There is an excellent piece by Rajesh Kasturirangan at India Together on the truth about encounters. While I agree with him substantially that in practice the line between genuine and fake encounters...
Guest Post: Pathik Gandhi The Declaration of Independence by Kosovo has been given a clean chit by a majority of the judges of the ICJ in it’s ICJ’s Advisory Opinion of 22nd July 2010...
V. Umakanth will speak on corporate governance at NUJS, Kolkata tomorrow. The talk begins at 4 pm in Room 006. All are welcome to attend. Umakanth will be familiar to readers of this blog, as he...
* My analysis of MCOCA and its application to Hindutva terror groups. * My appreciation of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the James Laine case. *How lack of transparency in the appointment of...
The full text of the historic judgment delivered by the Bangladesh Supreme Court banning religious parties and upholding secularism in that country is here.
Prabhat Patnaik’s article in the latest EPW on how the Left must adopt a “rights-based approach” to development makes for enjoyable reading. Patnaik has long been the key economic...
Legislative analysis competition organised by PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi. PRS Legislative Research is a Delhi-based research initiative hosted at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi...
Does anyone know of the status of this case filed by the All India Christian Federation challenging the unconstitutionality of the Constitution Order 1950 which excludes Christian and Muslim dalits...
* Lok Sabha Speaker’s reasoning as to why she disallowed the notices for adjournment motion. (Pages 4-5). Considering that a Government cannot consider itself failing in its duties, can an...
*PUCL v. UOI. W.P.(C) 196/2001. (Food security case) Order dated July 27. Next date of hearing: August 12, 2010. *HT report on the hearing by Justice Katju Bench (M/s Nouveau Capitaland Fin.Ltd. v...
The July 19 Report of the Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee is available here. While the policy implications of the proposed changes are likely to be discussed in great detail over the coming...
In the current issue of Seminar, Sudhir Krishnaswamy and I reflect on the relationship between military power and the Constitution through studying the Supreme Court’s examination of the...
* Sitaram Yechury’s provocative piece on why we should keep the word socialism in the Preamble: Rework the Agenda *Shyam Divan’s obit on Atul Setalvad: Raising the Bar *The All India Bar...