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Vasujith Ram

Privacy Judgment: A Comparative View

On September 7, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Comparative Law, Privacy

Michael Dorf, Professor of Law at the Cornell Law School, has written a succinct and interesting piece analyzing the right to privacy judgment delivered on August 24th. In his column, Professor Dorf studies various aspects …

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Guest Post: The Perils of Judicial Impulsiveness

On August 19, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Appointment, Courts, Judgment Analysis

Guest Post by Venkat Iyer To say that there has been an alarming fall in the standards of competence and integrity among judges in India in recent decades would, as an exercise in understatement, be …

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Tampon Taxes in India

On July 27, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Taxation, Women's Rights

I wrote a short piece for the Feminist Law Professors Blog on the issue of taxation of sanitary napkins and tampons in India. Writing for a largely foreign audience, I provide an overview of the controversy …

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Call for Applications: Short-term research stipends for emerging legal scholars from India

On March 8, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

The Chair for Public and Comparative Law at Humboldt University Berlin together with Dr. Benedikt Naarmann offer short-term research stipends for emerging  legal scholars from India, who would like to  come  to  Berlin  in  order  …

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George Gadbois, Scholar of the Indian Judiciary, 1936-2017

On February 18, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

George H. Gadbois Jr., the preeminent scholar of India’s judiciary and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, passed away last night at his home in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 80. Born near …

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Economic Survey 2017

On February 1, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In New Scholarship

Yesterday, the Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian, released the Economic Survey 2017. Various chapters of the Survey grapple with issues such as demonetization, federalism, GST, Universal Basic Income, among others. Chapter 11 – entitled ‘One …

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World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law

On January 31, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

The World Bank has released the World Development Report 2017 on ‘Governance and the Law’. The official webpage of the report is here. The report itself is available for download here. Chapter 3, on the role of …

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Judicial Reasoning and Judicial Behavior: Studying the Supreme Court of India (Colloquium)

On January 3, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Judicial Reasoning and Judicial Behavior: Studying the Supreme Court of India Colloquium hosted by Center for Public Law and Jurisprudence Jindal Global Law School Call for Papers The role of the Supreme Court of India …

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National Constitutional Law Olympiad

On January 3, 2017 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Date : January – February 2017 Nature : Constitutional Law Olympiad Location : First two rounds online and next two at ILS Law College The 1st National Constitutional Law Olympiad is being organised by ILS Law …

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Govindaswamy v. State of Kerala (Soumya Rape Case) – Analysis in the Light of Recent Controversies (Part II)

On December 9, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Akshita Jha In continuance of the Part I on the analysis of this judgment, this part constitutes of the criticism of the judgment and its analysis in the light of the rights …

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