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Meghashree Dev

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Found in 706 Collections and/or Records:

The Battle Cry or The Bogey of No More Forcible Annexation?, 4 September 2024

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-225
Abstract The article analyses the ICJ’s July 2024 Advisory Opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories amid global fatigue with prolonged war and mounting civilian suffering. It highlights the Court’s reaffirmation of the prohibition on acquisition of territory by force, linkage with Palestinian self-determination, and obligations of all states not to aid illegal occupation. While Israel rejects the opinion, the piece stresses its strong normative force in international law, including...
Dates: Publication: 4 September 2024

“The Bhopal Award: Another Calamity for Gas Victims”, 16 February 1989

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-09
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The Bhopal Award: Another Calamity for Gas Victims (Times of India, February 16, 1988): Baxi criticizes the inadequacy of compensation awarded to Bhopal gas tragedy victims, arguing the settlement represents another injustice. He examines how legal processes failed victims, inadequate compensation amounts, and systemic failures in providing justice for mass disaster victims against powerful multinational corporations. In The Times of India.

Dates: Publication: 16 February 1989

The Big Picture - Anti-Rape ordinance: Balancing Demands - YouTube, 2013

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Identifier: UB-005-01-08-07
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The Big Picture - Anti-Rape ordinance: Balancing Demands' (Rajya Sabha TV, February 5, 2013): Baxi discusses India's anti-rape ordinance following the 2012 Delhi gang rape, examining legal reforms, death penalty debates, victim protection, gender justice, and balancing punitive measures with systemic reforms addressing violence against women. Published by Sansad TV

Dates: 2013

‘The Colonial Heritage’, in Pierre Legrand and Roderick Munday (eds), Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions, 2003

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-28
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Published by Cambridge UniversityPress, Cambridge,Pg 46–75.

Dates: Publication: 2003

‘The Constitutional Discourse on Secularism’, in U. Baxi, A. Jacob and T. Singh (eds), Reconstructing the Republic, 1999

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-19
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Published by Indian Association of Social Science Institutions and Har-Anand Publication, Delhi, pg 211-233.

Dates: Publication: 1999

The constitutional quagmire of judicial appointments, 2015

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Identifier: UB-005-01-08-18
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Published by PLPDG

Dates: 2015

The Constitutional Quicksands of Kesavananda Bharati and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 1974

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-18
Abstract Upendra Baxi's article, "The Constitutional Quicksands of Kesavananda Bharati and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment," in Supreme Court Cases Journal (1974), analyzes the landmark Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) and its impact on India's Constitution, particularly the "Basic Structure Doctrine," arguing Parliament can amend but not destroy the core constitutional identity, while scrutinizing how the controversial 25th Amendment (giving primacy to Directive Principles over some Fundamental Rights)...
Dates: Publication: 1974

“The Court’s Voice”, 17 December 2017

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-68
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In The Indian Express.

Dates: Publication: 17 December 2017