This blog has previously discussed the issue of pre-legislative scrutiny (here, here and here). On the 10th of January 2014 the Committee of Secretaries approved a policy that requires all...
Neeti Nair, who teaches history at Virginia, has a superb piece in the Indian Economic & Social History Review on the making of Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, a provision recently in much...
* ECI adds Part VIII on Election Manifestos to the Model Code of Conduct, after discussion with political parties. * The Hindu calls for disincentives against disruption in Parliament. The outgoing...
Samvidhaan, the much awaited series on the making of the Indian Constitution directed by Shyam Benegal begins on Rajya Sabha TV today. The first of the 10 part series is available online
Usha Ramanathan delivered DAKSH’s second Constitutional Day Lecture on November 26, 2013. A brief summary and the recording of the lecture is now posted here.
LAOT is pleased to announce that OUP has just published a book by one of our contributors, Pratiksha Baxi. Sexual violence in general, and rape in particular, is under-reported in India. The...
The Daksh – India Together Election 2014 Data Journalism Fellowship Call for Applications Oorvani Foundation, a non-profit media foundation that supports independent public affairs...
Mayur Suresh and Siddharth Narrain have produced a fantastic volume on taking stock of the last two decades of the Supreme Court of India. Titled, The Shifting Scales of Justice: The Indian Supreme...
In today’s Indian Express, I’ve written this piece on Narenda Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots