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PIL Guidelines case update

On May 25, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The ongoing case of State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal came up for hearing before the Supreme Court Bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra on May 3. The Court’s judgment …

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NCLT Constitutionality Case: Preliminary Thoughts

On May 20, 2010 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

The Supreme Court’s decision dated May 11, 2010 in the case of Union of India v. R. Gandhi [MANU/SC/0378/2010] is striking for at least two reasons. In this case, the court considered the constitutional validity …

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From the latest Frontline….

On May 20, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

*Justice or revenge? Bikramjeet Batra’s article on Kasab’s sentence and the implications. *Moment of Truth: My article on the Supreme Court’s judgment banning forced Narco tests. Rajeev Dhavan in his Mail Today article offers a …

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Prevention of Torture Bill 2010: Designed to Fail

On May 19, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

This blog has, in an earlier post, discussed the draft Prevention of Torture Bill 2008 [See the Asian Centre for Human Rights Report on this draft Bill]. In the last session of Parliament, the government …

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Bar Exams, Reinventing the Wheel

On May 17, 2010 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

While researching at the British Library this week, I stumbled across a Memorandum on the administration of justice in India by Sir Patrick Spens, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of India. Spens noted, I …

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The Rape Law Amendment Bill

On May 15, 2010 By Aparna Chandra In Uncategorized

In an earlier post, I had mentioned that the Ministry of Home Affairs has posted a draft of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2010 for suggestions from the public. A group of us at NLS …

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Legitimate Expectations

On May 15, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Shamnad’s last post briefly mentioned ‘legitimate expectations’, an important area of administrative law that does tends not to get much attention in Indian academic writing. I think the ruling precedent in this regard is still …

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Request for Deferring Bar Exam and Mulling on Sudeer

On May 13, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

I reported earlier on the prospect of an Indian bar exam in the aftermath of a Supreme Court direction in Bar Council of India vs Bonnie FOI Law College. Kian Ganz, the dynamic founder of …

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On Kasab’s sentence

On May 7, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

One of our regular readers, Vinod George Joseph, has written a persuasive piece on his blog on why Kasab should be kept alive. I agree with him fully. I have not read the trial court’s …

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From the latest Frontline….

On May 6, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

An update on the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Jessica Lal case: The media missed the Supreme Court’s indictment of High Court, even while upholding High Court’s verdict. Supreme Court disagreed with High Court’s strictures …

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