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Idols in Law

On December 16, 2010 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

The current issue of the Economic and Political Weekly carries a special section of articles on the Ayodhya judgment. Anupam Gupta, one of the counsel who appeared before the Lieberhan Commission, does a close reading …

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Diaspora, Development, and Democracy: The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India

On December 16, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

Devesh Kapur, who directs the Centre for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania, has just published a new book: Diaspora, Development, and Democracy: The Domestic Impact of International Migration from India …

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US Patent Influence and the Independence of our Tribunals

On December 9, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

A recent story in the Mint exposes a questionable letter from the US Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke to his Indian counterpart, Anand Sharma, the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce. I extract the relevant portions of this …

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The Gram Nyayalaya: The New Face of the Judiciary

On November 23, 2010 By Lawrence Liang In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Vasudha NagarajThe Gram Nyayalaya: The New Face of the Judiciary The Gram Nyayalayas Act passed in January 2009 proposes to set up a Magistrate’s court at the Mandal level. In a press …

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New Slate of Amendments

On November 21, 2010 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

As parliament stumbles into the Winter Session, one should note that there are five constitutional amendments on its legislative agenda. The most prominent of course is the Women’s Reservation Amendment (108th) which proposes to reserve …

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Seminar: Special Issue, 60 yrs of the Constitution

On November 16, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The current issue of Seminar, available here, is devoted to celebrating sixty years of the Indian Constitution. Contributors include Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Uday S. Mehta, Upendra Baxi, Sudhir Krishnaswamy, among others. Several members of this …

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Why POSCO is important?

On November 14, 2010 By Namita Wahi In Uncategorized

A few weeks ago, Nick posed a question on this blog as to what is the most pressing legal issue today. He stated that in his experience, Indians view the state’s obligation to lift them …

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Legal Practitioners Bill

On November 12, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Law Ministry has invited suggestions on the draft Legal Practitioners (Regulation and Maintenance of Standards in Profession, Protecting the Interests of Clients and Promoting the Rule of Law) Bill 2010 (thanks to the reader …

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Corruption: Political and Civil Liability

On November 11, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Chavan and Kalmadi have paid the political price for corruption, and Raja may soon follow. Of course, political sanction does not require proof of guilt in a court of law and can therefore be (relatively) …

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NUJS Conference on Constitutional Pluralism

On November 10, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

NUJS is collaborating with Eurasia-Pacific Uninet and other partners is organizing an International Conference on “Constitutional Pluralism: New Challenges for Constitutional Theory” on 11th and 12th November, 2010 in Kolkata, India. This Conference is the …

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