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Obstacles to the enforcement of arbitral awards against States- an international perspective
March 16, 2011, No Comments

In a world where investment arbitration is flourishing, the difficulties in enforcing arbitral awards against States rem ...

Judicial Officers and Article 311 of the Constitution
March 10, 2011, 20 Comments

In light of contemporary debates over judicial accountability, the question recently considered by the Supreme Court in ...

An Offence against Cricket
February 24, 2011, 3 Comments

The Indian Penal Code, still in force and copied almost in toto in most ex-British colonies is a remarkably drafted docu ...

India’s Community Participation Law: The Model Nagara Raj Bill, 2008
February 24, 2011, 5 Comments

India’s current model of urban governance has been largely ineffective in addressing the needs of the urban population ...

Judicial Activism Unleashed, Again
February 12, 2011, 9 Comments

Section 3(5) of the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act provides, Any person who is a member of a terrorist gang or ...

Is the division of rights into socio-economic and civil and political artificial ?
February 11, 2011, No Comments

Traditionally, rights have been divided into civil and political rights(“CPRs”) and socio-economic rights (“SERs� ...

An Interesting Question of Judicial Precedent
February 2, 2011, 9 Comments

The post discusses a fascinating question of judicial precedent, dealing with the approach to determining the ratio of c ...

A Butterfly Flutters by in Kerala and a Tornado Hits the BCCI
February 1, 2011, 26 Comments

(Apologies to Sreesanth fans. This post is not about him.) Waiting for one’s matter to be called on a Miscellaneou ...

Disability Rights Commissions in the Proposed Law for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
January 27, 2011, 1 Comment

In a previous post, I deal with the developments around India’s proposed law for the rights of persons with disabiliti ...

Something’s rotten in…
January 18, 2011, 2 Comments

This article can also be accessed at MyLaw “‘Something is rotten in the State of Denmark’, said Shakes ...