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President’s “Assent” for Lokpal Bill’s Introduction in Rajya Sabha
Earlier this week, the government scrambled to obtain the President’s consent before the Lokpal Bill was sent to the Rajya Sabha. It was widely reported that presidential approval was necessary “because several amendments were moved …
Continue readingThe Case for Universal and Integrated Health Care in India
In an Op Ed published yesterday in the New Indian Express, I describe the current crisis of health service delivery in India. I argue that while we certainly need to increase health spending in India, …
Continue readingDealing with Forced Marriages
Pakistan joins the UK in taking the question of forced (not merely ‘arranged’) marriages seriously. However, unlike the UK which has a civil regime in place to protect people in danger of being forceably married …
Continue readingAdvocates-on-Record: Name on Rent
Guest Post by Prashant Narang* The Advocates on Record (AoR) exam results came out recently and only 71 advocates out of around 400 test takers could get through the June 2011 examination. The system is …
Continue readingInteresting Conflicts and the Basis for Bias: The Right Peg?
Two important IP developments in the recent past have thrown up interesting issues around the standards for judicial recusal and for determining conflict of interest. Novartis Patent Dispute and Judicial Recusal 1. Justice Dalveer Bhandari …
Continue readingBollywood Plagiarism: Some Thoughts
That Bollywood is often “inspired” by many a storyline of Hollywood or that its music composers routinely “borrow” tunes from across the world, without attribution to the original composer, is a well known fact. I …
Continue readingNuclear Liability in India – Continuing Saga
In this interesting recent piece, Arghya Sengupta revisits the vexed issue of nuclear liability law, specifically Rule 24 of the newly notified Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Rules, 2011. This rule, dealing with the right of recourse, …
Continue readingIndia’s Unknown Crime Rate
I was going through India’s Crime Statistics for 2010, which can be found at the National Crime Records Bureau here (just click on Crime in India 2010 in the left column). I found that the …
Continue readingEquity of Land Acquisition
In an Op Ed published in today’s New Indian Express, I analyse the provisions of the proposed Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 in light of the functioning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 …
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