This third, and final, post builds on posts of yesterday and the day before on the Naz Foundation Case. In today’s post, I discuss, among other things, the Delhi High Court’s use of “compelling state...
Having celebrated Naz Foundation’s glorious ramparts yesterday, I turn now to critically appraise the decision’s side streets and alleys. I thought I would be able to complete that task in a single...
Normally, when the annual budget is presented in Parliament, lawyers tend to spend a significant amount of time scouring through the fine-print, but essentially with a view to determine its impact on...
There have been few, if any, cases whose proceedings have been closely followed and judgment keenly awaited as Naz Foundation. The verdict was eagerly anticipated, not just by lawyers and court...
Guest Blogger Pratiksha Baxi For the comments posted here and many emails, much gratitude to everyone for reflecting on my previous post. Although the individual accounts of angst have not been...
Implications of Naz Foundation judgment Today’s newspapers have variously interpreted the Naz Foundation judgment. Among the analyses, at least two deserve mention. Manoj Mitta has suggested in...
The Delhi High Court has read down s. 377 to exclude consensual sex between adults in private in its judgment in Naz Foundation v. Union of India (2009). Aspects of the case will surely be discussed...
Vinay Sitapati and Manoj Mitta have done interesting pieces on rape laws. Mitta discusses Shiney Ahuja’s case in light of the developments of the law on rape since the infamous Mathura case...
The Delhi High Court’s website lists Naz Foundation v. Union of India (challenging the constitutional validity of s. 377 and demanding its reading down) for delivery of judgment tomorrow...
How to rethink India’s messy mix of capitalism and socialism? Today’s Asian Age carries an article by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta who draws our attention to two recent widely cited articles by...
I read A.G.Noorani’s article titled ‘Free Speech and Religion’ in the June 6th issue of EPW with interest wherein he argues that the March 26th resolution 7/19 of the Human Rights Council of Geneva...
Whither NMML?: A response from Ramachandra Guha Today’s Economic Times has carried two controversial essays, seeking to dispute with each other, on the state of affairs at the Nehru Memorial...
This story in Daijiworld, a chatty and informative portal focusing on Karnataka’s coastal districts brims with intrigue, mystery, and skullduggery about a plot to kidnap an advocate in...