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Tag: PIL

Does Sympathy Colour (Judicial) Policymaking and the Rule of Law?

On March 4, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Identified Lives versus Statistical Lives In Andy Weir’s book, The Martian (recently adapted into a Ridley Scott movie, starring Matt Damon), the lead character, an astronaut named Mark Watney, is stranded alone on the planet …

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How Green is my Supreme Court?

On January 21, 2014 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

What has been the record of the Supreme Court in protecting the environment? Geetanjoy Sahu in a recent article in the Economic and Political Weekly examines every Supreme Court case dealing with enviromental issues from …

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Rahul Srivastava v. Union of India

On April 27, 2012 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the PIL filed by Rahul Srivastava, a student, questioning the continuance in office of  Justice Dalveer Bhandari, who has been nominated for the post of a Judge of the International Court of …

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32 Years Later Not Much Has Changed

On July 29, 2011 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Today’s front page of the Times of India carries a story about a 19 year-old who has been in jail in New Delhi for the past year on the charge that he stole 200 Rs …

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Nandini Sundar v State of Chattisgarh

On July 6, 2011 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

This post continues the conversation Rohit has already begun on this very interesting case. The following are the most important orders given by the Justices Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar of the Supreme Court …

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Arbitrariness in access to justice

On February 26, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

By Renu GuptaGuest Blogger This post refers to Supreme Court’s decision in State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal (PIL Guidelines Case) Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundakam Sharma recently rendered a judgment in this …

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From the latest Frontline….

On February 23, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The FL’s cover story on GM debate reflects the diversity of views on the contentious issue. In my piece, I have traced the cases in the Supreme Court, and how the petitioners could be credited …

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Judgment Alert

On February 10, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Delhi High Court will pronounce the judgment in Manushi Sangathan, Delhi v. Government of Delhi & Ors today. (challenging the ban on cycle rikshaws) The case was heard by the CJ, Justices S.Muralidhar and …

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Scope of judicial activism

On November 18, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Today’s newspapers have carried reports on how Justices Markandey Katju and Asok Kumar Ganguly advanced two entirely different reasons to make a reference to Constitution Bench to determine whether Courts can legislate. Both the orders …

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Book Reviews: Courts & Governance

On October 20, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

My review (rather comparison) of Madhav Godbole’s new book, Judiciary & Governance in India with Searching for Success in Judicial Reform, an edited volume brought out by Asia Pacific Judicial Reform Forum. While Godbole’s book …

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