India Together has published a small piece by me titled, Law Justice and the Placebo of Compensation. I argue that the practice of announcing compensation following tragedies is counterproductive and...
[The following is an announcement from the National Law School of India Review] National Law School of India Review in association with the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Trust is pleased to announce the...
Oxford University Press has just published a new book on Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia edited by Sunil Khilnani, Vikram Raghavan, and Arun K. Thiruvengadam. The book has essays...
Shivendra Singh graduated from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, in 2010 and is currently an Associate with Legal Options, New Delhi. The views are personal. Just like Mr. Ashis Nandy, I...
The Criminal Law Amendments suggested by the Justice Verma Committee are synopsised in a two-part guest post by Mrinal Satish and Shwetasree Majumder, who worked with the Committee. Mrinal is...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta delivered a fantastic lecture titled ” The Great Churning:India’s Progressive Moment?” on November 26, 2012 in Bangalore. The occasion was the inaugural...
Several responses and reactions to the voluminous report issued by the Verma Committee have appeared so far, and more are sure to come in the days ahead. This post seeks to draw attention to...
The Hindu recently organized a public forum in Chennai’s Ethiraj College. This event was organized just before “Amanat”‘s sad and unfortunate passing. It has some very...
NDTV has just done a special program on rape law in India. The program features Mrinal Satish, an assistant professor of the National Law University in Delhi. Professor Satish recently wrote a guest...
Journalist, blogger and writer Sidin Vadukut has a series of podcasts on the oral history of the Indian constitution, beginning with the reforms of 1858. It’s informative, fun...
By Pratiksha Baxi There is a surging hope that the Justice Verma Commission will do justice to the cries for freedom and justice resounding in the city surely and loudly since the tragic death...
A guestpost by Mrinal Satish, Associate Professor, National Law University, Delhi. The horrific gang rape incident in Delhi has led to demands for amending the law to provide for more stringent...