Nick Robinson’s interesting piece in Frontline argues that the Indian Supreme Court can reduce the backlog by reducing the number of cases it admits. Nick’s diagnosis goes to the root of the problem...
The Mumbai coverage cannot reach a saturation point – at least for a few more days. The latest Himal issue has a cover on Mumbai, with most articles offering a fresh view of the event...
The New Year has coincided with a divergence of views on India between foreign and Indian observers. It is not unusual for foreign observers to go wrong on India. Remember ‘India’s Most...
We wish our readers a very happy new year. The onset of a new year inevitably brings with it thoughts on how the new year would be like, with the continuing legacies of previous years staring at us...
1. I co-authored an article in the latest Frontline aiming to offer a semantic analysis of the Parliament debate on anti-terror laws and their implications. 2. Nick Robinson, our co-blogger, in this...
As the year draws to a close, I reflect on which law has made the greatest difference to the quality of living of an average Indian citizen. The RTI Act, having born in previous years, cannot qualify...
In this Mint editorial, I’ve touched upon the need to reconceptualise existing intellectual property (IP) norms to suit the needs of our ‘Informal Economy”. The logic underlying...
The Law Commission’s 215th and 216th reports, submitted to the Government recently, deal with important subjects. The reports, which will be uploaded on the LCI’s website shortly, have...
The LASS Conference, scheduled to take place between January 8-10 at JNU, New Delhi, will witness presentation of over 100 papers in 35 panels and spread over seven sessions. Those of our...
The just concluded session of Parliament has led to a debate on whether our MPs did justice to their primary duty, that is, law-making. Newspapers have been critical of the manner Parliament passed...