Legal Aid in India: The Need for Strong Laws and High Minds
By Persis Sidhva The Indian legal system has been ineffective in promoting a pro bono culture. The Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 provides for free legal services to Scheduled Castes,...
The More, the Murkier: Of Several Draft Laws on Disability in India
India has finally been taken over by the wave of legislative engagement with the rights of persons with disabilities (PwDs), several years after ratifying the United Nations Convention on the...
Horizontal Application of the Right to Education in India
A Full Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered the long awaited judgment on the constitutionality of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 (RTE...
Public Duties and Private Schools: the Indian Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling
Problems of affordability and access have perennially plagued the Indian educational system. State-run schools, while affordable, have suffered from a severe absence of quality in every respect; and private schools...
The New Politics of Socio-Economic Rights
The wave of constitutional democracy, which was generated during the latter part of the previous century, has ensured that the enforcement of socio-economic rights have become central to contemporary constitutional...
