(As the arguments in Union of India v. Sriharan head towards conclusion, Nishant Gokhale brings you the arguments presented on 11.8.2015) Dr. Yug Mohit Chaudhary continued his arguments...
(This post by Nishant Gokhale documents the arguments presented on 6.8.2015) The arguments today (6.8.2015) continued with Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Senior Advocate arguing for the State of Tamil Nadu. The...
13 out of 17 judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan held that the Supreme Court has intrinsic powers to review the constitutionality of a constitutional amendment. While the “basic...
[Nishant Gokhale continues to document the arguments in this case] The arguments today (5th August 2015) were continued by the State of Tamil Nadu through Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Senior Advocate...
(We could not blog about the hearings in this matter on 29.7.2015 and 30.7.2015 as the Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, NLU Delhi was involved in the proceedings in Yakub Memon’s case before...
[The report on arguments presented on Day 3 of the hearings (28.7.2015) is by Nishant Gokhale] The Constitution Bench continued hearing the matter today. The Solicitor General was asked to continue...
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is a non-profit organization based in Bangalore established to promote law and public policy research, public interest litigation and interventions in...
[The report of the arguments on Day 2 is once again by Nishant Gokhale] Continuing from yesterday’s post, the Solicitor General continued his arguments today (Thursday, 23rd July 2015)...
(The Centre on the Death Penalty at National Law University, Delhi will be posting daily reports of the arguments in the Constitution Bench matter in Union of India v. Sriharan) [The report of the...
Mukul Rohatgi is not the first Attorney General to apply for and obtain permission from the Central government to represent private parties in a given case. According to senior advocates of the...
There are two postdoctoral fellowship opportunities available at Melbourne Law School to commence in 2016: the University of Melbourne’s McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship and the new Melbourne Law...
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies (IJHRCS) is a journal based on an independent academic synergy of more than forty academics, experts in the field of human rights and...
For anyone interested in Indian legal history, please come to the launch of my book, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court During the British Raj, 1862...