Such is the gravitational pull of the issue of the constitutional validity of the NJAC decision, replete with surprise, that the issue of judicial recusal in certain situations is not discussed at...
The SCI did not hold that Parliament may not ever contemplate bringing about a change in the method of appointing justices; it only (and rightly) insisted that the NJAC changes did not comply with...
The Supreme Court of India (SCI) has, in October 2015, done diverse things but, most of what it has accomplished is an enriching 1053 pages 4:1 decision that nullified the National Judicial...
In last week’s Mint, I discuss an early controversy over judicial appointments. Shortly before Republic Day in 1950, Nehru had second thoughts about the first chief justice. But Patel pushed...
In this recent piece in the Indian Express I argue that with the collegium system restored the primary question now turns to how to improve it. To be clear, I take no position in the piece (or...
The following is a guest post by Dolashree Mysoor, who is a Research Associate at the Azim Premji University, and works with the University’s Hub for Education Law and...
One of the major challenges for Indian legal historians has been to try and understand the legal systems of pre-colonial India. For a variety of reasons, there are no surviving central court archives...
The Land Rights Initiative at the Centre for Policy Research is looking to hire a research associate for a short term contractual period (six months subject to extension based on performance) ...
LAOT is pleased to offer excerpts from the speeches of Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice A.K.Sikri at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, while releasing a book, on September 3. Addressing a...
As compared to those lawyers who cannot be called legal eagles, a legal eagle is one who is clever and aggressive. Therefore, journalist Indu Bhan’s book, [Legal Eagles, Random House...
This book is a collection of lectures, and articles by and interviews with the retired Judge of the Madras High Court, Justice K.Chandru. This is also the first book to come out of...
Although comparative constitutional law has steadily grown as a field, it still remains narrow in its geographical focus. South Asia, in particular, is an region that has been neglected. In...
(The author of this post was present in court for the last day of arguments on 12.8.2015 but prefers this to be an anonymous post. This post concludes our coverage of the arguments in this case and I...