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
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 …
Continue readingUS Patent Influence and the Independence of our Tribunals
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 …
Continue readingThe Gram Nyayalaya: The New Face of the Judiciary
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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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 …
Continue readingSeminar: Special Issue, 60 yrs of the Constitution
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 …
Continue readingWhy POSCO is important?
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 …
Continue readingLegal Practitioners Bill
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 …
Continue readingCorruption: Political and Civil Liability
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) …
Continue readingNUJS Conference on Constitutional Pluralism
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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