Something About The Law

On first reading the news of Mr. Shanti Bhushan filing an affidavit about corruption in the judiciary, one would think that he has taken the issue a little too far. Mentioning in open court that corruption is rampant in the judiciary and further submitting a list of names of those judges whom he thought were [...]

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Something About the Law notes with great interest the second affidavit filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan ten days back before the Supreme Court. Defending himself against contempt charges launched against him for an interview given to Tehelka, that infamous newspaper that lives up to its name in almost all of its media appearances, in which [...]

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Rants against the Commonwealth Games have mostly stayed within the family, and the international community has (by and large) remained silent, watching with apprehension as preparations continue to unravel spectacularly. Yesterday’s footbridge-falling-episode was however, the tipping point. News agencies from across the world which had hitherto reported on the mad rush to meet deadlines, the [...]

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(Agrima Bhasin, who will be reading for the MSc in Social Anthropology at St. Antony’s College, Oxford this year, pens an exhaustive commentary for us on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 in light of the Kashmir unrest) Most of us have a telescopic view of the state of unrest in Jammu and Kashmir [...]

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Let’s take a look at three astonishing international developments, two of which have groundbreaking legal consequences. 1. The US Senate [Upper House] is set to debate the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) which provides for citizenship (conditional permanent residency) to persons who arrived as minors to the United States without [...]

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The 17th issue of the Khyber is out. It was sent to subscribers yesterday. You can view the most recent issue here - Khyber New. We’re really happy that its been picking up readers since it released earlier this year. Some of them have actively contributed to the contents of this news-stream, suggesting analytical and interesting [...]

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