The Supreme Court’s split decision in this case raises some interesting issues. In this article, I touch upon two such issues within the limitations of space. One is why the CJI has never...
Much has been said and written about the events unfolding in Delhi over the last few days. Some of the reactions have been just as upsetting, and it is hard to come across sober and meaningful...
Rohit’s previous post on this issue in early December drew attention to the brewing crisis around the impeachment of Chief Justice Bandaranayake in Sri Lanka. Since then, some other...
In this op-ed in today’s Indian Express, I add my own perspective on the promotion quota bill. Among other things, I argue that (a) there is no comprehensive data that conclusively establishes...
In this op-ed in today’s Express I highlight a pressing, yet underadressed problem in the upper tiers of the Indian judiciary – that of following precedent. As the piece makes clear, more...
I released a paper today with Azim Premji’s Law, Governance, and Development Initiative entitled “The Indian Supreme Court by the Numbers.” It can be downloaded here or here. I have...
[The following is an announcement from the Chief Editor, National Law School of India Review] The National Law School of India Review, the flagship journal of National Law School...
Earlier this week proceedings were initiated in the Sri Lankan Parliament to impeach the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake. The allegations against Chief Justice Bandaranayake are...
In the latest edition of the EPW, PK Suresh Kumar discusses the implications of a recent arbitral award in Singapore. In (White Industries Australia Limited and the Republic of India 2011)...
JGLS is taking applications (due December 15th) from law students for its National Student Research Colloquium of Contemporary Challenges of Law in India. The Colloquium will take place in March 2013...
I thought some might be interested in this recent report I wrote for Accountability Initiative. It’s based off some research I did in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar on the implementation of the...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri, a law student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru The last decade of British rule in the subcontinent had immense political drama but little in...
By Arvind Narrain and Saumya Uma Progressive lawyers, social activists and academics have invested much time in trying to puzzle out what is the progressive potential of law. Sometimes, answers to...