All posts tagged Supreme Court of India

Letters Patent Appeals – Yet Another Example of Loose Drafting
October 31, 2010, 7 Comments

The history of statutory intervention in the system of letters patents (which basically were appeals from decisions of a ...

A Re-examination of the Basic Structure Doctrine
October 6, 2010, 4 Comments

One of the most fundamental and equally ambiguous concepts that underlies Indian Constitutional Law is the basic structu ...

The Activist
September 18, 2010, 4 Comments

Non-miscellaneous days or “Regular Days” are a fairly tame affair in the Supreme Court of India. Judges and lawyers ...

The Supreme Court Opens the Floodgates for Condoning Delay
September 11, 2010, 9 Comments

It is often decisions that seem to do 'justice' at the cost of the 'law' that are most detrimental to a country's legal ...

20 Things I’ve Learnt in My First Year of Litigation Practice
September 9, 2010, 2 Comments

In a casual conversation, someone obviously well versed in these things told me that the first year of litigation is a � ...

Party in Person
September 2, 2010, 12 Comments

[Based on an incident I was actually witness to in the Supreme Court. Obviously some minor details have been changed her ...

Political Contribution by Corporations – A Comparative Study (Part II)
September 1, 2010, 7 Comments

We observed, in the earlier post, three important themes that ran through the varied opinions in Citizens United – (i) ...

Miscellaneous Day – Part II
August 21, 2010, 7 Comments

Previously (..continues) “Why?” Think on your feet; let your Moot Court instincts take over. “mmfghfulcour ...

Miscellaneous Day Part I
August 18, 2010, 3 Comments

(This piece of “fact”-ion is based on an average miscellaneous day for an average junior. Any resemblance to ...