Saturday, July 6, 2013

Lawyer Impunity and a Search for Answers

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Lawyers in India are known for frequently missing scheduled hearings, not being prepared, and unscrupulous billing practices. This recent op...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Activism (legal and otherwise) of the Hindi newspaper, Patrika

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I guess t his recent piece of reportage of mine, for the New York Times - India Ink, falls in the "Other Things" category of this...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Jurisdictional Questions and the Pending Naz Appeal in the Supreme Court

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Last week, in Hollingsworth v. Perry , the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a lower court’s decision invalidating California Propo...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

In Memoriam: R.C Cooper

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Rustom Cavasjee Cooper passed away on the 18th of June, 2013. Cooper enters the annals of Indian legal history as the main petitioner in the...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Colombia and India: Two of the Most Similar Courts in the World?

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There was a recent post on ICONnect by David Landau describing how the Colombian Constitutional Court has struck or read down several Const...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Graduate Fellow Position Open at APU

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The Law, Governance, and Development Initiative at Azim Premji University has a two year post open for a Graduate Fellow. Please see this li...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Polity in India Blog

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There is a new blog up - Polity in India : Observations on Legal and Political Developments in India - that might be of interest to some rea...