Teesta Atul Setalvad v State of Gujarat may well be a test case to decide whether the State’s eagerness for custodial interrogation of an accused has to be given primacy over the...
In this judgment authored by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, and delivered today, the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the Government servants conduct rules which prohibit second...
Guest Post by Prabha Kotiswaran King’s College London is organizing its inaugural Transnational Law Summer Institute this July. Do consider applying if you are an early career...
Guest Post by Arvind Narrain Over the last few days, there has been considerable discussion of the controversial use by the BJP of the original, unamended Preamble to the Constitution...
Guest Post on behalf of Jayna Kothari CLPR invites applications for Research Associates at Bangalore. CLPR is a non-partisan and not-for-profit organization engaged in law and policy research...
A paper I wrote on the institution of the law clerkship on the Supreme Court of India was published in the International Journal of the Legal Profession, and is now available for free online. A draft...
The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne and National Law University, Delhi invite you to a conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Indian Public Law:...
I am delighted to announce that we have started a new project tentatively titled “The Rule of Law Project” at DAKSH. The initial focus is on collecting and organising data regarding the...
It has been some time since this blog featured analysis of the legal aspects of the regulation of cricket. (See here for some previous posts by V. Venkatesan in 2008, which might also induce...
In a dramatic move the newly elected President of Sri Lanak asked deposed Chief Justice Shirani Bandarakanayake to “resume” her duties as Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. Chief Justice...
The Death Penalty Research Project at National Law University, Delhi has launched a website on the death penalty in India — www.deathpenaltyindia.com. The site aims to host extensive and...
Guest Post: Vasujith Ram Last year, LAOT carried three blog posts, debating whether a recognized Leader of Opposition (LoP) has to be appointed irrespective of the number of seats the party in...
In this essay, I review Krishna Iyer’s life and career in politics and law. Among other things, I examine his time as a senior minister in India’s first communist state government. I also...