Wishing the LAOT readers a very happy and prosperous New Year, nay, a New Decade. Right on the N.Y.Day, we have a very interesting controversy amidst us on Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone...
The NUJS law review has just come out with its special volume dedicated to the landmark Naz Foundation judgment that effectively decriminalised same sex activities in India. Pursuant to its tradition...
As the year ends and outlandish predictions for the coming decade begin (the big fashion event… the next big tech gizmo…), here’s one this blog might be interested in: what will the...
NUJS, Koltata, is organizing the 1st Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Competition. The details of the competition are available here.
The government issued a press release announcing that the much awaited and controversial copyright amendment bill has now cleared “cabinet”, a group of senior ministers that represent the...
DAKSH, a group I am associated with released its 2009 report on Democracy and Governance in Karnataka. The summary reports and part of the full reports are available here. The final full report will...
This blog has closely followed the journey of Justice Dinakaran from probable elevation to possible impeachment.Regardless of his guilt or innocence, how fair has the system been to him ? In...
The Alternative Law Forum, in collaboration with the School of Law of Christ University, is organising a two-day seminar on ‘Human Rights in Contemporary India: Emerging Challenges.’ The...
Since my previous post highlighting the role that the principle of subsidiarity can play in devolving power, there have been three excellent columns in the Indian Express dealing with precisely the...
*T.Jayaraman’s review of Meera Nanda’s book, God Market. *My review of Anirudh Krishnan and Harini Sudersan’s recent book on reservations.*My article on how the principle of...