I am not here to delight you’: Indira Jaising and gender justice in India
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The Out of School Children Case: A Model for Court-Facilitated Dialogue?
An Indian citizen enjoys a constitutionally guaranteed right to free and compulsory primary education (Article 21A ...
Law Commission of India Recommends Abolition of the Death Penalty: A Historic First Step
In what can be termed as a watershed moment in the fight against death penalty in India, the Law Commission in its ...
The (Patel) Quest for Reservation
In the Indian state of Gujarat, a ‘movement’ led by a young man named Hardik Patel is demanding that the Patel ...
The Indian Supreme Court and the Missing Connection between Faith and Dress
The Indian Supreme Court’s recent comments trivialising the importance of religious dress to faith have troubling ...
Santhara: Jains’ Right to Exit with Dignity
The Jain religion of India has been embroiled in legal controversy surrounding the practice of Santhara or ...
Tackling Moral Policing in Mumbai: A Human Rights Approach
In the latest news on moral policing, earlier this month the Mumbai police conducted a round of raids across ...
Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India: Criminal Defamation and the Countours of Free Speech
The Supreme Court of India recently concluded its hearings in Subramaniam Swamy v Union of India, challenging the ...
India, the Land of Ironies: A Constitutional Democracy’s Dance with the Death Penalty
India is a country of ironies. Barely a fortnight ago, we had a consultation on the death penalty organised by the ...
The Pornography of Policing: The “Rape Bait”
In Bombay, two men posing as cops raped a 17-year-old girl and filmed the violence they perpetrated on the phone ...
Single Mothers, Absent Fathers and the Best Interests of the Child: Drawing a Fine Balance in the ABC Case
India is a country where religious rights of different communities are constitutionally protected. However ...
Empathy, Craft and other Lessons to Learn from the US Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Three narratives provide the human face to the text of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark US Supreme Court ...
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