JGLS is taking applications (due December 15th) from law students for its National Student Research Colloquium of Contemporary Challenges of Law in India. The Colloquium will take place in March 2013...
I thought some might be interested in this recent report I wrote for Accountability Initiative. It’s based off some research I did in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar on the implementation of the...
Guest Post by Abhinav Sekhri, a law student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru The last decade of British rule in the subcontinent had immense political drama but little in...
By Arvind Narrain and Saumya Uma Progressive lawyers, social activists and academics have invested much time in trying to puzzle out what is the progressive potential of law. Sometimes, answers to...
Professor Madabhushi Sridhar argues eloquently that Kasab’s constitutional rights were violated in the haste to execute him. He says the government should have informed Kasab that he could ask...
News agencies are reporting that Ajmal Kasab was hanged to death in Pune’s Yerawada Jail at 7.30am this morning. Today’s edition of the Indian Express carries a story on its front page...
Why is the mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court judges and High Court judges different in India? I addressed this question in a paper published in the EPW last week. Supreme Court judges in...
I wrote in yesterday’s The Indian Express on Balasaheb Thackeray. Im sure the arrest of two bloggers today will attract this blog’s attention.
The Australian Journal of Asian Law is a forum for debate for scholars and professionals concerned with the laws and legal cultures of Asia. It aims for recognition as a leading medium for...
[The following is a conference announcement from the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Society] The MHRD IP Chairs at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and the Cochin...