Earlier this week, the government scrambled to obtain the President’s consent before the Lokpal Bill was sent to the Rajya Sabha. It was widely reported that presidential approval was necessary...
In an Op Ed published yesterday in the New Indian Express, I describe the current crisis of health service delivery in India. I argue that while we certainly need to increase health spending in...
Pakistan joins the UK in taking the question of forced (not merely ‘arranged’) marriages seriously. However, unlike the UK which has a civil regime in place to protect people in danger of...
Guest Post by Prashant Narang* The Advocates on Record (AoR) exam results came out recently and only 71 advocates out of around 400 test takers could get through the June 2011 examination. The system...
Two important IP developments in the recent past have thrown up interesting issues around the standards for judicial recusal and for determining conflict of interest. Novartis Patent Dispute and...
That Bollywood is often “inspired” by many a storyline of Hollywood or that its music composers routinely “borrow” tunes from across the world, without attribution to the...
In this interesting recent piece, Arghya Sengupta revisits the vexed issue of nuclear liability law, specifically Rule 24 of the newly notified Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Rules...
I was going through India’s Crime Statistics for 2010, which can be found at the National Crime Records Bureau here (just click on Crime in India 2010 in the left column). I found that the...
In an Op Ed published in today’s New Indian Express, I analyse the provisions of the proposed Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 in light of the functioning of the Land...
This article by Sukhdeo Thorat discusses the government’s decision to establish quotas for SC-ST entrepreneurs in procurement. It is an interesting refinement of traditional affirmative action...
The cops in Gaziabad ‘punished’ young couples in parks this morning by making them do sit-ups (calling it ‘Operation Majnu’). The case highlights the need for the upper...
The Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment in Air India Cabin Crew Association v Union of India last week. Here is the press note sent to me summarising the judgment. The judgment is...
I was looking through the March and July bar exam results and although there isn’t yet too large of a sample set it seems as if definite trends are emerging. Overall, about 70% of those who sit...