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...
Hearings on the Naz Foundation case are currently underway in the Delhi High Court. The May round of hearings formed the basis of prior posts on the blog (available here, here and here). Here is an...
The much-talked about Nanavati Report on the Godhra tragedy is here. I am yet to read the report, but what I found was that a parallel inquiry held by Justice U.C.Banerjee, set up by the Union...
Political parties, to achieve recognition by the Election Commission, must have considerable following; recognition is granted in the form of exclusive symbols for identification by voters at the...
Given the interest amongst us on how the Government of India ought to respond to terrorism, this study by Rand Corporation throws light on how terrorist groups end. In particular, the authors...