I am picking up on Arun’s usual thoughtful piece about the legality of sting operations. Perhaps, I have missed much of the literature, but I have yet to see a good substantive discussion of...
I second Rampal of the Bailey’s request for day-to-day updates on the Supreme Court hearing of the reservation case. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Venkatesan for the first time in person on...
I’m posting this interesting paper from Arudra Burra, a law student at Yale, on the history of the First Amendment to our Constitution. I have always been fascinated by that amendment, which...
We are very pleased to introduce our newest addition to our community of bloggers, Dilip. Dilip is a physician, trained subsequently as a health care administrator. He has interned in group practice...
We are very pleased to also introduce Umakanth Varottil as a new member of our blogging team. Umakanth is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, where he has been...
I am presently reading (more like devouring) Ram Guha’s magnificent new tome, India After Gandhi. The book is a fascinating and accessible telling of our country’s post-independent...
I am very pleased to introduce BN Harish as a new contributor to Law and Other Things. Harish is an advocate practising with a firm that he founded in Bangalore. Apart from legal practice, Harish is...
Since Mr. Venkatesan is such a forensic interpreter of our Court’s jurisprudence and the larger political canvass regarding reservations, I would like him to elaborate his assertion that the...
I find Mr. Venkatesan’s thoughtful and well articulated comment to my post quite persuasive. I am grateful to him for his courteous and professional response, which helps advance the debate...
I write in my personal capacity to say I find it unusual that the learned Chief Justice of India (for whose sagacity and experience I have great respect) intervened in this matter after another bench...