The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (“UKUT”) can issue ‘country guidance’ decisions, which guide (and, in most circumstances, bind) government decision-makers in assessing conditions in particular countries in determining whether …
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Research Position on Indian Law at Melbourne
NEW GENERATION SCHOLAR IN LAW AND INDIA Australia India Institute, Melbourne Law School http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/887871/new-generation-scholar-in-law-and-india Salary: $64,863* – $88,016 p.a. (*PhD entry Level $81,998 p.a.) plus 17% superannuation The Melbourne Law School (MLS) and the Australia India …
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Secretly Signing Away Patent Safeguards: Whither Constitutionality?
A huge controversy has broken out in the Indian patent and public health space. Apparently, the Indian government offered an alleged under-the-table assurance to USIBC (and other US industry groups) that it will not invoke compulsory licenses …
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(Re)Booting the Bar: Barbs, Bribes and a Bar Exam
In a post some years ago, I reproduced a letter that I’d written to the then Chairman of the Bar Council, Gopal Subramanium (a leading senior counsel, whose prodigious talent I had the great privilege …
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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 …
Continue readingThe Kanhaiya Kumar Bail Order and its Discontents
(Guest Post by Rahul Bajaj) On Wednesday, after much anticipation, a single judge of the Delhi High Court delivered her verdict in the bail application filed by Kanhaiya Kumar, the President of the JNU Student …
Continue readingThe Fictitious Doctrine of Substantive Legitimate Expectations
(Guest Post by Chintan Chandrachud) The doctrine of substantive legitimate expectations is a fairly new addition to the ‘armoury of courts in ensuring that discretions are exercised fairly’. It enables litigants, even in the absence …
Continue readingPart time Research Assistant Vacancy at the Centre for Policy Research The Center for Policy Research is looking for a part time research assistant to work with the Environmental Law and Governance team in the area of …
Continue readingThe Examination-in-Chief of David Headley in the 26/11 Trial: Legal Infirmities Abound
(Guest post by Sahana Manjesh) As per the conclusion of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the report of Metropolitan Magistrate Mr. S.P.Tamang, and the report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Mr. …
Continue readingAn Empirical Study of the Supreme Court
(Guest Post by Alok Prasanna) The Supreme Court of India today is a very different creature from what it was when it was set up in 1950. From being envisaged initially as an apex constitutional …
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