[The following is a conference announcement from the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Society] The MHRD IP Chairs at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and the Cochin...
The National Law School of India University’s Student Bar Association has requested us to post this statement on their behalf. This is in relation to the incident of gang-rape...
This op-ed “Why is the SC so Powerful?” by Faisal Siddiqi that appeared recently in the Pakistani daily Dawn I think does a good job of laying out several (intuitive and not so intuitive)...
Guest Post by Shibani Ghosh, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research and former Legal Consultant to the CIC The Supreme Court’s judgment in Namit Sharma v Union of India with respect to...
The US Supreme Cout will hear arguments today (10th October) in Fisher v. Texas concerning the constitutionality of using race as a factor in university admissions. Nine years after the...
Ananth Padmanabhan, a Madras High Court advocate, has authored a most interesting book about intellectual property remedies. With over 700 pages of commentary and several annexes...
The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi invites papers for a national-level seminar titled “Financial Law & Policy: An Inter-disciplinary Approach” to...
In an article published in the recently re launched Frontline Magazine, I describe the history of the constitutionalisation, amendment, and ultimately, abolition of the fundamental right to...
The attraction of foreign investment to India has long been debated in economic circles. Questions of economic policy and incentives have dominated the discourse. However, with greater investment has...
Chief Justice of India, Justice S.H.Kapadia gave an interesting lecture on the subject at IIC recently. The webcast of the lecture is available here. In his speech, the CJI alluded to the...
The Magazine Committee of Government Law College, Mumbai, has called for papers for the 12th Vyas – Government Law College National Legal Essay Competition. The winners receive a cash prize and the...
Madhav in his response in The Hindu says — “Most seriously, though, Surendranath’s analysis ignores the crucial constitutional principle at stake here: equality of opportunity...
Anup Surendranth and I have an exchange on the topic of promotion quotas in today’s Hindu. My response piece is here, and his reply to that is available here. I find it sad that Anup writes...