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Tag: Nick Robinson

Tracking Media Prominence of the Supreme Court

On December 31, 2014 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

One of the things an outsider notices about the Indian judiciary is how much it is covered in the news. A bevy of news cameras seem permanently stationed outside the Court complex to give reporters …

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More on 145(3) and a Perplexing Proviso

On March 12, 2014 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized
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Intratextualism and the Indian Constitution

On February 27, 2014 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized
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S Ct Judgment on Bureaucratic Independence

On November 7, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Last week saw the Supreme Court decide T.S.R. Subramanian vs. Union of India. The judgment, involving the independence of the bureaucracy, is arguably the latest in a fascinating line of jurisprudence from the Court over …

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India’s “Grand Advocates”

On November 1, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Marc Galanter and I have this piece out as part of Harvard Law School’s Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper Series (a version of it will also appear as a chapter in a forthcoming …

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On Medical Malpractice

On October 24, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Today’s news brought headlines of the largest ever medical negligence judgement in India: 6.08 Rs Crore awarded by the Supreme Court to a U.S. doctor whose child psychologist wife died during a visit to India …

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Qui Tam Enforcement: A Possible Anti-Corruption Tool in India

On October 3, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

I had this op-ed in Mint today on Qui Tam Enforcement. Basically under qui tam enforcement a private citizen can sue on behalf of the state to recoup ill-gotten gains from corruption. If she wins …

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The NSA in India: Time for an International Right to Privacy?

On September 23, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Today the Hindu has a major story based on information provided by Edward Snowden to the newspaper on the extent to which the NSA has targeted communications in India under its now infamous surveillance programs …

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India Underreports Crime Because of Shortcoming in Published Data

On September 13, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Rukmini S has this piece in today’s Hindu about how the National Crime Records Bureau systematically under reports crime in the country based on registered FIRs because it only tracks the principal offense. For example, …

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Judicial Appointments

On September 11, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

There has been a lot of news – and controversy – lately about the Constitution (99th amendment) Bill that would replace the current judicial collegium with a judicial appointments commission (JAC), which under the Judicial …

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