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Discrimination by housing societies – need for legislation

On March 28, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The recent case of a majority-Jain housing society in Mumbai denying the only Muslim family living there power and water is not the only one of its kind. Since the Mumbai bomb-blasts in 1993, Muslims …

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Early responses to the Sixth Pay Commission Report

On March 27, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Earlier this week, the Sixth Pay Commission handed in its much-awaited Report. The full report, complete with summaries and other aids, is available at the official website of the government of India here. As is …

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New issue of the German Law Journal on India: Vol 9 No. 3 (March 2008)

On March 26, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I came across this almost by accident, and found some interesting academic articles on a variety of legal issues: debates over the Uniform Civil Code, mediation in India, law books in the Hindu legal tradition, …

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Taking India’s “Look East” rhetoric seriously: The need to focus on politics in other parts of Asia

On March 22, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Earlier today, the people of Taiwan voted in the latest round of their nation’s Presidential elections, and a couple of hours ago, it was announced that the KMT nominee, Ma-Ying-jou, has been declared elected. (Click …

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Yogendra Yadav on Justice SL Sinha

On March 22, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

I didn’t notice this earlier, but today’s issue of the Indian Express carries another tribute to Justice JL Sinha, authored by Yogendra Yadav of CSDS. Like that of Shanti Bhushan, which was the subject of …

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Shanti Bhushan on the passing of another courageous Judge

On March 22, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

We’ve recently been discussing what makes for greatness in a judge on this blog. This post is a continuance of that theme. In a recent tribute to Justice Khanna, Justice Iyer made a passing reference …

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Justice Khanna & his solitary dissent

On March 19, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I just finished reading Justice H.R.Khanna’s autobiography, Neither Roses Nor Thorns. Everyone is aware of his solitary dissent in the ADM Jabalpur case. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he inherited this courage of …

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A tribute to Justice Khanna … and much more

On March 19, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries a piece where Justice Iyer pays tribute to his colleague, Justice HR Khanna. Unlike other tributes (some of which were featured on this blog earlier), Justice Iyer mentions those actions of Justice …

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ASI’s reply to my RTI application: Speaking Order & the right to non-comply with directions

On March 17, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

My continuing Right to Information battle with the Archaeological Survey of India on why the Government suspended two officials of the ASI following the controversy over the Sethusamudram affidavit has elicited one more reply. This …

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Farmer Debt Waivers: The Ongoing Debate

On March 16, 2008 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

This year’s Budget, which was presented by the Financial Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram in Parliament a couple of weeks ago, has been termed a populist and an election-year budget. One aspect of the Budget that …

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