The California Supreme Court’s decision legalising same sex marriages has been hailed as a landmark decision. The purpose of referring to this decision is to post a curtain-raiser to an important hearing on May 19 …
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Judgment in Shoukat Hussain Guru case: the unanswered questions
The Supreme Court in its judgment delivered today in the case of Shoukat Hussain Guru appears to have admitted its helplessness in correcting a flaw in its judgment, after the dismissal of review and curative …
Continue readingThe beginnings of Mandal III case?
Well, that is how I shall describe today’s proceedings of Pan-IIM Alumni Association v. Union of India (W.P.[c] 3449/2008] before the Delhi High Court Bench comprising Justices T.S.Thakur and Siddharth Mridul. Today, the petitioners’ counsel, …
Continue readingA significant contribution to law of torts
It has been the general perception that the law of torts is not as well developed in India as in the West. While there is some basis to this perception, there has been some very …
Continue readingSethusamudram & M.F.Husain cases: A study in contrast
On May 8, the Supreme Court, before adjourning the hearing of the Sethusamudram case to July 22, asked the Centre to consider an alternative alignment for the proposed canal, without damaging the Ramar Setu, and …
Continue readingVenugopal v. Union of India
The judgment in P. Venugopal v. Union of India delivered on Thursday is obviously interesting because it causes political embarrassment to the government by striking down an ill-advised piece of legislation. But it is also …
Continue readingWomen’s Reservation Bill:Behind the resistance from OBC MPs
The Women’s reservation Bill has once again made it to Parliament, this time, through Rajya Sabha, so that it does not lapse, with the dissolution of Lok Sabha, as happened three times earlier. But have …
Continue readingEC’s obsession with free and fair elections: An alternative perspective
It was refreshing to read an article in Business Line on the other side of EC’s obsession with ensuring free and fair elections, in the context of the assembly elections in Karnataka. The author says: …
Continue readingAn Equal Opportunity Commission?
The Madhav Menon Committee Report on the establishment of an Equal Opportunity Commission submitted recently to the government recommends outlawing discrimination against ‘deprived groups’ in the public as well as private sector. The ‘deprived groups’ …
Continue readingJUDGMENT ALERT
Tomorrow, Justice Arijit Pasayat will deliver the judgment in the case of Maninderjit Singh Bitta v. UOI, on behalf of a three-Judge Bench. Bitta, who runs a movement against terrorism, has sought early implementation of …
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