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Tag: Colonial Legislation

The History of the Jury in India

On August 21, 2013 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

Kalyani Ramnath has recently published an excellent article that traces the history of the jury system in India. The Colonial Difference between Law and Fact: Notes on the Criminal Jury in India This article tracks …

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Of the State and Beyond the State

On February 27, 2011 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

I wanted to flag two articles that both provide important ways of thinking about law the state and our colonial legacy. Siddharth Narain in EPW traces the history of sedition laws and asks pertinent questions …

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Guest Post: Faith in a Civil Suit and the Fundamental right to religion

On October 25, 2010 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Rohit De’s recent posts have drawn attention to various aspects of British colonial interventions into the legal domain in colonial India. This guest post points out the contemporary significance of British colonial interventions in the …

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The Rule of Law in Colonial India

On October 22, 2010 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

Elizabeth Kolsky‘s, Colonial Justice in British India: White Violence and the Rule of Law recently published by Cambridge University Press is a significant intervention into understanding how criminal law comes to operate in India. Kolsky …

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Constitutionality of colonial laws

On August 2, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Constitutional Law, Delhi High Court, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights, Privacy

The Law Minister, in apparent agreement with the Delhi High Court’s verdict in Naz Foundation, has remarked that: We have a Constitution, many a times the Constitution runs parallel to many laws which were enacted …

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Meeting the swine flu threat

On June 13, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 is being invoked against uncooperative swine flu patients who refuse to be segregated in a hospital to prevent its spread. The Act can be invoked using Section 188 IPC, (Disobedience …

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