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K N Bhat
About the AuthorK N Bhat
The writer is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court and former additional solicitor-general of India. He can be reached at knbhat1@gmail.com
    The court also maintained that people will burst only those firecrackers which they have purchased before its order banning the sale. (Photo: Representational/File)Opinion
    Flip-flops of the superior court

    There were many inherent problems in the issue and the solution offered, but most were not envisaged by the court.

    16 Oct 2017 4:48 AM IST

    Residents of Delhi-NCR take part in a candlelight march on Sunday to seek justice for the boy who was killed in Ryan International School in Gurgaon. (Photo: G.N. Jha)Opinion
    Why CBI? Upgrade, reform police forces

    The CBI, during its nearly seven decades of existence, has in its functioning slipped, and slipped badly too, several...

    14 Sept 2017 2:09 AM IST

    Use of the countrys lese-majeste law has surged under the royalist junta that took power in a 2014 coup detat, with more than 100 people charged since the coup, according to legal monitoring group iLaw. (Photo: Representational/File)Opinion
    A layman's guide to Article 35A

    There are provisions in the J&K law that are obviously discriminatory against women.

    18 Aug 2017 5:28 AM IST

    File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Jadhav: Is India celebrating too soon?

    The ICJ can only deal with international law, including treaty obligations.

    26 May 2017 12:18 AM IST

    AIADMK General secretary VK Sasikala arrives to surrender at the special court after she convicted in DA case in Bengaluru. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Sasikala's fate: A lesson for all netas

    There are still many admirers of Jayalalithaa who believe that she was guilty by association.

    16 Feb 2017 12:57 AM IST

    Students protest against the ban on Jallikattu at Marina Beach in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Jallikattu returns with an expiry date?

    Sati was banned in 1861. The order by the Crown was welcomed since Sati was regarded as repulsive.

    25 Jan 2017 2:02 AM IST

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