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Supreme Court’s performance under scrutiny

On October 24, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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

On October 23, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

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. …

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Introducing new contributor: Madhav Khosla

On October 23, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Soli J.Sorabjee’s critique of I.R.Coelho judgment

On October 23, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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

On October 22, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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. …

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T.K.Rajalakshmi on Surrogacy and Some Responses

On October 21, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

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 …

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Trial by the media

On October 20, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Gender bias in the Hindu adoption law

On October 19, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Impact of Campaign Spending on Electoral Contests

On October 16, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

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 …

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It’s 12%

On October 10, 2008 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

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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