The recent spate of terrorist attacks across the country has led to a demand for creation of a national agency to investigate acts of terrorism. The UPA government has cited the Indian Constitution...
This new book, edited by Varun Gauri and Daniel M.Brinks is to be published by Cambridge University Press shortly. The contents indicate that India is among the five countries (others being South...
It is not very often that the BJP raises the issue of torture (this is not to say that other political parties are particularly vocal on it either). Advani’s statements on the alleged torture...
Check this out. Equador is perhaps the first country in the world to extend a constitutional right to all of nature. The history of the movement leading up to this can be read in this Guardian...
The Association for Democratic Reforms, whose PIL seeking filing of IT returns by political parties was rejected by the Supreme Court last week, has been raising pertinent issues concerning our...
As a follow up from Madhav’s post, I think that terms like ‘judicial activism’ can hide more than they reveal. One needs to be careful about the precise judicial role where the...
In an article in the current issue of the Economic & Political Weekly, Animesh Sharma explores the jurisprudential basis of Article 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the constitutional validity of...
Recent months have seen substantial debate on the Supreme Court’s emerging attitude towards reforming public interest litigation (PIL), especially in light of Justice Katju’s...
Guest post: By Gopal Sankaranarayanan Apropos the post on the symbolism attached to our national buildings I got thinking about the looming edifice which feeds so much of what is debated on this blog...
1. Rajeev Dhavan’s review of Shanti Bhushan’s book2. Supreme Court to frame guidelines on encounter deaths.3. How general candidates made it to IITs scoring less than 10 marks in physics...