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New Contributor : Tarunabh Khaitan

On June 21, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

We are happy to announce that Tarunabh Khaitan has agreed to join the team blog here at Law and Other Things. Tarunabh is currently a D.Phil candidate at Oxford University, and his doctoral dissertation seeks …

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ALLEGATIONS OF BIAS IN THE NOVARTIS PATENT LITIGATION

On June 21, 2007 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

Whilst most of us await the Madras High Court judgment on the constitutionality of section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, here’s an update on what’s going on at the IPAB (Intellectual Property Appellate Board), …

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Reading India After Gandhi

On June 20, 2007 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

I am presently reading (more like devouring) Ram Guha’s magnificent new tome, India After Gandhi. The book is a fascinating and accessible telling of our country’s post-independent history from the assassination of the Mahatma to …

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BN Harish — New Contributor to Law and Other Things

On June 20, 2007 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

I am very pleased to introduce BN Harish as a new contributor to Law and Other Things. Harish is an advocate practising with a firm that he founded in Bangalore. Apart from legal practice, Harish …

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Judging and Politics: Using an American lens to raise some questions about the Indian situation

On June 19, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

The latest issue of the New Yorker has a short but interesting assessment of the judicial output of the U.S. Supreme Court over the last year. The author of the article is the noted legal …

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CONSTITUTIONAL VICE OF CASTE BASED QUOTAS IN PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

On June 11, 2007 By Vivek Reddy In Uncategorized

In the OBC reservation debate, a key issue – and a more serious issue – which took a backseat is the imposition of caste based quotas in private educational institutions. The 93rd Constitutional Amendment introduced …

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SC’S INTERVENTION IN GUJJAR VIOLENCE: A FEW QUESTIONS

On June 6, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Supreme Court’s suo motu notice to the DGPs of four States on what action they have taken or proposed to take against the perpetrators of the violence, triggered by the Gujjars’ bandh is interesting. …

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GUJJARS’ STIR: THE TRUCE AND THE MESSAGE

On June 5, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Gujjar leaders’ acceptance with alacrity of the Rajasthan chief minister’s peace formula will be widely admired. Never in the history of such violent protest movements, a protesting group was too eager to grab an …

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LIBERALISM IN INDIA: INCONSISTENCY EXPLAINED

On June 5, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

My post on what it means to be a liberal in India elicited insightful responses on the limits of liberalism. Here, I bring to our attention, an article written by Mukul Kesavan in the Telegraph …

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GUJJARS’ FURY (PART II): MERITS OF THEIR DEMAND

On June 2, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

THERE has been little media attention on the merits of Gujjars’ demand to get into the ST list. Most commentators have pointed to the origin of Gujjars’ demand, and assumed that if Jats had not …

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