For those interested The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has a new website called Virtual Police Station that provides a detailed tour of an Indian police station including what victims, accused, and witnesses should expect when …
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Reforming the Collegium: Issues at stake
As the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench continues its unusual consequential hearing on the question of reforming the Collegium to recruit Judges on November 18, the doubts and misgivings expressed by the bench as well as …
Continue readingCall for Submissions: The Indian Journal of International Economic Law
The Indian Journal of International Economic Law is now accepting submissions for its upcoming issues – Volume 8(1) and 8(2). The Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) is a law journal published by National Law …
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Who Will Save Us from Judicial Recusal? — Upendra Baxi
Such is the gravitational pull of the issue of the constitutional validity of the NJAC decision, replete with surprise, that the issue of judicial recusal in certain situations is not discussed at all. But we …
Continue readingThe Triumph of Judicial Independence — Part II
The SCI did not hold that Parliament may not ever contemplate bringing about a change in the method of appointing justices; it only (and rightly) insisted that the NJAC changes did not comply with the …
Continue readingThe Triumph of Judicial Independence — Part I
The Supreme Court of India (SCI) has, in October 2015, done diverse things but, most of what it has accomplished is an enriching 1053 pages 4:1 decision that nullified the National Judicial Commission Amendment and …
Continue readingThe Kania Affair: A Collegium of Nehru, Patel, and Rajaji Debates the First Chief Justice
In last week’s Mint, I discuss an early controversy over judicial appointments. Shortly before Republic Day in 1950, Nehru had second thoughts about the first chief justice. But Patel pushed back strongly against Nehru’s demand …
Continue readingReforming the Collegium
In this recent piece in the Indian Express I argue that with the collegium system restored the primary question now turns to how to improve it. To be clear, I take no position in the …
Continue readingGuest Post: Is RTE based regulation choking quality education?
The following is a guest post by Dolashree Mysoor, who is a Research Associate at the Azim Premji University, and works with the University’s Hub for Education Law and Policy (hELP). hELP is engaged in research and intervention in the …
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