By Arushi Garg On May 31, the renowned political scientist Eduardo Graeff was at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi to present his paper entitled “A Chronicle of Corruption and Transparency in...
George Gadbois’ book on Supreme Court Judges is bound to invite mixed reactions from readers. My review is no exception. I welcome reviews by other contributors as well.
On why the Supreme Court’s judgment prescribing death penalty to the convicts in Encounter death cases does not really address the problem. A tale of two dams. Why Jairam Ramesh’s order...
By Arushi Garg The fourth public hearing on the Jan Lokpal Bill was conducted on May 26. As I first reached the venue, a park in the heart of a crowded residential colony in East Shalimar Bagh, New...
By Arushi Garg Various concerns have been raised after rules relating to the internet were notified on 11th April 2011. Objections have been raised on mainly three fronts: one, that an unreasonable...
LAOT is pleased to announce that Arushi Garg, who has contributed the previous two posts, will intern as a blogger for the next few weeks. She is a third year law student from NALSAR University of...
Steven Wilkinson, the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies at Yale University, and one of the world’s leading political scientists working on India, will be presenting a paper at...
The Supreme Court has gone to the High Court again, appealing against a CIC order. If it was about the declaration of assets earlier, this time it is to assert the primacy of the Supreme Court Rules...
The recent political controversy in Karnataka has thrown up the legal question of whether or not it was constitutional for Governor H.R. Bharadwaj to have recommended President’s rule in the state in...
Earlier this year, in Prafull Goradia v. Union of India [decided January 28, 2011], the Supreme Court of India considered the constitutional validity of the Haj Committee Act, 2002, and in...
For those who wish to understand the significance of the results of the latest assembly elections, Frontline’s latest issue will prove to be a useful resource. I was preoccupied with issues...
The debate on how we make laws has intensified in light of the disagreements on the Jan Lokpal Bill. Shamnad made an important point earlier on this blog that there is a democratic deficit in the law...
I recently had this piece appear on Outlook India online about what lessons India might be able to take away from the history of other South Asian countries’ anti-corruption efforts. Despite...