The recent book ‘The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly?’ by sociologist Dipankar Gupta is proving to be as controversial as the author himself. I have reviewed the book in ‘Biblio: A review of books’...
The decision of the Supreme Court judges to put their asset declarations on the Supreme Court website is a welcome first step towards transparency and accountability of judges in this country. It is...
The Supreme Court Judges, after a marathon meeting, have reportedly agreed to put details of their assets on the SC’s website. Here is the breaking story. The RTI applicant, Subhash C.Agrawal...
1. A.G.Noorani on the illegality of Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the BJP. He refers to the Gopal Godse case and Justice Chandrachud’s judgment. Though he refers to S.95 Cr.P.C. in...
Some Rajya Sabha MP’s recently demanded a special law on honour killings by caste panchayats. Although the Home Minister seems to have rejected such a demand, some women’s groups think it...
The following piece was written by Chandan Gowda, one of our guest bloggers, in the newsletter of the Suchitra Film Society, which is the oldest film society in Bangalore. In the essay, Chandan...
Sometimes, our comments section includes more insightful observations than the posts themselves. In order that the exchange between Sandeep Dougal and Tarunabh Khaitan in the comments section of the...
“If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution, we have to tackle it ideologically … If differences of opinion remain after a...
Despite the huge controversy that the book has led to within and outside the BJP, the Gujarat Government may have no case at all to ban Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah. The text of the...
Justice K.Kannan of Punjab and Haryana High Court has responded to Mr.Prashant Bhushan, Convener of the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform which has been spearheading the campaign for...
Rarely, HC Judges take a public position, which is opposed to that of the Chief Justice of India and his brother Judges in the Supreme Court. Therefore, Justice D.V.Shylendra Kumar of Karnataka High...
[Readers are requested to first read the previous posts on the subject, to familiarise themselves with the issues] Solicitor-General: Both the Tribunal and the Madras High Court have erroneously...
In a post on SpicyIP, I reviewed a big ticket compulsory licensing dispute involving the sound recording industry on the one hand, and radio stations on the other. I went on to reflect on the...