For anyone interested in Indian legal history, please come to the launch of my book, “An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court During the British Raj, 1862-1947”, this Thursday, 18th June, …
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Law and Liberty: Research Paper Competition
The Federalist Society, iJustice and Jindal Global Law School are jointly organizing a two-day international conference on ‘Law & Liberty’ on 18-19 September 2015 at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat (Haryana). The conference is being …
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Judges with Elected Experience
Douglas McDonald is a solicitor with Craddock Murray Neumann Lawyers, Sydney, and a former exchange student at the National Law School of India University. Part of this blog post has been adapted from his LLB …
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS: INTERVIEW WITH V.KRISHNA ANANTH
LAOT is pleased to begin a new series, Books and Authors, with a focussed interview with the author about his or her recent book. V.Krishna Ananth, is Associate Professor and Head, Department of History, Sikkim …
Continue readingThe Untapped Potential for Constitutional Avoidance in Social Rights Adjudication
Joint post with Dr Farrah Ahmed This blog post summarises our arguments in this forthcoming article in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. In his 2012 book, Judging Social Rights, Jeff King makes a powerful case for a …
Continue readingJugaad Justice?
A bit dated, but here is an op-ed of mine in the Mint reflecting on what I term “jugaad justice”. In this piece, I refer to Justice Katju’s maverick ruling dispensing with interim injunctions in …
Continue readingNJAC hearing in Supreme Court: Merits of AG’s plea for reference to a larger Bench
The plea of AG and other counsel for respondents in the case being heard by the Supreme Court’s five-Judge Bench for reference to a larger Bench comprising 11 Judges has become controversial, with the petitioners’ …
Continue readingInterested in studying the judiciary? DAKSH is hiring!
DAKSH is looking to hire 2-3 Research Associates for its Rule of Law project. The project focuses on studying the Indian judiciary with emphasis on data. The applicants should ideally have experience working in the …
Continue readingThe Film “Court” and Movies on the Indian Judicial System
I had a chance to watch “Court” last night, the award winning debut of young director Chaitanya Tamhane. The trailer can be viewed here. A short synopsis of the film is also included: “A sewerage …
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