As most of you are aware, there have been whispers (some loud, others less so) in respect of the impending liberalisation ( primarily meaning permitting foreign lawyers to pratcice in India) of the...
The xenophobia over retail trade has manifested itself once again. The Government (Department of Commerce & Industry) has asked Starbucks to modify its application to enter into a franchise...
It is not rare for different legislative or administrative authorities to lay down laws or regulations that contradict each other. Today’s Business Standard and The Times of India quote the Minister...
The proposal to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) at Nandagudi near Bangalore in Karnataka has invited a lot of brouhaha over the last few days. While the SEZ policy of the Government of India has...
There is a provacative article by Colin Gonsalves titled “State has no religion” (www.indiatogether.org For those of you who prefer links, I am afraid, I am not yet completely blog savvy...
Show the UPA government an issue of concern and it will show you a committee. Perhaps all governments need expert help in framing policy. What makes the present situation unique is a curious result...
We are very pleased to also introduce Umakanth Varottil as a new member of our blogging team. Umakanth is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, where he has been...
We are happy to announce that Tarunabh Khaitan has agreed to join the team blog here at Law and Other Things. Tarunabh is currently a D.Phil candidate at Oxford University, and his doctoral...
Whilst most of us await the Madras High Court judgment on the constitutionality of section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, here’s an update on what’s going on at the IPAB (Intellectual Property...
I am presently reading (more like devouring) Ram Guha’s magnificent new tome, India After Gandhi. The book is a fascinating and accessible telling of our country’s post-independent...
I am very pleased to introduce BN Harish as a new contributor to Law and Other Things. Harish is an advocate practising with a firm that he founded in Bangalore. Apart from legal practice, Harish is...
The latest issue of the New Yorker has a short but interesting assessment of the judicial output of the U.S. Supreme Court over the last year. The author of the article is the noted legal analyst...
In the OBC reservation debate, a key issue – and a more serious issue – which took a backseat is the imposition of caste based quotas in private educational institutions. The 93rd Constitutional...