I came across this disturbing bit of history (hitherto unknown to me) while reading William Dalrymple’s The Age of Kali. It relates to the Indian Army’s ‘Operation Polo’ in...
I worried that the round-the-clock coverage of Agni V would detract from the much needed focus on the RTE Act, but today’s papers provide some reassurance on this score. The Hindu...
Anup’s stimulating post on the RTE judgment sets out some of the salient issues at stake, and has initiated a discussion on what is likely to be regarded as a significant case in Indian...
In the Society for Un-Aided Private Schools of Rajasthan v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has by a majority of 2-1 upheld the constitutionality of The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory...
Three issues we like to track on this blog: 1. Housing discrimination: This advert has sparked some debate on the internet. It has an image of a billboard advertising flats ‘only for...
I co-authored this paper with Ted Eisenberg and Sital Kalantry (both Cornell Professors) entitled “Litigation as a Measure of Well Being: The Threat of India’s case backlog” that is...
In today’s Business Standard, I have this piece which argues the current system for creating rules and regulations in India is dysfunctional – leading to inefficiency and corruption, as well as...
The Court’s recent decision to frame guidelines to regulate reporting of its proceedings raises many important issues. As Siddharth Varadarajan argues, it is both unnecessary and inconsistent...
A simply fascinating lecture on governance and much more in modern India by Pratap Bhanu Mehta.Part I: II:
I recently had an article I co-authored with Nawreen Sattar come out in the Fordham International Law Journal entitled, “When Corruption is an Emergency: ‘Good Governance’ Coups and...