Nearly a year and a half ago, this blog carried a post focusing in part on the UPA government’s legislative attempts to implement the newly incorporated constitutional right to education in India. More recently, the …
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Debating Justice
The People’s Convention to be held in New Delhi on March 10 and 11, under the auspices of the Committee on Judicial Accountability, will bring intellectuals and activists on a common platform. The convention will …
Continue readingSeminar on Judicial Accountability and Judicial Reforms in New Delhi
Prashanth Bhushan, a leading member of the Supreme Court bar, has requested us to highlight a seminar that will take place in New Delhi on March 10 and March 11. The seminar will take place …
Continue readingPolitics & Law : Is the separation real or desirable?
Time and again, the question whether courts can examine political issues had cropped up in many cases before the Supreme Court. The answer has been that the courts cannot refuse to hear a matter, just …
Continue readingEC’s non-transparent role: a rejoinder
My post on E.C.’s lack of transparency has elicited three responses – from Ms.Sunanda Bharati, Mr. Arun and Mr.Vivek Reddy and all responses are similar. I am thankful to all of them for sharing their …
Continue readingElection Commission of India’s non-transparent role
India has just completed assembly elections in Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand. And India’s largest State, Uttar Pradesh is going to the polls in May-June. As usual, the Election Commission – independent three-member body to conduct …
Continue readingAppointing Judges: A reaction to Abhishek Singhvi’s analysis
In a recent post, V. Venkatesan draws attention to Abhishek Singhvi’s thoughts on the perennially controversial issue of judicial appointments in India. While I agree with the general comments made in that post by Venkatesan, …
Continue readingHow Law Blogs are changing legal discussion and legal education: Interview with Jack Balkin
This is a bit dated, but recent posts and discussions on this blog have reminded me of the relevance of some of the ideas mentioned by Jack Balkin, who teaches at Yale Law School, and …
Continue readingNational Judicial Council Bill
Abhishek Singhvi, senior advocate in the Supreme Court, and the Congress-I spokesperson, writes a column in Hindustan times, called candid corner. Today’s piece, Judges in law, deals with the National Judicial Council Bill, presently being …
Continue readingLatest expose on Mashelkar
Today’s Times of India carries the latest expose by Manoj Mitta on Mashelkar. The previous ‘victim’ says Mashelkar is irresponsible, if not dishonest. I would like to know Shamnad Basheer’s comment.
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