In an unprecedented move, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India which had the quashed the Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act 2014 and NJAC Act, 2014, has now invited suggestions from all those who desire, to improve the ‘collegium...

In my previous post, I briefly summarised the progress made by the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) in Dublin. This group has had a busy few weeks since then, as they rush to finalise decisions over the...

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3518 OF 2007All Kerala Online Lottery DealersAssociation .... Appellant(s) VersusState of Kerala & Ors. ....Respondent(s)WITHCIVIL APPEAL NO. 3519 OF 2007, CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3520 OF 2007,WRIT PETITION (C)...

After hearing the matter for 45 minutes, the Supreme Court bench consisting of V Gopala Gowda and Amitava Roy ordered the registry to list the matter before a different bench.Hardik Patel has filed the special leave petition to appeal against...

MeghalayaMeghalaya High Court has asked the Central Government to consider enforcing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) and the deployment of Armed and Para-Military Forces in the militancy-hit Garo Hills region in the state of Meghalaya to aid...

Regular readers of this Blog would be aware of the recent post on the UK Supreme Court's case of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi (Earlier posts on case in this blog can be accessed from here and here.). The issues...

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) will be partnering with the Berkman Center for Internet Society at Harvard University as a Regional Hub for its internet censorship database ‘Lumen’. CCG along with the Nexa...

Early August, we had blogged about the case of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdess pending before the UK Supreme Court. We had stated that the decisions would have huge ramifications on international commerce. For the issues involved, see the...

The Supreme Court in State of Punjab vs Rafiq Masih (White Washer) AIR 2015 SC 696 addressed issues regarding recovery of wages when paid in excess to employees by the employer. In this case, the Respondent-employees were given an excess monetary...

The Hon’ble Supreme Court has recently passed a judgment in respect of whether the amendment of 2005 to the Hindu Succession Act (“The Amendment Act”) is prospective or retrospective. It has passed the said judgment in a bunch of Petitions on...

 JS Khehar J. J Chelameswar J.MB Lokur J. Kurian Joseph J.AK Goel J.After declaring the Constitutional amendment to replace the ‘collegium system’ as unconstitutional by a majority of 4:1, the same Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India will now sit...

Supreme Court of India has dismissed a PIL which sought quashing of Article 370 of the Constitution of India and other special constitutional provisions which give a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. However the Chief Justice of India HL...

The Delhi High Court held yesterday, in United Rwas Joint Action v. Union of India and ors., that the Comptroller and Auditor General cannot be entrusted the audit of DISCOMs in Delhi, under Article 149 of the Constitution of India...

I’ve just finished reading a fascinating paper titled ‘Proportionality and Invariable Baseline Intensity of Review’, by Professor Cora Chan. The paper deals with judicial review standards of legislative action under the UK Human Rights Act, and addresses many of the...

Delhi High Court is celebrating the golden jubilee of its its establishment on Oct0ber 31, 2015.On October 31, 1966, Delhi High Court was established after the date was notified as the appointed date under Section 3(1) of the Delhi High...