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Parliamentary Reform

On September 1, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

For those who followed this previous post, the Rajya Sabha has sent the Prevention of Torture Bill to a Select Committee for further examination (see Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s piece in the Indian Express today on …

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“In Orissa, there are tribes which are living on grass”

On August 30, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Manoj Mitta’s excellent article on how Supreme Court betrayed the Orissa tribals made me read in full Chief Justice Kapadia’s 2008 Justice J.K.Mathur Memorial Lecture. Readers may draw their own conclusions.

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Bill Watch: Rajya Sabha is discussing Torture Bill

On August 28, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Rajya Sabha is likely to take up the Torture Bill for consideration and passing sometime early next week. We have documented the various flaws in this Bill previously on this blog (see also, here …

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Accountability Initiative: Research Associate Vacancy

On August 26, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The Accountability Initiative, a research initiative that works to promote accountability for service delivery, is seeking to hire a Research Associate to work on the PAISA Project. PAISA – (Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions: Studies …

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Analysing the Khairlanji verdict

On August 26, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Shekhar Hattangadi’s recent piece on the Bombay High Court’s judgment explains why justice has not been meted out to the Khairlanji victims, and how the judgment ignores “multiple motive” concept in criminology. It also points …

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Dissecting the Right to Information Act

On August 25, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Frontline’s recent issue is a celebration of the strengths of the Right to Information Act, and a critique of its flaws, as the activists see it. There are 10 components to the cover story, of …

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Delhi Law Review: Call for Articles

On August 21, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Please find below a call for papers being posted on behalf of the editors of the Delhi Law Review. I hope that the DLR, like other law school journals, puts its archives online soon.———————————————————————————— Delhi …

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Proportionality as a Standard of Rights Review

On August 18, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

In a recent issue of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I-CON), Tsakyrakis presented a powerful critique of the proportionality test. In the current issue of I-CON, I respond to Tsakyrakis, defending proportionality as a …

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Bar Council Exam

On August 16, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The proposed examination by the Bar Council of India has been covered previously on this blog. In the current issue of the University of Pennsylvania’s India in Transition Series, I offer my thoughts on the …

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Guest Post: The Pre-Legislative Briefing Service (PLBS) – ‘Building India one Bill at a time’

On August 16, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

We are very pleased to publish the following guest post from Arghya Sengupta, member of the Pre-Legislative Briefing Service. —————————————————————————–Prashant, Sanhita, Shivprasad and I started The Pre-Legislative Briefing Service (PLBS) with a view to proactively …

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