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CJI Gogoi’s no leave formula for judges: Fighting backlog in courts or mere rhetoric?
12th October 2018
The Print
#chiefjustice
#judicialadministration
#judicialpendency
#judicialreform
#supremecourt
backlog
We must build open and inclusive cities
01st July 2018
The Hindu
Bangalore
India
Karnataka
Manufacturing electoral choice
16th May 2018
Livemint
campaign
election campaign
elections
electoral choice
Karnataka
karnataka elections
Dalits see the apex court’s order on SC/ST Act as a dog whistle to destroy the law
10th April 2018
The Print
#apexcourt
#atrocitiesact
#discrimination
#KashinathMahajan
#socialreality
Dalit
judiciary
Draft RMP-2031 for Bengaluru: Institutional gaps and flawed outcomes
10th January 2018
The Hindu
#urbanadministration
#urbangovernance
#urbanpolicy
Bengaluru
BDA’s master plan goes from ‘compact’ to ‘urban sprawl’
04th January 2018
Deccan Herald
#publicplanning
#urbanadministration
#urbangovernance
#urbanpolicy
Bengaluru
An inalienable privacy right: Supreme Court puts constitutional check to creeping majoritarianism of our times
25th August 2017
The Times Of India
#fundamentalrights
#supremecourt
constitution
India
Privacy
Judicial Appointments: A Breakthrough?
11th February 2017
India Today
#judicialadministration
#judicialappointments
#judicialreform
#supremecourt
#transparency
The People’s court
24th November 2016
India Today
#judicialappointments
#judicialreform
#supremecourt
#transparency
Soft judicial review, conflicts with other rights, and other problems in the Draft Equality Bill
03rd August 2016
myLaw
#discrimination
#equality
#EqualityBill
#equalitylaw
#intersectionality
#judicialreview
Mr. Modi, Don’t Patent Cow Urine
16th June 2016
The New York Times
#cowurine
#intellectualpropertyrights
#Modi
#patents
India
Patently a Missed Opportunity
25th May 2016
The Hindu
#intellectualpropertyrights
#nationalpolicy
#policyreform
Getting real about corruption
15th August 2015
The Hindu
#anticorruption
#extortion
#judicialaccountability
democracy
India
Analysis: Guilt By Association
08th November 2014
Business World
#business
#ethics
#principles
#responsibility
Analysis: No Justifying Corruption
08th November 2014
Business World
#corruption
#ethics
#socialreform
Restoring legitimacy to PILs
03rd May 2014
The Hindu
#judicialreform
#legitamacyofcourt
#publicinterestlitigation
judiciary
Legal and Judicial Reform in India: A Call for Systemic and Empirical Approaches
24th April 2014
Journal of National Law University, Delhi
#fundamentalrights
#judicialpendency
#judicialreform
#legalreform
#supremecourt
Telangana: no constitutional barriers
04th January 2014
The Hindu
#constitutionality
#federalism
#Indianstates
#parliament
#StateAssembly
#Telangana
Naz Foundation: Reading Down the Supreme Court
13th December 2013
Oxford Human Rights Hub
#judicialreview
#LGBTQ
#NazFoundation
#QueerRightsinIndia
#Section377
Recasting the Appointments Debate
13th December 2013
The Hindu
#ConstitutionalAmendments
#judicialappointments
#judicialreform
Recasting the LLM: Course Design and Pedagogy
24th August 2013
Socio-Legal Review, NLSIU Bangalore
#educationareform
#indianlegaleducation
#legaleducation
#legalreform
#llmindia
#pedagogy
The urban voter made a clear choice this election
30th May 2013
The Times Of India
#electoralchoice
#urbanvoter
elections
Karnataka
The Law That Saved a Billion Lives
04th May 2013
Open Magazine
#healthcare
#intellectualpropertyrights
#medicine
#patentlaw
#patents
India
Rape and Reform in India: No Legal Fix for a Systemic Problem
25th April 2013
Oxford Human Rights Hub
#genderjustice
#legalreform
#protest
#publicoutrage
#sexualviolence
#studentstrike
Locating Rape
19th April 2013
The Indian Express
#crime
#genderjustice
#legalreform
#policyreform
#rape
#urban
Urban-Rural Incidence of Rape in India: Myths and Social Science Evidence
18th April 2013
LGDI Working Paper No 2013-1
#criminallaw
#ncrb
#rape
Why Novartis Case Will Help Innovation
15th April 2013
The Hindu
#cancer
#health
#intellectualpropertyrights
#medicine
#patents
The Supreme Court on 2G: Signal and Noise
20th February 2013
Seminar 642
#2G
#2Gspectrumlaw
#legalreasoning
#policyreform
#supremecourt
Why the Supreme Court is not the Bulwark of the Constitution it is made out to be.
03rd January 2013
Economic Times
#constitutionality
#legalreform
#legalsystem
#supremecourt
constitution
Prafull Goradia vs. Union of India (2011) 2 SCC 568
31st December 2012
Journal of Indian Law and Society
#discrimination
#prafullgoradia
#religiousequality
#religiousfreedom
#secularism
#supremecourt
Healthcare Law in the US and the RTE in India
01st September 2012
EPW
#liberaldemocracy
#righttoeducation
#righttohealth
#rte
#socialwelfare
Steps towards Universal Provision of Social Goods Healthcare Law in the US and the RTE in India
01st September 2012
Economic & Political Weekly
India
International
United States
RTE must be extended to minority schools also
29th April 2012
The Asian Age
#fundamentalrights
#righttoeducation
#supremecourt
Lok Pal Bill: Lesson’s from Karnataka Lokayukta’s Performance
07th January 2012
EPW
#corruption
#lokayukta
#lokpal
#transparency
Inside Our Supreme Court
20th August 2011
EPW
#bookreview
#GeorgeHGadboisJr
#supremecourt
#supremecourtjudges
Constitutional Durability
30th November 2010
Seminar 615
#basicstructuredoctrine
#constitutionaldurability
#postindependence
#southasia
Military power and the constitution
24th July 2010
Seminar 611
#armedforces
#constitutionality
#executive
#principles
constitution
democracy
judiciary
Regional Emergencies under Article 356: The Extent of Judicial Review
31st December 2009
Indian Journal of Constitutional Law
#emergencypower
#regionalemergency
#supremecourt
Mashelkar Report on IP Rights Version II: Wrong Again
26th December 2009
EPW
#intellectualpropertyrights
#ipr
#MashelkarReport
#patentlaw
#TRIPsagreement
#WTO
Order… Order.
18th April 2009
The Indian Express
#education
#highereducation
#legaleducation
#protest
#studentstrike
In the Corridors of Law: Reviewing ‘Courting Destiny’ by Shanti G. Bhushan
17th March 2009
The Hindu
#bookreview
#Indianlaw
#memoir
Reading AK Thakur v Union of India: Legal Effect and Significance
19th July 2008
EPW
#affirmativeaction
#equality
#reservation
#supremecourt
Book Review of Christopher P.M. Waters (ed). The State of the Law in the South Caucasus’
31st December 2007
Law and Politics Book Review
#internationalfinance
#lawanddevelopment
#ruleoflaw
Interest Group Capture
16th March 2007
The Times Of India
#academicpapers
#healthcare
#intellectualpropertyrights
#patentlaw
#pharmaceuticals
#research
Airport Privatisation Case
07th October 2006
EPW
#publicgoods
#publicprivatepartnerships
#supremecourtofindia
privatisation
Intellectual Property and India’s Development Policy
31st December 2005
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology
#digitalgovernance
#intellectualpropertyrights
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