Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Democracy on Oct 14th, 2009
The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, is a landmark legislation that concretizes the judicial and constitutional status accorded to publicly supported education for children between six and fourteen years. I’ve embarked on some questions that hold jurisprudential significance to the Act, and the way its analysed. Please find a copy of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009
The week-long online symposium marking the release of the third issue of the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law is on. Dr. Shylashri Shankar and Dr. Christina Eckes have responded and Prof. Kent Roach has replied to them. Prof. Aparna Chandra describes as ‘constitutional minimalism’ and ‘non-deference to other branches of state’ what Roach calls judicial activism. [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics on Oct 14th, 2009
Since its inception, the IMF has maintained a system of representation and voting based on the size of their economy and proportional to their contribution. This method has, by and large, remained a relic of the post-War scenario. Consequently, the Bretton Woods institution currently witnesses a situation whereby 61% of the voting rights is held [...]
Law #2004-228 of March 15 2004, commonly known as the French law that bans the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols in public schools, seems to be a stale and old issue. Or is it? The answer is a NO because of three reasons: 1. Though the language of the 2004 law is neutral and applies [...]
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Oct 13th, 2009
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2009
Congratulations are due to Aditya, after he has been selected along with four other students from India for the Rhodes Scholarships. Aditya is NALSAR’s third Rhodes Scholar and will be pursuing the BCL Course at Oxford from October 2010. Both NALSAR and NLSIU have Rhodes Scholars Elect this year, with V.Niranjan being selected from Bangalore. [...]