Memo And Mimeos- A Selection

Introductory Note:

1. At the instance of my daughters, I have preserved a large part of minor writing under the caption of ‘Memos and Mimeos’. These constitute 114 Volumes – only leather bound. The idea was to put it all together though I am not sure that anyone will really want to look at them. These volumes contain:
  1. Drafts of subsequently published major articles.
  2. Drafts for newspaper articles which are also subsequently published.
  3. Trivial conclusions as and when written.

To reproduce the whole list seems unnecessary – more so because they already exist in bound form for the intrepid, reader who has nothing better to do.

What has been done is to extract the substantive articles that were not published but were presentable.
Many papers stem from involvements in race relations in England, the WTO campaign in India and various other involvements. Broadly, the unpublished papers are classified as follows:
1. Reports and papers or writing on race relations
2. Unpublished Articles on Euthanasia, Suicide and Santara
3. Reports of the Judges and Constitutional aspects
4. Papers on National Human Rights Commission
5. Papers on the WTO
6. Submissions to Parliament
7. Miscellaneous writings – both personal and public

The detailed list is as follows with reference to the leather bound volumes of Memos and Mimeos (MnM):

1. Reports and papers or writing on race relations

	Report-I
1.	Suffering Discrimination Silently: On the Uses and Non-uses of the Anti-discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976 in the Hounslow Area. (Vol. 27 MnM, pp. 1-149)
	Report- ii
1.	Intern Report on: The Uses and Non-uses of the Anti- discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act,1976 (Vol. 27 MnM, pp.150-375)
2.	Question of Public Policy: The Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions and the Race Relations Act.1976 (Vol. 29 MnM, pp. 1-239)
3.	Who Uses the Race Relation Acts: Reflecting on Some Indicators (Vol. 30 MnM, pp. 1-202)
4.	Chapter I- the Race Relation Act – a Dispute Processing Framework (Vol. 35 MnM, pp.8-54)
5.	Chapter II- Structural Constraints as Policy Compromises: The Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions (Vol. 35 MnM, pp.55-85)
6.	Chapter III-Who Use the Race Relations Acts: Reflecting on Some indicators (Vol. 35 MnM, pp. 86-155)
7.	Chapter IV- Where Have all the Specialists Gone? Legal Support for Race Discrimination Case (Vol. 35 MnM, pp. 156-284)
8.	Chapter V- Let Sleeping Grievance Lie: The Transformation of Race Anti-Grievance by Voluntary Support Agencies (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 1-85)
9.	Chapter VI- Incentives and disincentives provided by the Legal System (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 86-155)
10.	Chapter VII What did One Expect? Some Conclusions (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 156-273)
11.	Chapter- I The Research Proposal (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 7-17)
12.	Chapter II- The National Picture: the Race Relations Act 1976 and its Use (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 18-54)
13.	Chapter III- Local Authority Responsibility (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 55-103)
14.	Chapter IV-the London Borough of Hounslow: Ethnic Profile (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 104-117)
15.	Chapter V-the Suppliers of Advice and Support (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 118-170)
16.	Chapter VI-Building Support mechanism: Some Conclusions and A Summary (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 171-189)
17.	Suffering Discrimination Silently: On the Uses and Non-uses of the Anti-discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act, 1976 in the Hounslow Area. (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 190-218)
18.	Chapter I-Context of the Study (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 1-28)
19.	Chapter II- Design and Methodology (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 29-43)
20.	Chapter-III –the Experience and View of a Sample of Ethnic Minority People Living in Hounslow (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 44-87)
21.	Chapter IV- Summary and Conclusions (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 88-102)
22.	Chapter I-The Race Relations Act 1976 as Dispute Processing Framework (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 4-51)
23.	Question of the Public Policy: the Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 52-192)
24.	Who Use the Race Relation Act, Reflecting on Some Indicators (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 193-312)
25.	Why are there so Few Case? Some Questions for the Purveyors of Advice: Explaining Some Questionnaires (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 313-342)
26.	So Why Are There so Few Case? Anti-discrimination and Race Relations Law and Policy in the United Kingdom (Vol. 46, MnM, pp. 56-99)
27.	The Institution Trap- Some Preliminary Remakes on Race Relations in the Eightees (1980) (Vol. 4 MnM, pp. 31-59)
28.	Racism and the Rule of Law (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 27-39)
29.	The Emerging British Racism: the Need for India to Take a Stand (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 40-54)
30.	The British Nationality Bill: A Racist Document (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 55-73)
31.	British Citizens in India: Is India Assisting British Racism? (Draft-I) (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 74-86)
32.	Is India Assisting British Racism (Draft-II) (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 87-101)
33.	The Institution Trap (Vol. 9 MnM, pp. 57-73)

1. Unpublished Articles on Euthanasia, Suicide and Santara

1.	“(T)o Die, to Sleep, Then Perchance to Dream…”: The Supreme Court on Suicide: Part-I The First Suicide Judgment (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 114-158)
2.	“(T)o Die, to Sleep, Then Perchance to Dream…”: The Supreme Court on Suicide: Part-II The Second Supreme Court Judgment (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 159-198)
3.	The Supreme Court on Euthanasia – I
4.	Euthanasia II: Suicide by Proxy

5.	Santhara! Santhara! Santhara!

1. Reports of the Judges and Constitutional aspects

1.	The Defamation Bill in the Lok Sabha : Introducing The Bill (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 4-25)
2.	The Minister’s Speech and Nation for Consideration (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 26-69)
3.	Amending to the Bill (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 70-102)

4.	Defamation Bill 1998 (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 137-140)
5.	Freedom of Speech and .. (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 141-160)
6.	Media Foundation.. (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 161-187)

7.	A Constitution for a Civilization India’s Constitution and its Discontents (Vol. 89, pp. 1-16)
8.	The Supreme Court of India: A Memoire: A Memoire (Vol. 85 MnM, pp.1-3)
9.	The Constitution of India (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 3-5)
10.	The Supreme Court’s Inaugural in 1950 (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 6-9)

11.	The Supreme Court’s and its’ Procedure (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 10-18)
12.	The Supreme Court Judges (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 19-37)
13.	Cases and Controversies (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 38-66)
14.	Buildings, Courts and Offices (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 67-99)
15.	Supreme Court Judges (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 100-101L)
16.	Preliminary Response to the Proposed Change Suggested by Member Secretary of the Advisory Committee (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 102-110)
17.	Uncertainty and Transformation: The Indian Constitution in 1998 (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 111-143)
18.	On Future of Western law and Justice in India: Reflections on the Controversy over Justice Bhagwati’s Letter to the Prime Minister (Vol. 4 MnM, pp. 98-141)
19.	The Supreme Court After the Emergency: The Challenge of Due Process And Maneka Gandhi’s Case (Vol. 5 MnM, pp. 1-134)
20.	On Arrears – A Preliminary Comments (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 101-105)
21.	Problematic Paradigms: Studying the Law of the Indian Press (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 106-121)
22.	Working Paper on the Work of the Committee for Implementing Legal Aid (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 181-223)
23.	Report on the Proposal for a Legal Support Information and Research Centre (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 224-276)
24.	Judge and Jurist in India: Note Toward an Understanding on Legal Elites in India (Vol. 46 MnM, pp. 334-372)
25.	Judges and Constitutional Interpretation (Vol. 48 MnM, pp. 44-59)
26.	The Constituent Assembly and Human Rights: Indian Developments (Vol. 57 MnM, pp. 1-147)
27.	The Jurisprudence of Human Rights (Vol. 60 MnM, pp. 141-199)
28.	The Making of Indian Constitution (Vol. 60 MnM, pp. 127-177)
29.	An Incomplete Measure of the Public Records Act. 1993 (Vol. 72 MnM, pp. 142-165)
30.	The Direct/Indirect, Doctrine: A Typological Conundrum (with Alice Jacob) (Vol. 2 MnM, pp. 183-191)

1. Papers on National Human Rights Commission

1.	Off loading Burden Sharing: Secondary Movement of Refugees Asylum Seekers (Vol. 95 MnM, pp. 128-135)
2.	On the Model Law for Refugees: A Response to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 199-230)
3.	Refugee Law and Policy in India: An Introduction Annexure: A. The Original Model Law Suggested for the South Asia States B. The Model Law’ Suggested for India (Vol.100 MnM, pp. 1-167)
4.	Protecting the Forgotten and Excluded- Statelessness in South Asia (Vol.105 MnM, pp. 49-76)
5.	More is not Always More: Unto us a Human Rights Commission has Been Given But Why? (Vol. 53 MnM, pp. 1-64)
6.	Stabilising the Past: Reviewing the Eighth Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission 2000-01 (PILSARC Working Papers)
7.	Moving on: Reflections on the Ninth Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission 2001-02 (Vol. 102 MnM, pp. 150-224)

1. Papers on the WTO

1.	The Draft Final Treaty of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs and In the Matter of Sovereignty and Integrity of India and In the Matter of the Social Justice of the People of India and In other Countries (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 1-21)
2.	India’s Handling of the GATT Negotiations and Its Failure to Account to the Requisite Constitutional Institutions and the People of India (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 22-41)
3.	Federal Aspects of the Effects of Signing the Draft Final Treaty (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 42-52)
4.	The Dunkel Draft Treaty-Legal and Constitutional Issues Submissions Before the People’s Commission (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 53-62)
5.	Written Submission: The Draft Final Treaty of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs and In the Matter of Sovereignty and Integrity of India and In the Matter of the Social Justice of the People of India and In other Countries (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 63-146)
6.	Entry into Force and Amendment of the Final Act. (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 216-226)
7.	Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (Fifth Set of Written Submissions to the People’s Commission on GATT) (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 227-233)
8.	Democracy and the GATT Negotiations (Vol. 75 MnM, pp. 68B-87)

1. Submissions to Parliament:

1.	Submission by Dr. Rajeev Dhavan on the Behalf of PILSARC to the Joint Committee on Patents (2^nd Amendment) Bill, 1999 (Vol. 90 MnM, pp. 149-179)
2.	The Broadcasting Bill, 1997: A Submission to Parliament (PILSARC Working Papers)
3.	Injustice to Farmers– Comment on Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Bill, 1999 (PILSARC Working Papers)
4.	Submission to the Lok Sabha on the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Bill, 1999 (PILSARC Working Papers)
5.	Riots as Murder – Re-examining the Best Bakery Case (PILSARC Working Papers)

6.	The National Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004: A Critique (PILSARC Working Papers)
7.	Food Safety for Sale: the Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005 (PILSARC Working Papers)
8.	A Briefing Paper on the Seeds Bill, 2004 (PILSARC Working Papers)
9.	The Consultation and Ratification of Treaties Bill, 2007: A Legislative Proposal for Accountability and Participation in the Treaty Making Process (PILSARC Working Papers)

1. Miscellaneous writings – both personal and public

1.	The Province of Jurisprudence: Pressures and Re-definitions-Developments Since 1945(1979) (Vol 4 MnM, pp. 1-21)
2.	Ravi Swaroop Dhavan (1942 -2016) – A Brother Remembers (Vol. 114 MnM, pp. 1 – 24)
3.	Trapped Minorities: Third World Migrants to Rich Western Economies and the Response of the British State (Vol. 12 MnM, pp. 3-43)
4.	The Wealth of Nations: Land, Forest and People (Notes on the Draft Conservation of Forest and Natural Ecosystem Act, (Vol. 63 MnM, pp. 37-47)

VOL-115

1	Towards 2019
2	Reservation For The Economically Weaker
3	The CBI Crises
4	Call For National Debate On Reservation
5	The Judicial Appointment Crisis
6	Lessons from Brexit Debate
7	Modi’s Benamidar Ayodhya Initiative
8	Two Faces Of Modi
9	Contempt By CBI Officers
10	India v Pakistan At The Hague
11	India’s Right To Self Defence [1083 words Cancelled)
12	India’s Right To Self Defence – 886 Words – Mail T
13	Threatening Official Secrets Prosecutions
14	Send TT Bill To Select Committee
15	When Judges Go Wrong
16	Review on Gautam Bhatia: The Transformative Constitution: A Radical Biography in Nine Acts (Noida, Harper Collins, 2019)
17	Electoral Misdirections
18	The Lokpal Resurrected
19	Modi’s Populist Overture
20	Intolerance, Bigotry And The 2019 Elections
21	Rafale Cat Out Of Bag
22	Apologies Cannot Eclipse Jallianwala Bagh
23	Corporate Funding And Elections
24	Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes – Who Will Be The Custodian Of The Custodians
25	Judicial Crises
26	Judicial Crisis: Future Solutions
27	Making Judges Accountable
28	India’s Deteriorating Electoral Discourse
29	Voters And Non-Voters
30	Democracy’s Post Election Tasks
31	Reclaiming Nehru
32	Modi’s Cabinet Formation
33	Gerrymandering Constituencies in JK
34	India’s New Language Controversy
35	Competitive Nationalism and Cricket
36	Vote of Thanks Debate Shortchanged
37	Reservation Bonanza
38	Legal Activists Beware
39	Bringing Jadhav Home
40	Freedom 2019
41	Kashmir Dismembered
42	Namdar, Kamdar, Ghunagaar
43	Honouring PP Rao
44	Blurb for Book –
45	The Babri Case: Dhavan Explains
46	Babri – IA of Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi (Ejaz Maqbool)
47	Stopping Modi Name Calling
48	The Sultanate of Governors
49	PM Boris Johnson Blunder
50	Abolish Sedition Pressure Tactics in Mediation
51	Solving the ‘Maha’ Crisis
52	BJP’s Maha Disaster
53	Reply Ejaz letter on – Mediation Committee Babri
54	Draft Statement – SC Judgment 09th Nov. 2019 on Babri
55	J & K case – Random Notes
56	J & K – On Article 3 and 4
57	Constitution Day Speech by Dr. Dhavan (SAHMAT)
58	Recusal by Judges
59	Battle for Maharashtra
60	Lily Thomas ‘India’s First Public Interest Lawyer’
61	Religion based Citizenship
62	Citizenship As Religious Cleansing
63	Protests and Destruction of Property
64	The Supreme Court 2019
65	Death Penalty
66	ICJ, Rohingyas and CAA
67	Madhya Pradesh and Institutional Morality

VOL-116

1	1480 Square yard
2	Day of Evil
3	Constitutional Morality in India: A Response
4	The Supreme Court and Kashmir Case
5	Note on Article 370
6	Introduction (Manoj Srivastwa’s book)
7	Self Publicity by Judge: Chandrachud’s New Precedent for Judges
8	Mahakumbh and Down Memory Lane
9	India’s Elected Dictatorship and Constitutionalism
10	Note on Personal Papers
11	Comments/Exchange on S. Murlidhar’s A G Noorani Memorial Lecture 2025: ‘Secularism and the Judiciary: An uneasy Relationship’
12	“Sacred Law under Constitutional Supremacy: Muslim Personal Law and the Structure of Religious Freedom in India.” [Cambridge University Journal of Law and Religion 2026]

Note: I have not included papers on the Lokpal which is a forthcoming two volume book or on Secularism which may yield a mature form.