To add to the detailed post that Arun has put up, here is an opinion piece I wrote on Binayak Sen’s conviction. It appeared in The Hindu newspaper. I’ve been following and reporting the...
This blog has debated pending Bills on many occasions. A recent post on the Accountability Initiative blog discusses the importance of pre-legislative scrutiny and a major recent civil society effort...
Justice Gyan Sudha Misra’s declaration of assets is available here. The Supreme Court judge has been criticized for listing “Two daughters to be married” under the heading...
On Friday, December 24, 2010, a trial court in Chhattisgarh found Dr. Binayak Sen and two others guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit sedition under Section 124(a) read with Section 20 (b) of the...
The Law and Technology Committee (elTek) of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore is hosting ‘Consilience’, a conference where contemporary issues of critical relevance in the field...
The Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Torture Bill has recommended significant amendments to the Prevention of Torture Bill passed by the Lok Sabha. These recommendations include widening the...
The current issue of the Economic and Political Weekly carries a special section of articles on the Ayodhya judgment. Anupam Gupta, one of the counsel who appeared before the Lieberhan Commission...
Devesh Kapur, who directs the Centre for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania, has just published a new book: Diaspora, Development, and Democracy: The Domestic Impact of...
A recent story in the Mint exposes a questionable letter from the US Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke to his Indian counterpart, Anand Sharma, the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce. I extract the...
Guest Post by Vasudha NagarajThe Gram Nyayalaya: The New Face of the Judiciary The Gram Nyayalayas Act passed in January 2009 proposes to set up a Magistrate’s court at the Mandal level. In a press...
As parliament stumbles into the Winter Session, one should note that there are five constitutional amendments on its legislative agenda. The most prominent of course is the Women’s Reservation...
The current issue of Seminar, available here, is devoted to celebrating sixty years of the Indian Constitution. Contributors include Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Uday S. Mehta, Upendra Baxi, Sudhir...
A few weeks ago, Nick posed a question on this blog as to what is the most pressing legal issue today. He stated that in his experience, Indians view the state’s obligation to lift them out of...