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Tag: Indian Supreme Court

Yogendra Yadav on Justice SL Sinha

On March 22, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I didn’t notice this earlier, but today’s issue of the Indian Express carries another tribute to Justice JL Sinha, authored by Yogendra Yadav of CSDS. Like that of Shanti Bhushan, which was the subject of …

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A tribute to Justice Khanna … and much more

On March 19, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries a piece where Justice Iyer pays tribute to his colleague, Justice HR Khanna. Unlike other tributes (some of which were featured on this blog earlier), Justice Iyer mentions those actions of Justice …

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Farmer Debt Waivers: The Ongoing Debate

On March 16, 2008 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

This year’s Budget, which was presented by the Financial Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram in Parliament a couple of weeks ago, has been termed a populist and an election-year budget. One aspect of the Budget that …

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SC as an institution of constitutional governance – Harish Salve’s lecture at Oxford

On March 12, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

I am reporting former Solicitor General, Harish Salve’s talk at Exeter College, University of Oxford on 12th March 2008. It was a fascinating intervention on the debate on the ‘activism’ of the Indian Supreme Court. …

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Divan tribute to Justice HR Khanna

On March 7, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

A few days ago, Vikram contributed a post about Justice HR Khanna’s demise. Today’s Hindu carries a tribute to the judge by Anil Divan, which details the reasons why his actions are worth remembering, while …

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How ‘activist’ IS the Indian Supreme Court?

On March 2, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The issue dated Feb 23-29 of the EPW has a somewhat intriguing editorial on the Indian Supreme Court. I describe it as ‘intriguing’ because the editorial does not, as EPW editorials typically do, focus on …

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Are Indian Court Judgments Copyrightable?

On January 31, 2008 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

In a very interesting copyright case, the Supreme Court of India recently ruled that there can be no copyright in the raw text of court judgments/decisions. Well, we don’t exactly need a court to tell …

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Further commentary on the Aravali Golf Club ruling

On December 17, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I thank Mr. Venkatesan for drawing my attention to pieces by two legal jurists in today’s papers that adopt a critical perspective on the Mathur-Katju bench ruling. In some ways they echo points already made …

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The aftermath of the Aravali Golf club ruling and an analysis of some of the initial commentary

On December 15, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

TR Andhyarujina (who, as noted in this post, has written insightfully about PIL in the past) has an excellent column in today’s Indian Express which provides an objective assessment of the much-discussed ruling in the …

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Myriad responses to the Aravali Golf Club ruling: Not earthshaking, but significant

On December 12, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The previous post ended by speculating about the reactions of judges – especially those who are regarded as more ‘activist’ – to the caustic remarks of the Mathur-Katju bench on judicial activism in the Aravali …

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