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...
The Moot Court Society of National Law School of India University, Bangalore, in association with Tax India Online, is organising the 1st NLS-TIOL Taxation Law Conference on 6th January, 2013 along...
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...