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Tag: Constitutional Law

Nandini Sundar on the Salwa Judum Order

On July 22, 2011 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Salwa Judum order by the Supreme Court has attracted much comment from members of this blog (see Rohit, Madhav and my reactions). Nandini Sundar, one of the petitioners in the case, has defended the …

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No More State Terror: Salwa Juddam Unconstitutional

On July 5, 2011 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

In a pathbreaking judgments, Justices Reddy and Nijhar of the Supreme Court ruled that the Chattisgarh governments arming of tribals to act as vigilantes as unconstitutional. The judgment can be found here. I hope to …

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Constitutionally Defective Tribunalisation of Justice

On February 6, 2011 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

Aggrieved by what we saw as the establishment of a constitutionally defective IP tribunal (IPAB), we challenged it through a writ petition before the Madras High Court. On the very same day, a writ was …

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US Patent Influence and the Independence of our Tribunals

On December 9, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

A recent story in the Mint exposes a questionable letter from the US Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke to his Indian counterpart, Anand Sharma, the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce. I extract the relevant portions of this …

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NUJS Conference on Constitutional Pluralism

On November 10, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

NUJS is collaborating with Eurasia-Pacific Uninet and other partners is organizing an International Conference on “Constitutional Pluralism: New Challenges for Constitutional Theory” on 11th and 12th November, 2010 in Kolkata, India. This Conference is the …

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Neighbourhood Court Watch

On October 20, 2010 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

I just wanted to draw the attention of our readers to some fascinating constitutional developments in our neighborhood. 1. A month ago the Sri Lankan Parliament ratified the 18th Amendment to their Constitution which ended …

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Kafila posts on Sri Lankan constitutionalism and Ayodhya

On October 9, 2010 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Rohini Hensman has written a thoughtful and detailed post for Kafila which explains both the background context and implications of the recent passing of the 18th amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Unusually for …

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From the Cradle to…62

On October 8, 2010 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

In this edit piece in the Times of India (September 29, 2010) I argued that the Constitution (One Hundred and Fourteenth Amendment) Bill, 2010 (available here) deserves praise and criticism. It deserves praise because it …

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Viva Voce, Constitutionality and CLAM

On October 8, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

Recently, the Indian Patent Office (IPO) announced the schedule for the next patent agent exam to be held on January 15 and 16, 2011. This exam is the key filter towards the practice of “patent” …

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Invalid Appointments and the De Facto Doctrine

On September 7, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

A writ petition was filed recently challenging the legality of the appointment of the current chairman of the Copyright Board, Raghbir Singh. The writ came up before Justice Sikri of the Delhi High Court yesterday …

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