Guest Blogger Subramanian Natarajan I have been following with quite some fascination what is probably the only purely theoretical question to have faced the Indian constitution since the much vexed question of its amendability. I …
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Guest Post: Extraterritorial application of HC judgment
It is my pleasure to post on behalf of Shivprasad Swaminathan [LLB (ILS , Pune) B.C.L (Oxford)]. He is a Doctoral Student studying jurisprudence at Balliol College , Oxford. He is working on The Normativity …
Continue readingBudget 2009 and the Legal Profession
Normally, when the annual budget is presented in Parliament, lawyers tend to spend a significant amount of time scouring through the fine-print, but essentially with a view to determine its impact on clients. This observation …
Continue readingMusings on contemporary academic culture -II
Guest Blogger Pratiksha Baxi For the comments posted here and many emails, much gratitude to everyone for reflecting on my previous post. Although the individual accounts of angst have not been shared with everyone on …
Continue readingImplications of Naz Foundation judgment Today’s newspapers have variously interpreted the Naz Foundation judgment. Among the analyses, at least two deserve mention. Manoj Mitta has suggested in his piece that the judgment will be applicable …
Continue readingNaz Foundation v. Union of India
The Delhi High Court has read down s. 377 to exclude consensual sex between adults in private in its judgment in Naz Foundation v. Union of India (2009). Aspects of the case will surely be …
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Vinay Sitapati and Manoj Mitta have done interesting pieces on rape laws. Mitta discusses Shiney Ahuja’s case in light of the developments of the law on rape since the infamous Mathura case. Sitapati contrasts swift …
Continue readingJudgment Watch: Naz Foundation
The Delhi High Court’s website lists Naz Foundation v. Union of India (challenging the constitutional validity of s. 377 and demanding its reading down) for delivery of judgment tomorrow (Thursday). This blog has followed the …
Continue readingHow to rethink India’s messy mix of capitalism and socialism? Today’s Asian Age carries an article by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta who draws our attention to two recent widely cited articles by Fareed Zakaria (The Capitalitst …
Continue readingNoorani on Freedom of Speech and Religion: A Comment
I read A.G.Noorani’s article titled ‘Free Speech and Religion’ in the June 6th issue of EPW with interest wherein he argues that the March 26th resolution 7/19 of the Human Rights Council of Geneva on …
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