Apar GuptaTime gifts us clarity though reflection. Half a century may seem sufficient to dull passions but even today public memory of the Nanavati case continues to tilt objectivity towards emotion. A part of this can be fastened onto movie depictions that bear little responsibility for factual accuracy. However, in public discussion, there is not much distinction between the Nanavati case and the Nanavati movie (Rustom). Such a merger is unfortunate given the legacy of the case and the focus it brings to deficiencies in the legal system.
Archives for the category Analysis
The chilling effect of an advisory
Three cases that threaten the open internet
The Supreme Court’s Slow March Towards Eroding Online Intermediary Liability
Far from determining any legal violation, on each date of hearing, the court has instead directed the government to consider heavy-handed proactive censorship.
The Basis Of Privacy
Aadhaar legislation points to the need for a comprehensive privacy law.
TRAI and Net Neutrality: Courts must weigh public interest that have shaped this order
Within two weeks of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) “open internet order”, a consortium of telecom and cable companies challenged it in court. The FCC, the US telecom regulator, had made the open internet order to protect network neutrality. Usually restrained in regulating internet services, it cited the overwhelming public interest from regulation.
Net Ambiguity
Delay in settling net neutrality issues helps big incumbents, entrenches bad norms.
Tarkunde Memorial Lecture 2015 : Love and Law
NJAC judgment: Why the collegium system needs to go
Increasing inflation and a lack of public trust in an incumbent government linger as elections are announced. The results are surprising, not as to the victor but the scale of the victory. Some commentators term them a clear mandate for economic recovery and reform. Standing in the path of this legislative agenda is a Supreme Court that has the power to interpret a constitution and strike down legislation. Such negation comes with several positives that include judicial checks to protect constitutional freedoms. To protect against such setbacks, a popular, recently elected political principal starts an ambitious legislative plan to appoint judges to the Supreme Court who could secure it favorable rulings.
Section 144 and the power to impose an online curfew
Last month, the Patel community’s demand for job quotas dramatically caught the nation’s attention. Their agitation in Gujarat reminded of the dangers of Mandal politics, in which castes and communities stir and shake the state apparatus to secure reservations in education and government jobs.