Britain has taken the first step to move away from the First Past the Post System (FPP) with the Prime Minister promising to initiate legislation giving the people the right to switch to an ‘alternative …
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Rajeev Dhavan’s Nine-Point Legal Agenda for New Government
Rajeev Dhavan, in this article in Mail Today, outlines a nine-point legal agenda for the new Government. Each of these points will require elaboration; Dhavan has compressed them in order to provide a summary, a …
Continue readingVoting Rights for Indians Living Abroad
Since many of our readers are Indians living abroad I thought there would be interest in Abhinav Chandrachud’s op-ed in today’s Hindu, “Overseas Citizens: A Horse with No Name“, in which he calls for giving …
Continue readingNo Criminals in Politics
As India goes to elections in a month’s time, there is a pervading sense of concern and of dismay about the candidates, political parties and alliances that form part of the electoral canvas. A staggering …
Continue readingFifth National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms
The 5th National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms was held in Mumbai on Jan 31 and Feb 1. The conference was organised by the Association of Democratic Reforms (“ADR”) and the National Election Watch …
Continue readingPratap Mehta’s talk “On the Nature and Limits of Judicial Authority”
At the first plenary session of the recently concluded LASSNET conference in New Delhi, Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, gave an insightful talk about the “rule of law” and …
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