Lok Sabha discussed ‘honour killings’ yesterday, the Supreme Court convicted three ‘honour killers’ for murder, the Khaps demanded a ban on same-gotra marriage, further...
1. Gautam Patel’s moving obituary on Atul Setalvad is worth reading. 2. On Bar Exams – If the Bar Council is going to regulate entry into the profession using a separate bar exam...
Legally India has this update on the case, and the outcome of the last hearing in the Supreme Court on July 30.
There is an excellent piece by Rajesh Kasturirangan at India Together on the truth about encounters. While I agree with him substantially that in practice the line between genuine and fake encounters...
Guest Post: Pathik Gandhi The Declaration of Independence by Kosovo has been given a clean chit by a majority of the judges of the ICJ in it’s ICJ’s Advisory Opinion of 22nd July 2010...
V. Umakanth will speak on corporate governance at NUJS, Kolkata tomorrow. The talk begins at 4 pm in Room 006. All are welcome to attend. Umakanth will be familiar to readers of this blog, as he...
* My analysis of MCOCA and its application to Hindutva terror groups. * My appreciation of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the James Laine case. *How lack of transparency in the appointment of...
The full text of the historic judgment delivered by the Bangladesh Supreme Court banning religious parties and upholding secularism in that country is here.
Prabhat Patnaik’s article in the latest EPW on how the Left must adopt a “rights-based approach” to development makes for enjoyable reading. Patnaik has long been the key economic...
Legislative analysis competition organised by PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi. PRS Legislative Research is a Delhi-based research initiative hosted at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi...