Monthly Archives: May 2009

Judge Sotomayor and the Nomination Debate.

By Arun | Published: May 31, 2009
When Sonia Sotomayor ascends those marble steps to assume her seat on the highest court of the land, America will have taken another important step towards realizing the ideal that is etched above its entrance: Equal justice under the law. Judge Sotomayor’s nomination was bound to (re)generate debate on the plausible influence of race/gender on [...]
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The Right to Counsel, Weakened

By Aditya | Published: May 30, 2009
Editorial in the New York Times, courtesy Pathik. Scalia again. In a troubling 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has significantly weakened the Sixth Amendment’s right to legal counsel. The decision came in the case of Jesse Montejo, a Louisiana man sentenced to death for murder based on incriminating statements that he made when the police [...]
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The Promise of a Court at Delhi

By Aditya | Published: May 29, 2009
Below is a piece I wrote for Bar and Bench, a law magazine starting in June. Here’s also wishing them the best in their new endeavour.  The ongoing conflict between the state and the Maoists in Chattisgarh has resulted in the deaths of more than 2000 civilians and 40,000 more being displaced and fleeing to [...]
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The Age Bar at Law Schools : Petitions

By Aditya | Published: May 28, 2009
Mr Mahesh Vaswani has been kind enough to send us a copy of the writ petitions filed before the Bombay High Court challenging the Age bar for entering into Law Schools. This blog has earlier talked about this case here. The petition is available here and the synopsis here. I am also given to understand [...]
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The Liberties We Cherish

By Arani | Published: May 26, 2009
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Binayak Sen’s release and my Concern

By Aditya | Published: May 25, 2009
I was at Dantewada when there was a protest against the detention of Binayak Sen at Raipur. Four students from the Indian Institute of Sciences at Bangalore had attended it from where they decided to pay a visit to the Ashram (now demolished) at Dantewada. Very enthusiastic people I must say. From what I reckon [...]
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