Something About the Law


"A platform dedicated to addressing these interdisciplinary concerns that fuel societal machinery. While born over a year ago, the blog found its true character since February, 2008 and has been going strong ever since. In course of time, we have expressed our views on practically every socio-legal issue under the sun, right from local happenings to international crises."

Author: Arun Mohan and Aditya Swarup are students at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, India.

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Recent Posts from Something About the Law


  • Varun Gandhi again!

    Hindutva seems to have got new vigour now. The Advisory Board constituted to examine Varun Gandhi’s hate speech and booking under the National Security Act has recommended the withdrawal of the said Act against Vaun…

  • Mayawati and the Political Compromise

    Law and Other things and the Indian Express have a series of posts and articles on Mayawati and her understanding of the constitution; the latest being Vinay Sitapati’s article in the Indian Express available here.…

  • Get the Money Back !

    With close to 70 lakh crores ( 70,000,00,00,00,000 ) of unaccounted public money stashed by politicians, bureaucrats and the rich in swiss banks and the like abroad, how does one get hold of that money…

  • The Debate Videos

    Part I of the 1st Socio- Legal Debate is now online (view here). (The remaining here) The above video covers just the introduction to the debates. The rest is in line. The propositions were; Proposition…

  • The First Socio-Legal Debate

    It took over three months to materialize, but its finally here, and with a bang. The first in the Socio-legal Debate series was held at the M.K. Nambyar SAARCLaw Centre in NALSAR. The theme –…

  • Hats off to Anjali Waghmare!

    That the Constitutional protection under Article 22 providing every detainee the right to be represented by a lawyer of his/her choice is sacred and held to be the foundation of our legal system. So much…

  • On Encounter Deaths

    “In a rule of law society operating under a constitutional order, either deterrent or preemptive executive action against prohibited human conduct including terrorist acts must be pursued only within the matrix of legislatively spelt out…

  • Dropping the ‘Enemy Combatant’ Label

    The Indian Newspapers report (Sunday TOI, p. 12) of the Obama Administration in the United States of America now doing away with the phrase ‘enemy combatant’; a designation for terror suspects to justify their detention…

  • History Repeating Itself

    Camus idea that dissent must never be confused be disloyalty may find new vigour with the events unfolding in Pakistan. President Zardari has applied Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the country…

  • Age Bar at Law School

    The age- bar at law schools. A PIL has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the Bar Council of India Rule (Rule 28) that states that no person shall be admitted to a…