The order dated February 21, 2012 issued by a Division Bench of the Madras High Court, in the case of A.K. Balaji v. Government of India, spells out what foreign law firms can and cannot do in India...
Delhi Law Review: Call for papers Delhi Law Review (DLR), one of the oldest law journals in India and a publication of Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, invites articles,papers, case notes, book...
This blog recently posted an article titled “’Autonomy’ of nuclear regulator: The ideal and the reality”. The article contained an important critique of the so-called institutional autonomy of the...
The recent Presidential assent for the 2010 Madhya Pradesh Govansh Vadh Pratishedh (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam (notified on 31 December 2011 in the M.P Extraordinary Gazette No. 594 and hereinafter...
Tarunabh brought my attention to this article in the Indian Express indicating that two members of the National Advisory Council have initiated a proposal to provide universal health care before the...
An op-ed in this morning’s New York Times recalls Charles Dickens’ jaundiced views of the law and lawyers. Even today, Dicken’s views are a sobering...
I wanted to bring to your attention an interesting fellowship opportunity for public interest lawyers called “Lawyers for Change”. Please see below information about this fellowship...
In Swamy v Singh, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the 3 month time limit imposed on the grant of governmental sanction under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 for prosecution...
Guest Post by Prashanth Reddy Sometime later this year, Parliament is going to have yet another debate on the degree of ‘independence’ of an Indian regulatory body. The regulator in question is the...
The renowned legal scholar, eminent jurist, former Law Commission member and Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court Vepa P. Sarathi passed away yesterday, four years short of his 100th...