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Declaration of Assets by Judges-How they do it elsewhere

On September 8, 2009 By Aparna Chandra In Uncategorized

Given the concerns, justifiable or otherwise, raised by a section of the judiciary regarding the possible misuse of information pertaining to judges’ assets; and the call for putting in place strict guidelines and procedures to …

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Panchu on the ‘Judges’ assets’ saga

On September 8, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries an op-ed by Sriram Panchu which chronicles, comments upon, and provides the context for some of the events in the unfolding saga of declaration of assets by judges, including the recent judgment …

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Judicial Profiles

On September 5, 2009 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

Tehelka presents short profiles of the three judges who effected the change in the Supreme Court’s position on the ‘declaration of assets’. Their backgrounds make fascinating reading and underscore the need to pay greater attention …

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Gujarat HC lifts the ban on Jaswant Singh’s book

On September 4, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Gujarat High Court has lifted the ban on Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah. The judgment starts with a quote by Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England and a renowned Jurist: Read not to contradict and …

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Reflections on SC’s judgment in Haru Ghosh

On September 4, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Guest Blogger Bikram Jeet Batra In August 2008, I had written a short note on this blog about the Swamy Shraddananda judgment. This was part of a series of judgments in which the Supreme Court …

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Lok Adalats: Justice or Judicial Efficiency?

On September 4, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Guest Blogger Bala Posani I recently had the chance to travel to Ahmedabad on a reconnaissance trip to explore the possibility of a certain research project. We wanted to know if Lok Adalat (People’s Court) …

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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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Continuing the exchange on Justice Bhat’s ‘Judges’ Assets’ judgment

On September 3, 2009 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

This is a response to the stimulating thoughts offered by Tarunabh and Dhananjay on the ‘Judges’ Assets’ judgment delivered by Justice Bhat. Their thoughts are available in relation to this recent post by V. Venkatesan, …

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India’s Under-Resourced MPs

On September 3, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

In yesterday’s Indian Express I had this piece highlighting that the average MP has no office or staff, beyond a single secretary, and arguing that MPs need to get sufficient resources if we expect them …

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Watching films blindfolded

On September 2, 2009 By Lawrence Liang In Uncategorized

This is a piece I wrote for the latest Himal Special issue on censorship.Given that it is for a magazine I had to restrict the historical account of law and visuality, but hope to develop …

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