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...
The Pathe’ film archive has wonderful clips from Delhi in 1947. I came across this silent clip on the courts in Delhi in 1947, to my knowledge, the only visual documentation that we have of the...
The Narendra Modi Government has promulgated eight ordinances since coming to power last May. Readers may be aware of Shubhankar Dam’s excellent recent book, Presidential Legislation in India:...
The Centre for WTO Studies, in partnership with the World Trade Institute, Berne is launching the 2nd WTI – CWS Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy in New Delhi, from May 25 – June...
One of the things an outsider notices about the Indian judiciary is how much it is covered in the news. A bevy of news cameras seem permanently stationed outside the Court complex to give reporters...
I recently did this interview for IConnect on the 121st amendment that creates the National Judicial Appointments Commission (although I warn you the quality of my webcam leaves something to be...
One advantage of writing a belated obituary is that the writer can try to dig out what has been missed by others who had to write almost immediately after the eminent person’s passing...
For those interested, this is my India Today review of Justice Leila Seth’s new book Talking of Justice. I think one of the great roles of judges of any court is to educate citizens about the...
A natural assumption regarding any judicial system that seeks to resolve legal disputes, is that lawyers would be permitted to participate in the adjudicatory process, and assist the parties they...
There are two new books, published by the Three Essays Collective (TEC), which may be of interest to our readers. The first book, Kafkaland: Prejudice, Law and Counterterrorism in India ...
The Indian Journal of International Economic Law is now accepting submissions for its upcoming new volume. The Journal is an endeavour to encourage scholarship in the fields of international...
During his term as Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a remarkable set of letters every fortnight to India’s Chief Ministers. In an anthology, published by Penguin and edited by me, the...
In a recent op-ed in the Financial Express, I reflect on the recent Supreme Court invalidation of the National Tax Tribunal (NTT). While some see this as payback by the judiciary against the...