The latest Frontline issue celebrates 60 years of the Indian Republic. Among the contributors to the cover story are Granville Austin, Aijaz Ahmad, A.G.Noorani, Prabhat Patnaik,and K.N.Panikkar. Readers may find the following other articles too …
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Mulla v UP – Death Penalty debate continues
In its recent judgment in Mulla v State of UP, the Supreme Court has continued with the trend of emphasising the extremely limited scope of the rarest of rare doctrine first formulated in Bachan Singh. …
Continue readingOpportunities in the Legal Profession: Synopsis of a lecture
By Nina Nariman, III Year, LL.B., Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. [Synopsis of the 2nd lecture in the series ‘60 years of the Indian Constitution’ delivered by Mr. T.R. Andhyarujina, Former Solicitor General of India, …
Continue readingResolution adopted at CJAR 3rd Convention
[The following resolution was adopted at the Convention held in New Delhi today] The present system of appointments by the Collegium of Judges suffers from nepotism, arbitrariness and lack of transparency. We need a full …
Continue readingCJAR convention on Judicial Reforms: Summary of first day’s deliberations
The Third National Convention of the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) was flagged off today on the Issues of Judicial Appointments, Complaints against judges, Contempt of Court and the application of the RTI …
Continue readingCJAR’s 3rd Convention: Agenda for Feb.7
The CJAR’s 3rd Convention will continue its deliberations on Feb.7 at the Seminar Hall of NMML tomorrow. The following is the agenda: SESSION 1 : THE JUDICIARY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES Moderator – Mr. Gautam NavlakhaHuman …
Continue readingLegal Search Tools in India
A new blog – Legal Research India – was recently brought to my attention. Created by Arjun Sheoran, a student a NLSIU, it looks like a welcome new legal research tool that not only searches …
Continue readingConvention on Judicial Accountability and Reform
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform is organising the 3RD NATIONAL CONVENTION on February 6 and 7 at the Main Auditorium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi. The following is …
Continue readingQuestioning Blair
Images of a tense, sweaty (it could of course have been a charade) Tony Blair fielding questions on his decision to go into Iraq is no substitute for punishment. But is that the purpose of …
Continue readingWestminster may give up on First Past the Post
Britain has taken the first step to move away from the First Past the Post System (FPP) with the Prime Minister promising to initiate legislation giving the people the right to switch to an ‘alternative …
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