On the occasion of our 8th Convocation, we were graced with the presence of Prof. Madhava Menon, former Vice Chancellor of WBNUJS and NLSIU. He took a few moments to sit down and have a candid chat with us. Here are the excerpts of that interview… Meenakshi Kurpad (MK): You first mentioned in one of … Continue reading Conversation with Prof. Madhava Menon, former Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU and WBNUJS
A Level Playing Field: Myth or Reality?
by Yogini Oke Introduction The year 2012 brought a lot of welcome changes for the class of disabled people in India. The year witnessed the culmination of a decade long fight of disability-rights activists, academicians, lawyers etc for the people with disabilities as reflected in the amendments made in the Copyright Act. The Ministry of … Continue reading A Level Playing Field: Myth or Reality?
Audio Lecture by Dr. Uday Chandra
Journal of Indian Law and Society in association with the NUJS Constitutional Law Society organized a lecture by Dr. Uday Chandra on "Liberalism and its Other: Primitivism in Colonial and Postcolonial Indian Law" on January 23rd, 2014 at NUJS. Following is the recorded audio version of the lecture: The paper has been published in the … Continue reading Audio Lecture by Dr. Uday Chandra
Call for Papers: Special Issue in Honour of Lotika Sarkar
JOURNAL OF INDIAN LAW AND SOCIETY“Indian Feminisms, Law Reform and the Law Commission of India: Special Issue in Honour of Lotika Sarkar”Guest Editors: Rukmini Sen & Saptarshi Mandal[*]CALL FOR PAPERSWhether in terms of concrete statutory changes or as a discursive space for articulating new meanings, law reform has been an important political objectives for the … Continue reading Call for Papers: Special Issue in Honour of Lotika Sarkar
A Pragmatist’s Take on Legal Change in the Islamic Tradition
by Moiz Tundawala Judicial divorce for Muslim women in the Indian subcontinent In 1931, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi,, a renown Sufi scholar of the Indian subcontinent, issued a fatwa holding that apostasy did not annul a Muslim marriage, and that a woman experiencing hardships in marriage was entitled to seek judicial separation. But interestingly, evident … Continue reading A Pragmatist’s Take on Legal Change in the Islamic Tradition
Coming To Grips With Population Growth: Search For The Better Way
By Padmini SubhashreeThe issue of population explosion in India isn’t a novelty any more. It has been realised time and again that there is a strong parallel between the tempo of population growth and the standard of development in a country. This axiomatic problem has lead to a Public Interest Litigation filed by Avishek Goenka … Continue reading Coming To Grips With Population Growth: Search For The Better Way
Statement of NUJS Faculty Members
STATEMENT OF NUJS FACULTY MEMBERS On the 6th of November, 2013, Ms. Stella James, one of our former students wrote a blog post highlighting the conflicting range of emotions that she underwent in the aftermath of sexual harassment at the hands of a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. Subsequent to this, the … Continue reading Statement of NUJS Faculty Members
Statement of Stella James on 23rd December 2013
Statement of Stella James on 23rd December 2013 It has been widely reported in the news today that former Justice A.K. Ganguly has written a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India. Several questions have been raised in the past few weeks, and I think it is appropriate at this stage, for me to … Continue reading Statement of Stella James on 23rd December 2013
The Judicial Appointments Commission: A Delicate Balance
by Abhinav Chandrachud On December 9, 2013, the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (hereinafter, “Standing Committee”), submitted its report on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2013, to both Houses of Parliament.[i] In this blog post, I will discuss some interesting recommendations contained in the Standing Committee’s report. In particular, … Continue reading The Judicial Appointments Commission: A Delicate Balance
The Sentinel Who Will Not Protect
by Raju Ramachandran For students of constitutional law, the “gay rights” judgment is deeply disappointing. For a judgment that was in the making for over twenty months, it leaves one with a feeling that it has been “hurried through.” For all its length, there is no detailed reasoning for overturning the High Court judgment. Let … Continue reading The Sentinel Who Will Not Protect
