Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, india on Jan 21st, 2009
I learnt today that apparently the Chief Justice and his office do not constitute a ‘public authority’ under the Right to Information Act. This, after the Supreme Court petitioned the Delhi High Court against an order passed by the Central Information Commission asking the CJI to disclose as to whether the judges of the Supreme Court were [...]
NewsWire. Pathik sends us this Post; The Union Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj announced recently that 3,000 gram nyayalayas (village courts) would start functioning within a month (by March) across the country. This is an important step in decentralizing the justice delivery system and to promote expeditious adjudication and resolution of disputes. This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2009
The papers contain news items of effectiveness and lack of implementation of the smoking law. It seems that movie stars Ajay Devgan and Salman Khan were fined in Chandigarh for smoking in public places. However, I would like readers to note that a “law” was not the only resolve to impose an anti-smoking ban around [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2009
I was deeply moved to say the least after reading this article posted below. The Author is the editor of the Srilankan Sunday Leader and was shot dead. This article was published in the Guardian three days after his death. This blog has been a believer in free speech and this article helps us in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2009
EJIL Talk reports of the decision of the European Court of Justice in Kadi as one destined to become a landmark in the annals of international law. While the blog compares this decision to one of the US Supreme Court in Medellin, I propose to give another view point of this decision in terms of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2009
Arun and I had an exclusive interview with Mr. JM Lyngdoh (Former Election Commissioner) after his lecture at NALSAR. Below is the transcript of the interview. The issues covered in this interview were; – Private Funding of Elections – Student Elections – The 49-O debate – Voting solutions and accommodations for the Middle Class – [...]
