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Graduate Fellow Position Open at APU

On June 13, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

The Law, Governance, and Development Initiative at Azim Premji University has a two year post open for a Graduate Fellow. Please see this link for more details. Please note that the original deadline of June …

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Polity in India Blog

On June 12, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

There is a new blog up – Polity in India: Observations on Legal and Political Developments in India – that might be of interest to some readers. A number of the contributors are lawyers and …

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How the CIC missed the wood for the trees

On June 10, 2013 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Right to Information Act, 2005, with its 31 sections and two schedules, is one of the outstanding legislations of Indian Parliament.   In view of its inherent potential to ensure accountability of the institutions of …

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Arbitrariness, “Doctrinal Looseness”, and other things…

On June 5, 2013 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

In Chapter 6 of my book, Due Process of Law (published in 2011) [p. 177-206], I had argued that the “arbitrariness” test under Indian constitutional law, famously articulated by Justice Bhagwati in the Royappa and …

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The Times Publishing House’s Fight Against Free Speech

On May 21, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

As has been reported at Spicy IP and Legally India the Times Publishing House – which owns Times of India – is threatening to sue for defamation a 22 year old student blogger for one …

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Second Azim Premji University International Conference on Law, Governance and Development

On May 20, 2013 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

Call for Papers Second Azim Premji University International Conference on Law, Governance and DevelopmentRight to Welfare: Education, Food and WorkThe Law, Governance and Development Initiative of Azim Premji University, Bangalore is holding its Second International …

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Reforming Indian Law Schools

On May 16, 2013 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Update: The full report is available here. It seems that this is so far in the draft stage only. Perhaps the Committee is still accepting suggestions. Readers may be interested in an important  report that emphasises the …

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An Analysis of the NAC’s Proposal on the Pre-Legislative Process (Part II)

On May 16, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

In part I of this post I discussed how the NAC has a new proposal out for changing the process by which Ministries draft rules and legislation. In the last post I examined the process …

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CBI autonomy and the Courts

On May 15, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In this article in today’s Indian Express I argue that the courts are not the answer to bringing about CBI autonomy. The initiative has to come from Parliament. 

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An Analysis of the NAC’s Proposal on the Pre-Legislative Process (Part I)

On May 14, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Last week, the National Advisory Council made a little noticed recommendation concerning what they term the pre-legislative process. The name “pre-legislative process” is a bit of a misnomer in that their recommendation concerned how ministries …

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