In his lecture delivered at Oslo University, Norway on October 6, Soli J.Sorabjee defends the basic structure doctrine, but offers a mild critique of the I.R.Coelho judgment. He says: “With the...
The Halsbury’s Law Monthly, the online journal being published by LexisNexis has devoted its latest issue to the discussion of what Constitution of India will look like (or how it should look...
In a Frontline article, T.K.Rajalakshmi criticizes the bill pointing out that health activists and women’s organizations are unhappy with it. Here are some of her contentions and my comments. 1. “The...
The students and the faculty of the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, invited me today to talk on the issues thrown by the trial by the media in the context of some of the recent high-profile...
In the EPW dated October4-10, 2008, Ramachandra Guha whose article on modern Indian history invited a post here, provoked Nivedita Menon to join issue with him on issues of gender. Among other...
There was an interesting post on Freakonomics yesterday. The author Stephen Dubner also provides a link to a paper by Steve Levitt analyzing the impact of money spent on election campaigns. By...
I had often wondered what per cent of admission matters get accepted as regular hearing matters by the Supreme Court. This seems especially important to keep track of given the amount of time the...
The MOHFW has published a draft ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) bill on its website (here and here). The bill seeks to regulate the practice of surrogacy. On the whole, it is well written and...
In a previous post, this blog discussed the issue of legal recognition of non-marital cohabitational relationships. The Maharashtra cabinet appears to have cleared a proposal to expand the definition...
1. NHRC’s report on Salwa Judum presented to the Supreme Court. The report, contrary to what the CJI observed during the last hearing, defends Salwa Judum, even while making certain...
Namita Wahi, whose inaugural post is below, is a welcome addition to our team. Here is a brief bio: Namita graduated from National Law School, Bangalore in 2004. That same year, she pursued an LLM at...
In a lecture at Harvard Law School last week, Amartya Sen spoke about the “idea of justice,” a topic developed further in his forthcoming book. He began by outlining two approaches that...
Arun, thanks for posting on the Naz case. The Lawyers’ Collective website does not have the minutes of the fantastic arguments made on 25th September 2008 by Shyam Divan on behalf of the...