Beginning of a new era with a Rahul stamp. Rarely we find intense political controversy within a political party on an ordinance. Although many reporters see Rahul Gandhi’s...
Supreme Court’s reasoning in the NOTA case, delivered today, appears to be strong on Article 19(1)(a) grounds. But on other aspects, I find the following justifications, very weak: * The...
In a piece titled “A Capricious Noose” published on Bar and Bench, I analyze the Delhi gang rape sentencing verdict. In the first part of the piece I describe the broad contours of...
Today the Hindu has a major story based on information provided by Edward Snowden to the newspaper on the extent to which the NSA has targeted communications in India under its now infamous...
The NUJS Law Review is pleased to invite contributions for its annual Special Issue for 2013-14 “Surveillance, Censorship & Indian Law: Mapping the Field” A spate of recent events, such as the...
The blog of the Centre for Communication Governance over at NLU-Delhi has a nice roundup on recent challenges to the IT Act, which the Supreme Court has decided to lump together and hear in January...
As Nick points out in his post, the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission (“JAC”) has generated a great deal of debate. In this post, I make two arguments: first, irrespective of its composition...
Rukmini S has this piece in today’s Hindu about how the National Crime Records Bureau systematically under reports crime in the country based on registered FIRs because it only tracks the...
There has been a lot of news – and controversy – lately about the Constitution (99th amendment) Bill that would replace the current judicial collegium with a judicial appointments...
In an Op Ed published in today’s New Indian Express, I analyse the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, recently...
Nitya Ramakrishnan, well-known Supreme Court lawyer, has authored a book, In custody: Law, Impunity and Prisoner abuse in South Asia (Sage). The following extracts are from the...
M R Madhavan, President of PRS Legislative Research, has an excellent piece in the Indian Express regarding the proposed system of judicial appointments and the importance of further debate on...
The launch of the second edition of Madhavi’s book recently in New Delhi created quite an excitement about the contents of the book, with Soli Sorabjee, who has written the foreword...