Constitutional Nationalism and Legal Exclusion: Equity, Identity Politics and Democracy in Nepal by Mara Malagodi This book is a detailed case study of Nepal’s post-1990 constitutional experience. It examines the complex relationship between law and …
Continue readingShreya Rastogi (V Year, NLU Delhi) and I co-authored an article titled ‘Diplomatic immunity in peril’ that appeared as the lead op-ed in The Hindu yesterday (20th March). We argue that the Supreme Court’s order restraining …
Continue readingGuest Post by Prashant Narang* This year, sixty six candidates cleared the AoR exam and recently on 20.03.2013 those successful candidates were designated as AoR by the Judge-in-Chamber. In my previous post on AoR system, …
Continue readingThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal from the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s judgment in the AP Civil Liberties Committee v the Government of Andhra Pradesh tomorrow (the 12th of March 2013). The case …
Continue readingThe last two decades have seen Supreme Court in South Asia playing an extremely prominent role in everyday governance. The Chief Justices of Pakistan and Sri Lanka have emerged as figureheads of the opposition to …
Continue readingMy piece in The Indian Express a couple of days ago on controversy over Modi speaking (then not) at Wharton. I argue that those against Modi speaking misunderstood the role of a university.
Continue readingGuest Post by Kalyani Ramnath Manu Bhagavan’s ‘The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World’ provides a compelling account of India’s engagement with international institutions from the 1940s to the 1960s. The title …
Continue readingGuest Post by Smaran Shetty, NUJS. The collective legacy of S.P. Gupta v. President of India (first judge’s case), Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association v. Union of India (second judge’s case) and Special Reference …
Continue readingIn an article published in this month’s Seminar Magazine, I argue that the debates surrounding the adoption of a fundamental right to property in the Constitution were centred around the somewhat paradoxical desire to achieve …
Continue readingThe Socio-Legal Review, with Khaitan and Co. and Sterling Developers, announces the 3rd Annual Essay Competition 2012-13, as part of its initiate to encourage writing on issues of contemporary relevance among students in South Asia. …
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