One aspect of this week’s atrocity in Mumbai is the questionable role of 24/7 news channels. This report claims that ‘Vying for fresh material, they announced attacks where none had...
Now that the attacks are officially over, the analysis will begin. Today’s papers – from across the globe – carry several pieces that offer commentary on the tragic events in Mumbai, many of which...
That was the subject of discussion held at the Indian Law Institute on Nov.27 to celebrate the Law Day on Nov.26 and to mark the launching of a movement, Constitutional Cause. The new forum aims to...
The discussion on K.Krishna Murthy case is perhaps a fitting tribute to the memory of the former Prime Minister, V.P.Singh, who passed away yesterday. Sudhir Krishnaswamy’s piece raised the...
The ongoing war in Mumbai will no doubt revive the debate over whether we need a Federal Investigation Agency sooner than later. While Vivek Reddy has argued here that our Constitution indeed...
The second issue of The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law published annually by the MK Nambyar SAARCLAW Chair in Comparative Constitutional Studies at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad,has...
The Hindu published this rambling opinion piece by Justice Katju on the need for tolerance in India. While I appreciated the underlying theme of the piece and Justice Katju’s earnest call for...
It strikes me that opinion columns in Indian newspapers have greatly improved in their style, analysis, and content. Previously, opinion writing was dominated by retired bureaucrats who bloviated...
Dr.Rajeev Dhavan completed his submissions as the counsel for the respondent State of Bihar before the Constitution Bench in the K.Krishna Murthy case. LAOT thanks him for sharing with us a copy of...
This morning’s Hindu published a somewhat belated review of Rajeev Dhavan’s controversial book, Reserved, by N.R. Madhava Menon. If you follow this blog regularly, you may recall our own...
The recent spate of terrorist attacks across the country has led to a demand for creation of a national agency to investigate acts of terrorism. The UPA government has cited the Indian Constitution...
This new book, edited by Varun Gauri and Daniel M.Brinks is to be published by Cambridge University Press shortly. The contents indicate that India is among the five countries (others being South...
It is not very often that the BJP raises the issue of torture (this is not to say that other political parties are particularly vocal on it either). Advani’s statements on the alleged torture...