Naz SC hearing transcript and Vth NLSIR symposium

1.  A transcript of the hearings in the Naz Foundation case before the Supreme Court is available here.  The 125 page document - which has clearly been put together after considerable effort and coordination - makes for interesting and, at times, depressing reading, given the variable quality and content of the arguments raised. Kafila has an interesting set of blogposts on the case (available here, here and here).  With the decision of the Supreme Court expected sometime this year, one can anticipate a lot of discussion on the issues that arose for consideration in the case.  Since the SC hearings reference the US Supreme Court's decision in the Lawrence v. Texas case, this piece by Dalia Lithwick in the New Yorker reviewing a fascinating recent book on the story behind the case is relevant.    

2.  The NLSIR is hosting its Vth symposium on "Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: Recent Regulatory Changes" over the coming weekend at the campus of the National Law School, Bangalore. Further details about the event, including the full programme, are available here. 

ALF Public discussion between Professor Baxi and Justice A.P. Shah

The Alternative Law Forum is marking the tenth anniversary of its founding by organising a public discussion between Professor Upendra Baxi and Justice A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The event will be held on June 12th at the United Theological College, Bangalore. The title of the discussion, which pays homage to Professor Baxi's classic work on the Indian Supreme Court, is "Courage, Craft and Contention: Human Rights and the Judicial Imagination". Further details about the event are available here.

For those of us who will be unable to attend the discussion physically, we hope to work with the organisers to post a transcript of the discussion. If you happen to be in Bangalore, this is a not-to-be-missed event.