An International Human Rights Law Critique of Karnataka’s Hate Speech BillIndia, Freedom of speech, Hate speech, Legislative Reform, Proportionality, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationKarnataka’s Legislative Assembly recently passed the controversial Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes ...
The Shadow of ‘Honour’: Persistent Violence and the Imperative of Human Rights in South AsiaPakistan, Criminal Justice, Criminal procedure, Right to LifeThe fragility of the right to life in Pakistan was starkly highlighted on July 21, 2025, when Pakistani ...
Pakistan’s New Constitutional Court and the Importance of Institutional IndependencePakistan, Constitutions and Human Rights, Democracy and Political Rights, judicial independence, Role of the JudiciaryTypically, specialised constitutional courts are regarded as effective institutional protectors of democracy and ...
Bervidi: Reasonable Accommodation for Parent of Child with DisabilityCJEU, Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Disability, Employment Equality Directive, Reasonable Accommodation, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesFor many persons with disabilities, their family and social network play an indispensable role in ensuring their ...
From Protection to Precarity: Examining the U.S. Decision to Terminate TPS for Burmese NationalsMyanmar, United States of America, Immigration and Asylum, International Humanitarian Law, Rights of refugeesOn 25 November 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in the Federal Register that it ...
Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure- Stateless citizens elegy: Part 2- Legal sanction for SOPIndia, Procedural Justice, Right to Nationality, rule of law, Statutory interpretationIn Part 1 of this blog, I argued that Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) imposes arbitrary procedural ...
Assam’s Standard Operating Procedure – Stateless Citizens Elegy: Part 1- On Arbitrariness of Procedural requirements of SOPIndia, Human Dignity, Procedural Justice, Right to Nationality, rule of lawOn 9.09.2025, Assam’s Chief Minister approved the Standard Operating Procedure (‘SOP’) for implementation of the ...
Migration with Dignity or Statelessness by Design?: A Closer look at the curious case of KiribatiKiribati, Climate Change, Immigration and Asylum, Rights of refugees, Territorial IntegrityWith regions across the globe experiencing its effect in different forms, climate change has reached every nook ...
The Years of Lost Freedom: The Untold Cost of Rights and India’s Unkept Promise of CompensationIndia, Freedom from Arbitrary Detention, Prisoners rights, Remedies, Right to LibertyIn India, populist narratives often reduce personal liberty to an abstract idea, and its true value is realised ...
Delhi Chokes in Hazardous Air: A Human Rights EmergencyIndia, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment, Right to LifeYear after year, the capital city of India chokes in an Air Quality Index (“AQI”) that exceeds levels deemed not ...
Pauni recounts the counting of sick days: Exhausted sick leave does not automatically exhaust employer dutiesCJEU, Council of Europe, disability rights, Disability, Disability Rights, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationUnder EU law, counting sick days to determine whether an employee has exceeded a certain limit after which they ...
Transgender Rights in Employment after Jane Kaushik v. Union of India: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s RulingIndia, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Life, Social Protection, Standard of Review, Substantive EqualityIn October 2025, in Jane Kaushik v Union of India, the Indian Supreme Court confronted a form of exclusion that ...