After reading Tarunabh’s piece today, I was wondering whether the Law Commission’s latest report had anything to say on some of the actual problems faced by those seeking to register...
There is an interesting piece in the Statesman today by the senior advocate, Bishwajit Bhattacharyya. The author blames all the three, Mamta, Tatas and the West Bengal Government for the fiasco, but...
The Court and the Constitution of India: Summits and Shallows by O.Chinnappa Reddy, OUP, 2008, Rs.795, pp.337. At last, a truly insider’s account of the Supreme Court? I have not yet read the...
The following cases were heard at length in the Supreme Court this week. This is a select review of what I consider as important. 1. Kunga Nima Lepcha vs. State of Sikkim: W.P.(C)353 of 2006: Heard...
Supreme Court’s performance has come under close scrutiny in the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s 28th Report on the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2008. The Report...
In his lecture delivered at Oslo University, Norway on October 6, Soli J.Sorabjee defends the basic structure doctrine, but offers a mild critique of the I.R.Coelho judgment. He says: “With the...
The Halsbury’s Law Monthly, the online journal being published by LexisNexis has devoted its latest issue to the discussion of what Constitution of India will look like (or how it should look...
The students and the faculty of the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, invited me today to talk on the issues thrown by the trial by the media in the context of some of the recent high-profile...
In the EPW dated October4-10, 2008, Ramachandra Guha whose article on modern Indian history invited a post here, provoked Nivedita Menon to join issue with him on issues of gender. Among other...
1. NHRC’s report on Salwa Judum presented to the Supreme Court. The report, contrary to what the CJI observed during the last hearing, defends Salwa Judum, even while making certain...