme on the Justice Dinakaran issue, moderated by Karan Thapar last week. In this only interview he has given so far to any...
Vivek Reddy’s most-admired piece seems to have contributed to a healthy debate on the subject of recusals. Here, I wish to share with readers two interesting responses I received – one...
Here is the speech Manoj Mitta delivered in the British Parliament before the All Party Human Rights Group on November 4 at an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sikh massacre of 1984...
The Provident Fund scam in the Ghaziabad District Court, which came to light in January 2008, may be a tip of the iceberg. The huge ramifications of the scandal probably explain why we are nowhere...