The following guest post has been contributed by Saumya Uma (Women’s Research and Action Group), and Arvind Narrian (Alternative Law Forum). It is cross-posted at Kafila. Honouring Mukul Sinha: The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting …
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Whittling Away the Right to Education
(Guest post by Gaurav Mukherjee. Gaurav is a Graduate Fellow at the School of Policy & Governance, Azim Premji University) The right to education under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution is operationalized by …
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Judicial Appointments in India
In a new book published by Oxford University Press this month, entitled “The Informal Constitution: Unwritten Criteria in Selecting Judges for the Supreme Court of India”, I explore the prevalence of three informal eligibility criteria …
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The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library organised a Workshop titled ‘Nehru’s India’ on 1st May, 2014. This was the second of the three events being organized in commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. The first …
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Guest Post: No Leader of Opposition? The So-Called 10% Rule
This is a guest post from Venkatesh Nayak, Programme Coordinator, Access to Information Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, an international NGO headquartered in New Delhi. Selection committees for the appointment of statutory authorities under various laws …
Continue readingThe Election and Theories of Supreme Court Behavior
One of the prominent theories of why the Indian Supreme Court is so powerful when compared to other courts around the world is that its rise mirrored the rise of coalition politics in India in …
Continue readingAnnouncement: 7th Nani Palkhivala Foundation Taxation Law Essay Competition, 2014
[The following announcement is posted on behalf of the National Law School of India Review] The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR), the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), …
Continue readingDevelopment & Votes in these Elections: 5-part series
I’ve spent the last 1.5 months writing a 5-part election series for the Indian Express, called “Vikas Vote”. I travel to constituencies across India which have seen big improvements in one development indicator each. I …
Continue readingCall for Reporter-cum-Blog Administrator, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy (“Vidhi”) invites applications for the post of “Reporter-cum-Blog Administrator”, a fully-paid and full-time engagement based out of Vidhi’s offices in New Delhi. The Reporter-cum-Blog Administrator will be an integral …
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