A very interesting article in the Outlook claims that the Official Secrets Act, 1923 was never notified in the Official Gazette and is therefore not law. To quote: ‘Here’s the untold story of the Official …
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Conventions on Indian Speaker
Comments to my earlier post provoked me to research the subject for a better understanding of conventions on Indian Speaker. The Supreme Court in the Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association vs. Union of India has effectively …
Continue readingThe root cause of J&K turmoil
Independence Day has occasioned two insightful comments in today’s papers. The Hindu carries Mr.Harish Khare’s Manmohan’s Task while the Indian Express carries an edit on A Pilot for Patil. Both trace the roots of the …
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Justice Thomas Committee on damage to public property, which is due to submit its report to the Supreme Court on the 31st of August, 2008, was instituted lasy year in the aftermath of the violence …
Continue readingTerrorism and Organised Crime
I have long been intrigued why some States have been pressing the Centre to clear their Bills intended to control organised crime, even though they wish to use the law against terrorism. I have had …
Continue readingSC directive on non-registration of FIRs
The following is a guest post from Vijay Nair, one of the Founder-Partners of KNM & Partners, Law Offices who has been in litigation practice for the last 14 years. He may be contacted at …
Continue readingLawyers’ Boycott of Terrorist Cases in Uttar Pradesh: Whither Fair Trial?
We bring you a guest post by Talha Abdul Rahman, a recent graduate of Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad. Talha will soon leave for the UK to pursue post graduate studies (BCL) at the University …
Continue readingGuest Blogger: Bikram Jeet Batra’s review of a recent SC Judgment on Death Penalty
The judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Swamy Shraddananda on 22nd July deserves much more attention than it has received. It is a strong statement against the death penalty. Although it does …
Continue readingArticle 143 as a safety valve
While discussing the ongoing turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajeev Dhavan has advanced a specious suggestion to defuse it. According to him, the Government should approach the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on this …
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The Kalam years
The Kalam Effect: My Years with the President by P.M.Nair, Harper Collins in collaboration with India Today Group,New Delhi, 2008. P.M.Nair was Secretary to the former President,A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. In this absorbing book on his tenure, …
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