The Right to Information Act, 2005, with its 31 sections and two schedules, is one of the outstanding legislations of Indian Parliament. In view of its inherent potential to ensure...
In Chapter 6 of my book, Due Process of Law (published in 2011) [p. 177-206], I had argued that the “arbitrariness” test under Indian constitutional law, famously articulated by Justice Bhagwati in...
As has been reported at Spicy IP and Legally India the Times Publishing House – which owns Times of India – is threatening to sue for defamation a 22 year old student blogger for one of...
Call for Papers Second Azim Premji University International Conference on Law, Governance and DevelopmentRight to Welfare: Education, Food and WorkThe Law, Governance and Development Initiative of...
Update: The full report is available here. It seems that this is so far in the draft stage only. Perhaps the Committee is still accepting suggestions. Readers may be interested in an...
In part I of this post I discussed how the NAC has a new proposal out for changing the process by which Ministries draft rules and legislation. In the last post I examined the process proposed for...
In this article in today’s Indian Express I argue that the courts are not the answer to bringing about CBI autonomy. The initiative has to come from Parliament.
Last week, the National Advisory Council made a little noticed recommendation concerning what they term the pre-legislative process. The name “pre-legislative process” is a bit of a misnomer in that...
Nazdeek has a new video and press release out today on a police brutality incident in West Delhi that happened late last month. The Times of India also covered the events shortly after they occurred...
The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy (VCLP) (formerly Pre-Legislative Briefing Service) is an independent legal think-tank comprising legal academics from leading universities around the world and...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court gave a disturbing judgment in Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. NCT, Delhi, stating in essence that “terror” convicts on death row have fewer or lesser...
Here is my obituary of Justice Verma in today’s The Indian Express. (This is the another link). Express also carried this obituary by Soli Sorabjee and another by Seema Chishti
[The following announcement is posted on behalf of the National Law School of India Review] The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) – the flagship journal of the National Law...