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For a Mess of Potage: Has GST made States Sacrifice Fiscal Autonomy on the Promise of Increased Tax Revenue?

On August 13, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest post by Alok Prasanna With Parliament having passed the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 the framework has been set for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in India. While the Act is …

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Constitutional Issues under the GST Amendment: A Primer

On August 12, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 (‘Amendment’) has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament. This important Constitution Amendment has been passed to introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) – …

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Cricket, Competition and Conflict of Interest

On August 11, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Prashant Narang 72. It is common ground that the validity of the impugned amendment to Rule 6.2.4 shall have to be tested on a threshold basis viz. (i) whether the amendment is …

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Supreme Court’s Call-Drop Judgment: Case for Regulatory Reform in India

On August 11, 2016 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Bhargavi Zaveri and Smriti Parsheera In this ET piece, we argue that the Supreme Court judgment in Cellular Operators Association vs TRAI (the ‘call drop’ order) takes a narrow approach towards ‘transparency’ …

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Delhi High Court on the Lt. Governor of Delhi and Article 131

On August 10, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Shraddha Kulhari and Sujoy Chatterjee In an earlier post, we had discussed the current constitutional status of the National Capital Territory of Delhi vis-à-vis Statehood. To summarize, our understanding was that Delhi, despite …

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Release of the State of the Indian Judiciary- A Report by DAKSH

On August 9, 2016 By Harish Narsappa In Uncategorized

The State of the Indian Judiciary- A Report by DAKSH will be released on Wednesday, August 10 in Delhi. Details of the release event and a brief synopsis of the report are set out here. …

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Absurdities of Certifying Gender: Many Outrages of Transgender Persons Bill

On August 8, 2016 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind Gender identities are fluid postulations which cannot be limited by definitional boundaries or legal formalities which defeat the notions of bodily autonomy integral to one’s identity. Unfortunately, the recently passed …

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Compensatory Afforestation Bill – A Spectre of Old Problems: Part II

On August 3, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest post by Sakshi Aravind In my previous post I had briefly discussed the shortcomings of the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016 that has been recently passed by the Rajya Sabha. In this post, I continue …

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Compensatory Afforestation Bill – A Spectre of Old Problems: Part I

On August 2, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Sakshi Aravind On 28th July, 2016 Rajya Sabha unanimously passed the deeply problematic Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016 (“the bill”). It was passed by Lok Sabha without significant debates on merits earlier …

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Women’s Right to Free Speech on Social Media

On July 27, 2016 By Vasujith Ram In Uncategorized

Almost every day brings to the fore some instance of abuse, harassment and stalking that women face on the internet and on social media specifically. Addressing this doesn’t require more ill drafted, draconian laws like …

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