I have closely followed the discussion in the media in the wake of the M.F.Husain-Taslima Nasreen controversy. First, I wanted to know how the Indian system (the courts and the executive together)...
Here are the latest RTI query from activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal and the reply from the Supreme Court. Also, it is now clear from Supreme Court’s reply to another RTI applicant, Deepak...
Shabnam Hashmi has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court challenging ‘a law which denies a child a right to inheritance if s/he is adopted by non-Hindu parents.’ The case is surely going to be...
By Renu GuptaGuest Blogger This post refers to Supreme Court’s decision in State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal (PIL Guidelines Case) Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundakam...
The judgment in the case of State of West Bengal v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights has not got the attention it deserves. Except Rajeev Dhavan’s article, there has been no...
The Delhi Police has arrested two British plane-spotters under charges of spying. This is not the first case of overzealous, humourless officers hounding eccentric-but-essentially-harmless-nerds:...
The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR), the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, will be hosting the 3rd Annual NLSIR Symposium, ‘Indian...
The FL’s cover story on GM debate reflects the diversity of views on the contentious issue. In my piece, I have traced the cases in the Supreme Court, and how the petitioners could be credited...
While I am interested by the fine legal arguments and counter arguments which have been made here regarding the retirement of Justice A.P. Shah, and the wider debate concerning the elevation of...
It may be just a coincidence that even as Indian public opinion deplores the non-elevation of Justice A.P.Shah to the Supreme Court, Pakistan too is debating the Presiden’s power to appoint...
I thank Argya for his extensive comments on my post. I wish he also responded to Points 5 and 6 of my previous post, which clarify some of the issues. Now, let me come to the specifics. 1. I referred...
The following is a response to Venkatesan’s earlier post titled ‘Supreme Court’s Loss: How can it be remedied?’ from Arghya Sengupta, research student, University of Oxford...
Lawyers, Cases and the Telangana movement by Vasudha Nagraj The agitation for separate Telangana, by the students of Osmania University, has drawn severe repression from the police. For the past two...