A.S. Vishwajith

A.S. Vishwajith (B.A, LL.B (Hons) NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India) is a judicial clerk in the High Court of Delhi,|A.S. Vishwajith (B.A, LL.B (Hons) NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India) is a judicial clerk in the High Court of Delhi,|A.S. Vishwajith (B.A, LL.B (Hons) NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India) is a judicial clerk in the High Court of Delhi,|A.S. Vishwajith (B.A, LL.B (Hons) NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India) is a judicial clerk in the High Court of Delhi,

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India’s Third Gender and The Kaushal Problem

India’s Third Gender and The Kaushal Problem

Almost four months ago, the Indian Supreme Court inflicted the LGBT movement with a severe body blow by re-criminalizing homosexuality in Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation. However, on 15th April 2014, which will indeed be ...
Perpetual Life Sentences, Reformation and the Indian Supreme Court

Perpetual Life Sentences, Reformation and the Indian Supreme Court

It is trite to say, or so we hope, that a retributive criminal justice system has no place in a society conceived from the idea that human rights in general, and human dignity in particular, is of paramount importance. As civilized ...
The Not-so-paramount Right to Vote

The Not-so-paramount Right to Vote

Last week, the Election Commission of India announced the time frame for the general elections to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha (“House of the People”) of the Parliament of India. Widely considered to be an election comprising of the ...
Naz and Reclaiming Counter-Majoritarianism

Naz and Reclaiming Counter-Majoritarianism

The term “counter-majoritarian” has, more often than not, been used in a derogatory fashion - especially when it is used to describe an institution like the Supreme Court. However, after the Supreme Court’s ruling on S.377 of the ...