For the third panel on ‘Federalism and The Constitution’ at The Courts & The Constitution Conference revolved around federalism in its various dimensions and the issues in 2019 connected with it. Dr. Arun Kumar Thiruvengadam, …
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Life without Remission: An Irreviewable and Unconstitutional Punishment
In this piece, the authors look at the new trend in the Indian judicial system, of remitting death sentences to life sentences, but without the option of further remission under any circumstances.
Continue readingExorcising the Bank Nationalisation Case: Jindal Stainless Ltd v State of Haryana and Australian Caselaw
This post is not a summary of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jindal Stainless Ltd v State of Haryana, Civil Appeal No. 3453/2002 (2016) (“the Entry Tax case”). Other contributors to this blog will …
Continue readingA serious setback to federalism
While writing an article on the Supreme Court’s latest judgment on CBI,(Question of Domain) I realised that my previous post on this was perhaps an understatement. I had the opportunity to discuss with Anupam Gupta, …
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The judgment in the case of State of West Bengal v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights has not got the attention it deserves. Except Rajeev Dhavan’s article, there has been no serious attempt …
Continue readingSubsidiarity and state formation
Since my previous post highlighting the role that the principle of subsidiarity can play in devolving power, there have been three excellent columns in the Indian Express dealing with precisely the same question. Bibek Debroy …
Continue readingIn news: love jihad, Telengana
1. On love jihad – A Kerala judge has sought to legitimise the use of a dangerous concept – ‘Love Jihad’. Liberals should be worried, for this is a clever reactionary assault on the basic …
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