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The status of education in India: Primary and Tertiary

On March 10, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

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

On March 8, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Seminar on Judicial Accountability and Judicial Reforms in New Delhi

On March 7, 2007 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Politics & Law : Is the separation real or desirable?

On March 7, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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EC’s non-transparent role: a rejoinder

On March 5, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Election Commission of India’s non-transparent role

On March 3, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Appointing Judges: A reaction to Abhishek Singhvi’s analysis

On March 1, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

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, …

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How Law Blogs are changing legal discussion and legal education: Interview with Jack Balkin

On March 1, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

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 …

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National Judicial Council Bill

On February 28, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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 …

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Latest expose on Mashelkar

On February 28, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

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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