Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Rule of Law on May 11th, 2011
“The ‘Rule of Law may not always be a good thing. It is still a necessary evil.” So said Joseph Raz in one of his many expositions on the rule of law. The existence of the rule of law today has been vindicated by the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in refusing the curative [...]
Posted in Court, Democracy, Rule of Law on Mar 3rd, 2011
A few days ago,the Government of India filed curative petitions (civil and criminal) in the Bhopal Gas leak case. The civil petition deals with enhancement of compensation as the settlement amount of $470 million was not adequate and the damage foreseen then was far lesser than the actual damage to life and property. In this [...]
Posted in Court, Human Rights on Jun 26th, 2010
The text of an article I wrote for the Indian Express of June 25. You can access it in its original here. The group of ministers’ recommendation to submit a curative petition in the Union Carbide case is an attempt to force a political question down the throat of the Supreme Court, expecting it to [...]