Weaponising Reform: The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and Its Assault on Religious Freedom
On 6 April 2025, the President of India gave assent to the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act, 2025, marketed as a measure to “streamline” oversight of India’s...
Beyond Childbirth: Addressing the Rights of Commissioning Mothers in the Indian Legal Landscape
The Orissa High Court (the Court) in Supriya Jena v State Of Odisha & Ors has ruled that female employees who have become mothers through surrogacy are entitled to equal...
Access Denied? Disability and Digital Identification in India: Reflections after Pragya Prasun and Amar Jain
On 30 April 2025, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment in Pragya Prasun & Ors. v. Union of India and Amar Jain v....
Supreme Court of India Moves from Tolerance to Acceptance for Persons with Disabilities
Constitutionally, there is enough consensus around the fact that law must acknowledge the unequal realities of its subjects, and anything less than that may be formal equality but not substantive...
The Curious Case of Custodial Torture in India
In February 2025, the High Court of Justice in London, King’s Bench Division, rejected the extradition of Sanjay Bhandari to India on the ground of custodial torture. Bhandari is an...
Breaking Encryption, Breaking Rights? France’s Legislative Stand and What India Must Learn
On 20 March 2025, the French National Assembly voted down Article 8 of the proposed Drug Trafficking Bill (“Proposition de loi visant à sortir la France du piège du narcotrafic”),...
When Bulldozer Justice Breeds Injustice: Indian Supreme Court Curtails Arbitrary Demolitions
On 13 November 2024, the apex court of India delivered a landmark judgment in In Re: Directions in the matter of demolition of structures addressing the important injustice being caused...
The Legality of Indore’s Anti-Begging Notification
The District Administration of the city of Indore, India has issued a notification under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 (the new Criminal Procedure Code), penalising...
Rethinking the POSH Act in India: Expanding sexual harassment to include sex-based harassment at the workplace
In India, the primary legislative instrument aimed at creating safe and dignified workplaces for women is the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (‘POSH...
A Critical Analysis of the Indian Supreme Court’s Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
On October 17, 2024, the Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution Bench ruled that same-sex couples do not have an unconditional right to marry, stating it is a matter for Parliament, and...
Can’t Fathers Feed their Babies? Critiquing the Indian Supreme Court’s order on gendered infant-care in public
In February 2025, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order in Maatr Sparsh, An Initiative by Avyaan Foundation v. Union of India, acknowledging the intertwined legal rights of...
Discarding the Marital Rape Exemption: From Fundamental Rights to Vulnerability Theory
Recently, in Gorakhnth Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh, the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man, who allegedly forced anal intercourse on his wife resulting in fatal injuries, of all charges...
