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July 2007

New experiments in India’s constitutional lab

Goa continues to be a thriving constitutional laboratory, as amateur constitutional lawyers like me are left feeling shortsighted. This time round though it’s more of a joke that has been played on democracy and the constitution.
I have to apologize for the few options that I had penned down in last post, the Congress and its [...]

India’s constitutional lab is boiling after all

Less than 50 days after NDTV announced a resounding victory for the Congress in Goa and the ‘rejection of communalism’ by the people of Goa, my assessment right after the polls has turned prophetic.
I referred to Goa as India’s constitutional lab simply because it has provided us with landmark judgments on various aspects of India’s [...]

Pakistan has its Keshvananda of sorts

As students of constitutional law, we were told that if there was one thing that separated Indian democracy from the state of ‘democracy’ in Pakistan, it was the decision of our Supreme Court in the Keshavananda Bharti case.
The decision rendered by a bench of 13 (7:6) was a much needed saviour at a time [...]

Quota : UPA ain’t done yet with its desperate attempts

In continuation with its desperate attempts to vacate the interim stay in the quota matter, the law officers of the UPA Government today mentioned before the Court that they would be moving an application for vacation of the interim stay tomorrow when the matter comes up before a 3 judge bench that will among other things [...]

Attempts to seek that light at the end of the tunnel to the SC

The Times of India reports that the SC will tomorrow hear a Petition which has been filed seeking to disqualify Mrs. Patil from the Presidential race.
The matter will be taken up for admission tomorrow.
In all probability, the Petitioner would be asking the Court to look into news reports and determine as to why charges were [...]

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The 377 verdict & the Kusum Ingots fairy tale

One of the most common query doing the rounds on blogs and otherwise after the Naaz Foundation verdict has been the applicability of the said decision outside Delhi.
The mainstream media especially the TOI through Manoj Mitta has made one and all aware of para 22 (SCC) of Kusum Ingots which reads thus:
22. The Court must have [...]

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