Chief Justice of India, Justice S.H.Kapadia gave an interesting lecture on the subject at IIC recently. The webcast of the lecture is available here. In his speech, the CJI alluded to the...
The Magazine Committee of Government Law College, Mumbai, has called for papers for the 12th Vyas – Government Law College National Legal Essay Competition. The winners receive a cash prize and the...
Madhav in his response in The Hindu says — “Most seriously, though, Surendranath’s analysis ignores the crucial constitutional principle at stake here: equality of opportunity...
Anup Surendranth and I have an exchange on the topic of promotion quotas in today’s Hindu. My response piece is here, and his reply to that is available here. I find it sad that Anup writes...
In this post, I intend to build on my preliminary response to the 117th Constitution Amendment Bill that appeared as an op-ed in The Hindu. Amongst all the points that P.S Krishnan has made...
On Spicy IP Prashant Reddy has posted here and here a detailed reply to the defamation petition brought by NATCO against Shamnad concerning one of Shamnad’s posts on Spicy IP. The posts...
In the public discourse, there is much misinformed analysis of the recent controversy over reservation in promotions. In this recent article, Mr.P.S.Krishnan explains the issues succinctly...
As reported in Legally India and Bar and Bench, the pharmaceutical company NATCO has brought a defamation suit against Shamnad Basheer claiming that the blog he runs – Spicy IP – ran a...
Late last week, The Hindu’s Delhi edition reported about a raid on a photocopying service at Delhi University at the behest of Oxford University Press and others. Lawrence Liang offers a very...
The latest issue of Frontline (hitting the stands tomorrow) has a cover story on death penalty in India. The issue contains articles dealing with the following matters: Cover story...