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On politics and constitutional institutions

On February 21, 2011 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Two recent, and rare, Op-Eds celebrating rather than berating our politicians (Shekhar Gupta) and our constitutional institutions (Jaithirth Rao) make interesting reading. In this context, readers may also be interested in this earlier post on …

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Miscarriage of Chief Justice

On September 3, 2009 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

Shoaib Ghias in a prize winning essay in the Law and Social Inquiry puts forward an interesting set of arguments explaining recent judicial activism in Pakistan. This study explains the rise and fall of judicial …

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How should liberals respond to terrorism?

On September 15, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and now Delhi. There seems to be no let up in terrorist violence this year. How should liberals react to the deplorable violence perpetrated by terrorists, in the midst of a clamour …

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Random thoughts on Defending the Indefensible

On November 29, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries an op-ed by Vishnu V. Shankar on the subject mentioned in the title. Here is how he begins: What connects Captain Preston, Kehar Singh, Saddam Hussein, Manu Sharma, and Salim Hamdan? Besides …

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Focus on Nandigram

On November 18, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Events in Nandigram and Kolkata over the past year (and especially the last fortnight) reveal much about conflicting conceptions about the rule of law and governance in contemporary India. It is impossible to provide the …

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Frank Rich does a Harish Khare

On November 12, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I have been struck by how closely the global media is tracking the developing story in Pakistan, and how so many commentators in different parts of the world believe that events in that nation have …

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Andhyarujina on recent events in Pakistan

On November 7, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

In a previous post, Vikram drew our attention to recent events in Pakistan, and invited comparisons to debates about judicial activism in India. Even the most bitter critic of judicial activism (in India or anywhere …

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Recent PIL cases decided by the Supreme Court

On July 19, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I thank V. Venkatesan for drawing my attention towards recent columns in the Business Standard by MJ Antony, several of which relate to ongoing legal developments in India. A month or so ago, Antony wrote …

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Judging and Politics: Using an American lens to raise some questions about the Indian situation

On June 19, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The latest issue of the New Yorker has a short but interesting assessment of the judicial output of the U.S. Supreme Court over the last year. The author of the article is the noted legal …

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Mehta’s assessment of Supreme Court politics in India

On April 18, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The April 2007 issue of the Journal of Democracy has a feature on “India’s Unlikely Democracy” which includes an article by Pratap Bhanu Mehta titled “The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty.” Mehta’s piece reiterates some of …

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