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Supreme Court: Case updates

On July 28, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

*PUCL v. UOI. W.P.(C) 196/2001. (Food security case) Order dated July 27. Next date of hearing: August 12, 2010. *HT report on the hearing by Justice Katju Bench (M/s Nouveau Capitaland Fin.Ltd. v. State of …

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TRAC Cracks the Takeover Code

On July 27, 2010 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

The July 19 Report of the Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee is available here. While the policy implications of the proposed changes are likely to be discussed in great detail over the coming months [for now, …

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Military Power and the Constitution

On July 27, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

In the current issue of Seminar, Sudhir Krishnaswamy and I reflect on the relationship between military power and the Constitution through studying the Supreme Court’s examination of the constitutionality of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) …

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Article and other alerts

On July 27, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

* Sitaram Yechury’s provocative piece on why we should keep the word socialism in the Preamble: Rework the Agenda *Shyam Divan’s obit on Atul Setalvad: Raising the Bar *The All India Bar Examination case is …

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Symbols of national honour

On July 26, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Guest Post by Shekhar Hattangadi* A fountain-pen and a few paintings have recently captured the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Here is my column (“Pens and Pennants”) on the Gandhi Pen and Tagore Paintings …

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NALSAR Student Law Review

On July 23, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The Board of Editors announce the release of the fifth edition of the NALSAR Student Law Review. This issue comprises of articles dealing with corporate law, intellectual property, arbitration, international law and the Constitution. The …

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Alternative Thinking Outside the “Law Firm” Box?

On July 21, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

Many of us have lamented the fact that although the “national law schools” have churned out very gifted lawyers, we’ve lost many of them to law firms. It is but natural that many of them …

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Reservations over 50%?

On July 16, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court passed interim orders in cases involving reservations over fifty percent. In today’s Indian Express, I discuss the issue, and elaborate on why crossing 50 percent is more than a …

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“Socialism” in Preamble: another perspective

On July 14, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Guest Blogger: Kaushik Krishnan The Supreme Court recently dismissed a petition filed by an NGO arguing for the removal of the word `socialist’ from the Constitution’s Preamble. The Court’s reasoning was simply that since no …

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“Socialism” in Preamble

On July 13, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Supreme Court’s order dismissing the petition against the use of the word, “socialism” in Preamble to the Constitution appears paradoxical. The Bench was correct in saying that no political party has opposed its retention in …

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