JUDICIAL POPULISM AND INVISIBLE SENTENCING: RECASTING THE LIMITS OF BAIL JURISPRUDENCE

Recently the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of a case concerning certain unlawful bail conditions being imposed by the Orissa High Court and few trial courts. The matter was registered as In Re: Condition Being Imposed While Granting Bail By High Court of Orissa and District Courts in the State of Odisha and Ancillary Continue reading


A Relook into the Maffezini – Plama Debate

ABSTRACT This paper revisits the debated issue of the applicability of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses to dispute settlement treaty provisions under the ICSID Convention. The paper firstly introduces the debate, and discusses the contrasting views taken by tribunals, with particular emphasis on Maffezini and Plama. Secondly, the paper argues that creation of an artificial Continue reading