Yesterday’s Indian Express carried a short letter from a former Chief Justice of India, Justice R.C. Lahoti. I for one am intrigued by his motivation in writing the letter, though its contents and claims are …
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Supreme Court and Human Rights
A recent article in The Hindu dealt with evolution of human rights jurisprudence in India, and praised the Supreme Court for its seminal contribution to it. However, a recent case when the Supreme Court rejected …
Continue readingUnderstanding our blog’s inherent potential
An interesting piece on the blogs by Nicholas Carr, which first appeared in Guardian and reproduced in The Hindu, captures the essence of our blog too, defines its personality to some extent. But there is …
Continue readingCorruption Debate: Flaws in the Moralist Approach-II
The moralist approach to corruption – although insufficient to evolve systemic remedies – should help us understand the phenomenon in proper perspective. It was Indira Gandhi who once said corruption is a global phenomenon. Much …
Continue readingCorruption Debate: Flaws in the Moralist approach-I
Two timely pieces in The Hindu today – one by Harish Khare and another by Sriram Panchu – have sought to focus on the reasons why we have lost the battle against corruption all these …
Continue readingPratap Bhanu Mehta’s Rejoinder on Judicial Activism
I am posting a response from Pratap Bhanu Mehta to V. Venkatesan’s post on Mehta’s op-ed in the Indian Express. It seems to me that Venkatesan’s otherwise helpful post slightly mixes up two different issues: …
Continue readingFree online resource for researching legal issues in India and Asia
The Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII) has recently launched a website that contains very useful tools for researching legal issues in a number of Asian jurisdictions. Since it is a recent project, and is a …
Continue readingMehta and Arundhati Roy: Two different responses to Judicial Activism
It appears to me that the phenomenon of judicial activism can bring about different reactions depending on what sort of critic you are. Arun has brought to our attention the article in Indian express written …
Continue readingMehta’s commentary on recent judicial actions and comments
Holding the higher judiciary accountable seems to a recurring theme in recent posts on the blog. A typical feature has been an expressed concern about how one can engage in such discussions without running foul …
Continue readingJudges, media and open society
I just read a copy written by our correspondent in Italy, Vaiju Naravane, who has gone to Argentina to cover the detention of Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors payoff case. There she met …
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