Fresh from the workshop, I was tempted to read the legal stories in the newspapers in the light of what one learnt from the Judges and senior advocates. Here is a sample of how newspapers reported...
Two quick updates on my last post on housing discrimination against Muslims and religious discrimination in general. 1. Private Discrimination: Ravi’s comment on my last post said that “I...
Today, W.P.© 580 of 2003, Common Cause v. Union of India & Ors came up for hearing before Justices H.K.Sema and Markandey Katju in Court No.4 of the Supreme Court. Even as the petitioner’s...
The second day of this interesting workshop began with a discussion on how journalists should report the filing of First Information Reports. The Additional Solicitor General, Gopal Subramanium...
Well, the question would aptly sum up the objectives of the workshop on reporting of court proceedings by media and administration of justice being organized by the National Legal Services Authority...
M.R. Madhavan, the Head of Research at PRS Legislative Research, has an insightful column in today’s Indian Express where he explains the history of the practice of delimitation of constituencies in...
The recent case of a majority-Jain housing society in Mumbai denying the only Muslim family living there power and water is not the only one of its kind. Since the Mumbai bomb-blasts in 1993, Muslims...
Earlier this week, the Sixth Pay Commission handed in its much-awaited Report. The full report, complete with summaries and other aids, is available at the official website of the government of India...
I came across this almost by accident, and found some interesting academic articles on a variety of legal issues: debates over the Uniform Civil Code, mediation in India, law books in the Hindu legal...
Earlier today, the people of Taiwan voted in the latest round of their nation’s Presidential elections, and a couple of hours ago, it was announced that the KMT nominee, Ma-Ying-jou, has been...
I didn’t notice this earlier, but today’s issue of the Indian Express carries another tribute to Justice JL Sinha, authored by Yogendra Yadav of CSDS. Like that of Shanti Bhushan, which was the...
We’ve recently been discussing what makes for greatness in a judge on this blog. This post is a continuance of that theme. In a recent tribute to Justice Khanna, Justice Iyer made a passing...
I just finished reading Justice H.R.Khanna’s autobiography, Neither Roses Nor Thorns. Everyone is aware of his solitary dissent in the ADM Jabalpur case. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he...