All posts by Animesh

The quantum of death after two decades
January 11, 2011, 2 Comments

1987: The deceased was a 25 year old labourer, the only breadwinner supporting his wife, two minor daughters and his age ...

In Re transfers to ‘Punishment’ High Courts
October 27, 2010, 1 Comment

In a previous post (here) I had discussed the recent spate of forced transfers initiated by the Supreme Court in the Hig ...

‘Faith’ as a determining factor of Judicial Interpretation in the wake of the Ayodhya Judgment
October 4, 2010, 1 Comment

The Allahabad High Court’s much awaited and long overdue Judgment on the decades old Ayodhya Dispute has generated a f ...

A ‘relative’ Clean up: The curious case of transfer of Judges in the Higher Judiciary
September 16, 2010, No Comments

The corridors of most of the High Courts in the country are abuzz with rumours of the Supreme Court implementing a major ...

The genesis of ‘Indian Secularism’: Constituent Assembly Debates
September 6, 2010, 11 Comments

The Secular nature of India has always been a controversial and highly debatable issue and has been one of the deeply pr ...

Independence and Impartiality in Arbitration: Is there a need to relook at Section 11 of the A & C Act?
August 24, 2010, 3 Comments

In most of the major commercial contracts today, especially in the ones in which the State is a Contractee, the arbitrat ...

Are women immune from prosecution under the PWDVA?
August 21, 2010, 2 Comments

As a practicing lawyer (and a first time blogger), perhaps the most useful contributions to this Blog from my side would ...