In this article, the authors examine the legal lacuna surrounding posthumous reproduction, particularly in light of the recent Bombay High Court order to preserve the gametes of an unmarried deceased...
The Bombay High Court in Mohd Salim Mohd. Kudus Ansari (Shakti Mills case) recently upheld the constitutional validity of s.376E of the IPC that allows for the death penalty as one of the punishments...
The following is a brief description of some procedural rules that a young litigator intending to practice on the Original Side of the Bombay High Court ought to be familiar with. This is obviously a...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri On March 12, 1968, Justice Amar Nath Grover had completed a month of being on the Indian Supreme Court. His appointment was one of the last acts of K.N. Wanchoo as Chief...
Guest Post by Venkat Iyer To say that there has been an alarming fall in the standards of competence and integrity among judges in India in recent decades would, as an exercise in understatement, be...
The following is a brief introduction to the practice and procedure of litigation at the Bombay High Court. CMIS Date: When a case or “matter” is filed at the Bombay High Court, it is usually...
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...