As I watched the oath-taking ceremony of the Union Council of Ministers live on TV, I couldn’t miss the irony of administering the oath of secrecy to the new Ministers as required under the...
Today, President Pratibha Patil followed the precedent set by her predecessor, Narayanan in October 1999, by appointing Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister, without requesting him to prove his...
Our guest blogger today is Vinod Joseph who used to be an advocate in Mumbai till he moved to London seven years ago. Writing is a hobby Vinod indulges in when he gets some spare time. His first...
As is perhaps to be expected, not all analysts agree on how we should interpret the results of the recently concluded general elections. Of the early analysis, I have been struck by three...
Rajeev Dhavan, in this article in Mail Today, outlines a nine-point legal agenda for the new Government. Each of these points will require elaboration; Dhavan has compressed them in order to provide...
This is an interesting article from The Atlantic. Precisely, something which you would love to read to have a break from LAOT.
With the return of the Congress government to power and with Dr. Manmohan Singh set to continue as Prime Minister, corporate India is likely to witness a series of reforms in the near future. Unlike...
Well, the latest results suggest that the UPA may end up with 260 seats. Important Congress leaders like Kamal Nath have declared on television that the party is averse to seeking support from post...
Even as exit poll projections revise their estimates of outcome in Tamil Nadu, I depend on my understanding of the state’s voting behaviour in the past. As this is one state which can decide...
With a hung Parliament being forecast by all the exit polls, the focus is now on the President, Pratibha Patil. There is a consensus veering around among the observers that she must ask for letters...
The E.C. has generally received praise from the media as well as the political parties for its reasonable success in completing the 15th General Elections satisfactorily. Here, in this press release...
Update: I have been asked why the case is a landmark. I realise now that in my excitement, I failed to highlight the implications of the case properly. There is hardly any DP case where seperate...
Supreme Court yesterday delivered two important judgments. In Union of India vs. Ramesh Ram, the Bench referred the matter to the Constitution Bench. In this case, the question was whether the...