The Constituent Assembly Debates wing of the Centre for Law & Policy Research announces CON∙QUEST 2018, India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics...
In a new book published this month, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary”, I explore the history of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj. The book seeks an answer to one central question: why...
Douglas McDonald is a solicitor with Craddock Murray Neumann Lawyers, Sydney, and a former exchange student at the National Law School of India University. Part of this blog post has been adapted...
LAOT is pleased to begin a new series, Books and Authors, with a focussed interview with the author about his or her recent book. V.Krishna Ananth, is Associate Professor and Head, Department...
Joint post with Dr Farrah Ahmed This blog post summarises our arguments in this forthcoming article in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. In his 2012 book, Judging Social Rights, Jeff King...
A bit dated, but here is an op-ed of mine in the Mint reflecting on what I term “jugaad justice”. In this piece, I refer to Justice Katju’s maverick ruling dispensing with interim...
The plea of AG and other counsel for respondents in the case being heard by the Supreme Court’s five-Judge Bench for reference to a larger Bench comprising 11 Judges has become controversial...
DAKSH is looking to hire 2-3 Research Associates for its Rule of Law project. The project focuses on studying the Indian judiciary with emphasis on data. The applicants should ideally have experience...
I had a chance to watch “Court” last night, the award winning debut of young director Chaitanya Tamhane. The trailer can be viewed here. A short synopsis of the film is also included:...