Can we find remedy for the ills of our judiciary by changing the tenure of Judges of Higher Judiciary? This article in Deccan Herald here argues that it can make a difference. And I tend …
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Post-Thakur Analysis: A Discovery
Apart from the articles which Arun cited, there are two more worth reading. One by Abhishek Singhvi, and another by Praful Bidwai. Both have commented on the Bench’s opinion expressed in a particular paragraph. Singhvi’s …
Continue readingPost-Thakur developments and analysis
The stay order in Ashoke Kumar Thakur is generating considerable governmental activity and news-analysis. Today’s issues of The Indian Express and the Hindu carry stories about the UPA government’s overall strategy for vacating the stay …
Continue readingJudicial Nepotism: Behind the Government’s concern
The Union Law Ministry seems to have suddenly woken up to the danger posed by Judicial nepotism to judicial integrity. Its letter to the Bar Council of India – as reported by the NDTV -renews …
Continue readingThe Indian media’s obsession with ‘clashes’ between the Judiciary and the Executive/Legislature
The lead stories in today’s online issue of the Indian Express and the Hindu would have readers believe that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has fired a salvo at the judiciary, thereby raising the spectre of …
Continue readingSC’s Stay on Mandal II: A response to Mr.Vivek Reddy
At the outset, let me welcome Mr.Vivek Reddy to our lively blog. I look forward to reading similar spirited debates, which the SC’s Mandal decision has provoked in our blog.To begin with, I must admit …
Continue readingChief Justice Verma’s views on recent Supreme Court decisions and trends
Over the last two days, the Indian Express has carried excerpts from a public lecture recently delivered by Chief Justice J. S. Verma. The two parts of the lecture as carried in the IE are …
Continue readingIn Defense of the SC order on OBC quota
Let me begin my first blog by thanking Arun and Vikram for allowing me to join the blog team. I cannot think of any other place – print & electronic – where there is more …
Continue readingNOVARTIS CASE TRANSFERRED TO THE IPAB
Pursuant to an earlier post on this topic, the Madras (Chennai) High Court has transferred the Novartis matter to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). As I’d mentioned earlier, this is circuitous, as the matter …
Continue readingInsights on academic research in India (with a focus on Reservations)
Like others on the blog, I have been trying to come to grips with the decision of the Supreme Court to stay OBC quotas in the Ashoke Kumar Thakur case. The complexity of the issues …
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