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Mysteries of law making

On February 13, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

There is an interesting article in The Hindu by the CPI National Secretary, and MP, D.Raja (A design to block opportunities)revealing not just how hastily the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and …

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When Should a Disposal Become an Opinion?

On February 13, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

So, here’s the breakdown. In 2007, the Supreme Court disposed of 61,845 matters. 5,054 of these were regular hearing matters. Out of these the Supreme Court released 1,488 written decisions (based on JUDIS). That year …

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Assorted Links

On February 13, 2009 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

1. Outcome of the Saudi rehab program for jihadists: A previous post regarding this can be accessed here. Now the Saudi government has announced that eleven former enrollees in this program have returned to join …

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Judicial notice of unenforced legislation

On February 12, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

We have discussed the problem of unenforced legislations (i.e. Acts duly passed by Parliament but not brought into force by government) previously on this blog. The recently passed amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure …

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The Last Founder Dies

On February 12, 2009 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

The last surviving member of our Constituent Assembly, Ranbir Singh Hooda, died on February 1. I’m unclear whether Hooda made any significant contributions to the Constituent Assembly’s deliberations. This is something I hope to investigate …

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The right to criticise religion

On February 12, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Does section 295A of the Indian Penal Code prohibit us from criticising religion? In an outrageous act, police arrested the editor and publisher of The Statesman for re-publishing an article by Johann Hari entitled ‘Why …

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RTI – Judges’ assets declaration case

On February 12, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The appeal filed by the Supreme Court against the of the decision of the Central Information Commission in the judges’ assets declaration case has been discussed on this blog here and here. In this article …

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EC controversy: N.Ram’s reply to CEC

On February 12, 2009 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries the CEC’s response to the Hindu’s coverage of the controversy over his recommendation to remove EC, Navin Chawla, and the Hindu’s editor-in-chief N.Ram’s reply to him point-wise. The exchange brings to the …

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8th Professor AR Desai Memorial Lecture

On February 11, 2009 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

For those interested, the Dept. of Sociology, University of Mumbai, is organizing the 8th Professor A. R. Desai Memorial Lecture to be held on February 20, 2009 at 3.00 p.m. at the Pherozeshah Mehta Auditorium …

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NREGA, a Lok Adalat, and Administrative Law

On February 10, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

This Saturday I attended the first ever Lok Adalat focusing on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). It was held in Latehar, Jharkhand. The day began with thousands of poor people from across the …

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