Introduction In August, the Supreme Court will hear petitions on whether “illegal immigrants” in India are entitled to recognition as refugees. These proceedings are intrinsically linked to the Centre’s broader efforts to remove stateless Rohingya …
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Proposing the Independent Institutions Bill
In a recent column in the Indian Express, I have argued for the need to enact an Independent Institutions Bill. The point of the Bill is to guarantee institutional independence, functional autonomy and public accountability …
Continue readingConstitutional Resilience in South Asia Workshop: Call for Papers
5-7 December 2019 at Melbourne Law School The organisers are pleased to announce a workshop on “Constitutional Resilience in South Asia”. Concerns about the stability of democracies, even long-established democracies, have been rising globally. As a …
Continue readingIndian Equality Law Visiting Fellowships
Applications are invited for 2-3 visiting fellows to spend 4-5 weeks at Melbourne Law School in 2019, as part of the Indian Equality Law Programme. The Indian Equality Law Visiting Fellowships are designed for advanced-stage …
Continue reading“Intensely Human”: A Brief Biographical Sketch of Edmund Elmar Mack
This post is the fourth in a loosely-linked set of posts on colonial continuity in the Indian judiciary. Previous posts can be found here, here and here. In my previous post on India’s ‘British judges’ …
Continue readingICON’s special issue on Asia (freely downloadable)
The International Journal of Constitutional Law has just published its special issue on Asian law on its website. The entire issue is freely available for a limited time, and much of the content relates to …
Continue readingRule of Law in India- A Quest for Reason
OUP has published my book “Rule of Law in India- A Quest for Reason”. I have made an effort to analyse the reasons for the dichotomy in India’s rule of law framework. On paper, India …
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