Professor Upendra Baxi recently spoke at OP Jindal University on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. Here is a transcript of his remarks. Mr Vice Chancellor, OP Jindal University, Dr. Dipika Jain and her Colleagues, …
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Exorcising the Bank Nationalisation Case: Jindal Stainless Ltd v State of Haryana and Australian Caselaw
This post is not a summary of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jindal Stainless Ltd v State of Haryana, Civil Appeal No. 3453/2002 (2016) (“the Entry Tax case”). Other contributors to this blog will …
Continue readingCall for Papers — Public Policy and Constitutions Conference
The third conference of the International Public Policy Association will take place at Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 28th June to 30th June 2017. One of the panels explores public policy …
Continue readingEvent announcement: The First Constitutional Law Olympiad at ILS Law College, Pune
[This is a post about an event being held in early 2017. The text sent to us by the organisers follows] We are pleased to announce the 1st National Constitutional Law Olympiad being organised by ILS …
Continue readingBhopal: Law, Accidents and Disaster, A Digital Archive initiated by Marc Galanter
Guest Post by Jarrod Bogucki The University of Wisconsin Law School is proud to present Bhopal: Law, Accidents and Disasters in India, a Digital Archive initiated by Marc Galanter. This archive is a collection …
Continue readingAccess to Justice – Decoding Delays in Civil Cases
Earlier this year, Daksh India (of which blog member Harish Narsappa is a founder) conducted the ‘Access to Justice’ Survey. Through a method of random sampling,researchers interviewed about 9000 litigants, spread over 300 locations across the country. …
Continue readingWomen as Respondents under the Domestic Violence Act: Critiquing Harsora v. Harsora
Last week, in Hiralal Harsora v. Kusum Harsora, the Supreme Court held that Section 2(q) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is unconstitutional to the extent that it defines “respondents” under …
Continue readingDenial of Counsel in Arbitral Proceedings: Public Policy Implications Under S.34 of the Arbitration Act 1996
Guest Post by Badri Natarajan Introduction This post discusses whether the denial of counsel in arbitral proceedings, can be against public policy for the purpose of S.34 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) and …
Continue readingHas the Supreme Court’s Ganga Judgment Reduced River Pollution?
How sustained are the impacts of the Supreme Court’s decisions on environmental issues? Shareen Joshi, a development economics excerpt at Georgetown University, addresses this issue in a forthcoming paper. She focuses on the Supreme Court’s …
Continue readingArticle 74: Filling the Void
(Guest Post by Tejas Popat) V Venkatesan in his latest post and one in 2009 talks about contingencies when the Prime Minister or a Chief Minister is unable to discharge his/her constitutionally mandated duties. In …
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