Gender Justice Entanglement in India’s Electoral Politics
On 17th April 2026, India’s Parliament witnessed a significant constitutional development when the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill 2026, commonly referred to as the Women’s Reservation Bill, failed to secure the...
Decolonising the Museum: Why Britain Should Follow France in Returning Colonial Artefacts
On 13 April 2026, France’s National Assembly unanimously passed a landmark bill to streamline the restitution of cultural artefacts looted during the colonial era. One example is the sword of...
FCRA (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Increasing State-Control and Reducing Public Sphere in India
In India, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA) is a law that regulates the acceptance and utilisation of foreign contributions by certain persons (Individual/Hindu Undivided Family/Association/Section 8 Company) and...
Penal Code of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: The End of a Dream or the Beginning of a Nightmare – Part 2
This blog continues the author’s prior analysis of the Penal Code of the Islamic Emirate by examining some of its key ambiguities and omissions. Part 1 of this blog can...
Penal Code of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: The End of a Dream or the Beginning of a Nightmare – Part 1
Introduction 15 Jadi 1404 (January 5, 2026) may be remembered as a turning point in the development of Afghanistan’s criminal law under Taliban rule, but one that raises serious concerns...
Register First, Nikah later: Northampton Imam and the Limits of Child Marriage Protection
“You ought to have known the law had changed.” On 19 January 2026, those words concluded the “legal first” Northampton child marriage prosecution case. The imam (religious cleric) before the...
An International Human Rights Law Critique of Karnataka’s Hate Speech Bill
Karnataka’s Legislative Assembly recently passed the controversial Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 (“Bill”), which is currently pending gubernatorial assent. Introduced amid concerns over religious and caste-based...
The Kerala High Court’s Sex Work Ruling: A Human Rights Crisis in the Making
When courts rule on the lives of vulnerable communities without grounding their decisions in lived realities, the result is often not protection but harm. In July 2025, the Kerala High...
Teenage Love Caught between Consent and Criminality under POCSO
In a country where the age of consent is fixed at 18 years, what happens to a 17-year-old in a consensual relationship? This has become a pressing legal concern after...
From Magna Carta to Machine Learning: AI Without Borders, Laws Within
With the rapidly increasing era of new technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), a deep paradox exists due to complexity, insufficient precedent, and loopholes in laws that ideally should preserve the...
In Substance and In Form: Understanding the Human Rights Implications of the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s Expedited Changes to Pay Equity
Pay equity, the provision of equal pay for equal work, is a human rights issue. Pay equity claims allow women to bring a claim against their employer for increased wages...
Lowering the Marital Age of Nepal: Controversy Estopped on Protection against Child Marriages?
Moving into a controversial circle, on January 15, 2025, the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives proposed to bring down the marital age from 20...
