I have been an activist for civil and political rights since the mid 1970s. After graduating from law school in 1982 I joined the bar in Delhi, India and have been practicing law since then. I started off as an independent lawyer, not affiliated to any firm and continue to be so even today. Along with a bread and butter practice I have always worked on issues of concern to me. Over the last 20 years my focus has been on issues of accountability and State impunity. In 1995 I filed a petition in the Indian Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive enquiry into allegations of enforced disappearances in the north-western Indian State of Punjab during the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, when the state was wracked by an armed insurrection. This case was decided in October 2006. The final order fell woefully short of expectations but it did result in the grant of minimal compensation to the families of over 1200 persons who had been disappeared (and then killed) by the Punjab police and other security forces. This is a first in independent Indian history. Between 2002 and 2005 I conducted a study of the effectiveness of the writ of habeas corpus in the northern most Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir, which has also been in the throes of a violent insurrection since 1990. My report of the findings of the study are on this site. Currently I balance my time between practice and research. Among my recent works is a monograph on law and social justice, in which I have analysed the Indian Supreme Court's stand on the issue of affirmative action for the Dalits. Another paper explores the ambivalence of law in the context of individual and social autonomy. This paper, titled 'Law's Autonomy: A Paradigm of State Power' can be downloaded from this site.
Accountability
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
Colonial Studies
Enforced Disappearances
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
A Report on The Working of the writ of Habeas Corpus in Kashmir: 1990 - 2005 (Chapter-I, Introduction) (2007)
This report is the first part of a two part study on the functioning of...
Habeas Corpus
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
A Report on The Working of the writ of Habeas Corpus in Kashmir: 1990 - 2005 (Chapter-I, Introduction) (2007)
This report is the first part of a two part study on the functioning of...
Human Rights
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Humanities
Sustainable Futures, Unpublished Papers (2008)
Impunity
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
India
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Judicial Accountability
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
A Report on The Working of the writ of Habeas Corpus in Kashmir: 1990 - 2005 (Chapter-I, Introduction) (2007)
This report is the first part of a two part study on the functioning of...
Justice
Sustainable Futures, Unpublished Papers (2008)
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Kashmir
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
A Report on The Working of the writ of Habeas Corpus in Kashmir: 1990 - 2005 (Chapter-I, Introduction) (2007)
This report is the first part of a two part study on the functioning of...
Philosophy
Sustainable Futures, Unpublished Papers (2008)
Right to Life
Sustainable Futures, Unpublished Papers (2008)
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Rule of Law
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
Security Forces
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
State Criminality
Law's Autonomy, Autonomy, Beyond Kant And Hermenutics (2007)
The Case of Abdul Gani Najar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Ghulam Qadir Pandith (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Khizir Mohammad Bhat (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...
The Case of Nazir Gojar (2007)
The case discussed here is part of the Kashmir report. I have pasted it here...