Supreme Court’s performance has come under close scrutiny in the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s 28th Report on the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2008. The Report presented by the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public …
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Making violence costly
Maharashtra cabinet has approved an Ordinance to amend the Police Act apparently making a political party or an organisation liable for damages caused to property by its workers. The finer details need to be examined. …
Continue readingIntroducing new contributor: Madhav Khosla
It gives me great pleasure to introduce Madhav Khosla as a new contributor to our blog. Madhav graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, earlier this year, and is currently at the …
Continue readingSoli J.Sorabjee’s critique of I.R.Coelho judgment
In his lecture delivered at Oslo University, Norway on October 6, Soli J.Sorabjee defends the basic structure doctrine, but offers a mild critique of the I.R.Coelho judgment. He says: “With the utmost respect, the judgment …
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Constitution of India in 2050
The Halsbury’s Law Monthly, the online journal being published by LexisNexis has devoted its latest issue to the discussion of what Constitution of India will look like (or how it should look like) in 2050. …
Continue readingT.K.Rajalakshmi on Surrogacy and Some Responses
In a Frontline article, T.K.Rajalakshmi criticizes the bill pointing out that health activists and women’s organizations are unhappy with it. Here are some of her contentions and my comments. 1. “The guidelines are basically meant …
Continue readingTrial by the media
The students and the faculty of the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, invited me today to talk on the issues thrown by the trial by the media in the context of some of the …
Continue readingGender bias in the Hindu adoption law
In the EPW dated October4-10, 2008, Ramachandra Guha whose article on modern Indian history invited a post here, provoked Nivedita Menon to join issue with him on issues of gender. Among other things, Menon questioned …
Continue readingImpact of Campaign Spending on Electoral Contests
There was an interesting post on Freakonomics yesterday. The author Stephen Dubner also provides a link to a paper by Steve Levitt analyzing the impact of money spent on election campaigns. By analyzing the outcomes …
Continue readingIt’s 12%
I had often wondered what per cent of admission matters get accepted as regular hearing matters by the Supreme Court. This seems especially important to keep track of given the amount of time the Court …
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