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Book on Health Providers in India

On March 13, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Many may consider this as a strange contribution to a book unrelated to my interests. My article on the character of anti-Mandal agitation of 2006-07 appears in this book edited by medical practitioners, Kabir Sheikh …

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WRB: Is states’ assent mandatory?

On March 13, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

There is a widespread view that the amendment of the Constitution enabling reservations for women in state assemblies and Lok Sabha will require ratification by state assemblies under Article 368 of the Constitution. At the …

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Babita Puniya v. The Secretary & ANR.

On March 13, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The judgment, coming close on the heels of the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, merits close scrutiny. Rajeev Dhavan and Bipin Aspatwar offer an interesting perspective on this here.

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CPR v. Brahma Chellaney

On March 13, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The Delhi High Court’s Division Bench [Coram: Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Mool Chand Garg] has delivered its judgment in the case (LPA No.220 of 2002 decided on 12.3.10). The Court has held that CPR …

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Women’s Reservations

On March 10, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

The Women’s Reservation Bill has, justly, invited much interest and celebration. The passionate supporters and opponents are legion, but I’ve struggled hard to find a nuanced perspective on the entire matter, until I read Pratap …

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Free Speech Debate: Response from Pratap Bhanu Mehta

On March 8, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I thank Pratap Bhanu Mehta for the following response to my previous post. I am also giving my brief reply to him -VV. Dear Venkatesan, I admire your thoughtful response on your blog. But I …

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A serious setback to federalism

On March 7, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

While writing an article on the Supreme Court’s latest judgment on CBI,(Question of Domain) I realised that my previous post on this was perhaps an understatement. I had the opportunity to discuss with Anupam Gupta, …

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The Husain-Taslima controversy: Philistinism in the guise of liberalism

On March 7, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I have closely followed the discussion in the media in the wake of the M.F.Husain-Taslima Nasreen controversy. First, I wanted to know how the Indian system (the courts and the executive together) has failed M.F.Husain …

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Supreme Court & RTI – the continuing saga

On February 28, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Here are the latest RTI query from activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal and the reply from the Supreme Court. Also, it is now clear from Supreme Court’s reply to another RTI applicant, Deepak Khosla, that the …

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Adoption Rights of non-Hindus and Constitutionality of Personal Laws

On February 28, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Shabnam Hashmi has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court challenging ‘a law which denies a child a right to inheritance if s/he is adopted by non-Hindu parents.’ The case is surely going to be …

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