Columbia Law School is holding a one-day event on Saturday, October 26, 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar’s arrival in the US to pursue graduate studies at Columbia...
The Supreme Court’s NOTA judgment continues to fascinate observers. While the judgment is hailed by several eminent people from the civil society, it requires a serious study to unravel...
I had this op-ed in Mint today on Qui Tam Enforcement. Basically under qui tam enforcement a private citizen can sue on behalf of the state to recoup ill-gotten gains from corruption. If she wins...
A man was arrested in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, by the police merely because his act of taking tea at a pubic place created suspicion that he was likely to indulge in some unlawful act. The...
Senior advocate of the Supreme Court, Raju Ramachandran has, in this article in today’s Economic Times, defended NOTA. His view is that a significant vote for NOTA...
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...