India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma reports on Monday’s proceedings in the Supreme Court of India on government efforts to control the latest severe bout of air pollution in the country’s National Capital Region. He files this for JURIST from New Delhi. The Special Bench of Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana, Hon’ble Justice [...]
India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma and India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist offer their perspective on an action in the Supreme Court of India calling on the Indian government to immediately address severe air quality problems in the country’s National Capital Region. They file this for JURIST from New Delhi. Every year the period around the [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers his observations on new hiring criteria recently announced by the new Taliban-led Ministry of Justice. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on the financial predicament of civil service employees in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a law student in Kabul offers his perspective on the Friday suicide of a law graduate who took his own life under conditions of extreme economic and political [...]
A Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Mauritius says that a new petroleum bill advancing in that Indian Ocean country off the coast of Africa has significant implications for climate change and raises concerns about corruption, conflict of interest, and government mismanagement. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. Last [...]
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul offers observations on the financial predicament of school teachers in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s financial incapability to pay. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name [...]
One of the female law students filing for JURIST from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has written the following open letter to law students in the United States. We are publishing it here in its entirety with minimal editing, so as to preserve the author’s voice. I’m writing from 7000 miles away from you. Yes, I’m writing from [...]
An unprecedented crisis has recently beset Nepal’s top court with some in the country’s legal fraternity calling for the Chief Justice to step down in the face of a series of controversies. Nepalese law student Smriti Pantha of Kathmandu University School of Law reports files this exclusive report for JURIST from Kathmandu. The Chief Justice [...]
India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma and India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist offer their perspective on the legal issues surrounding the recent high-profile arrest and detention of Bollywood celebrity heir Aryan Khan on illegal drug charges. They file this for JURIST from New Delhi. India got its very own Bollywood drama last month when Aryan Khan [...]
