There will be a panel discussion this Thursday, August 20, on sting operations or undercover investigations conducted by the media. This issue has acquired urgency because of the charge of abetment...
I am pleased to welcome Vinay Sitapati, who joins us as a contributor from today. Vinay Sitapati works on the editorial board of The Indian Express, New Delhi. He writes and reports on law and...
The Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Law & Economics, published by NALSAR, invites submissions for the 2009-10 issue in accordance with the editorial policy. The IJLE invites writings...
During the debate on the now-deferred Judges (Assets and Liabilities)Bill, 2009, the Leader of the Opposition in the RS, Arun Jaitley made the point that it was perhaps the first time a Bill, before...
Guest Blogger Yamini Aiyar How effective is India’s Right to Information Act (RTI)? Last week the Hindustan Times quoted a prominent Central Information Commissioner, Shailesh Gandhi, warning the...
Guest Blogger J.S.Verma, J. It is a misreading of the Delhi High Court judgment to contend that it approves or legalizes, much less glorify the practice of homosexuality, practiced in privacy...
On 20th May,the Delhi High Court,acting on a petition filed by the People’s Union for Democratic Rights and Anhad, had asked the National Human Rights Commission to conduct their own inquiry...
It was a dramatic hearing characterised by unusual human interest on both sides. The SLP against Chandigarh Admn v. Nemo was heard by the Supreme Court within four days of the High Court verdict as a...
The hearing on the SLP against Delhi HC’s July 2 judgment on Naz Foundation v. UOI (Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation) began at 12.35 p.m. and ended at 12.50 p.m. at Court No.1 before CJI...
Chandigarh Admn v. Nemo: Should a mentally retarted woman be denied the right to keep her pregnancy?
This case was perhaps the first relevant opportunity to apply and test the principles of Naz Foundation for other minorities. But the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s judgment is a huge...