09-Mar-2023 How many lives will it take before India acknowledges dominant caste hegemony in educational institutes? CJP reviews anti-discriminatory guidelines failing Dalit-Adivasi students, costing precious lives like those of Darshan Solanki and Rohith Vemula
16-Feb-2023 Why POSCO provisions added in these cases and where is the need for custodial interrogation? Guwahati HC questions ‘crackdown on child marriages’ and grants anticipatory bail in several cases How lawful is the application of POCSO, IPC (Rape), and PCMA as the number of Muslim men being arrested and thrown into jails rises in Assam, Guwahati HC questions
03-Feb-2023 Bombay HC rules that married women may terminate pregnancies because of foetal health conditions A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.
31-Jan-2023 Making a case against capital punishment Taking the rational argument among the people will build support for its abolition
30-Jan-2023 चरवाहों का पोस्टकार्ड अभियान: ब्रिटिश राज के काले कानून, वन अधिनियम 1927 को वापस लिया जाए लगभग 10,000 पोस्टकार्ड और चिट्ठियाँ पहुंची महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय
25-Jan-2023 Inequality in India-Undesired yet Prevalent While the Constitution expressly warns against wealth concentration, Indian society is rife with inequality
24-Jan-2023 No policy on orphan protection, a dire necessity: Covid-19 pandemic The wide scale suffering by India’s orphans during and after the pandemic is worsened by the absence of a legal framework
18-Jan-2023 An overview of dissent in the NJAC case An analysis on the dissent by Justice Chelameswar
14-Jan-2023 Ambiguity, a feature of India’s refugee policy Between constitutional courts there are differing interpretations and at the executive level a reluctance to provide even basic rights
11-Jan-2023 CJP analyses India’s contradictory jurisprudence: SC takes cognisance of petitions demanding criminalising of marital rape New petition challenges Exception 2 to Section 375, that has done away with ingredient of ‘consent’
21-Dec-2022 Anti-Conversion Laws: Are forced conversions a myth or reality? Available data clearly shows up the bogey of “forced religious conversions” for what it is, another stick to beat marginalised minorities with – a resource
14-Dec-2022 Factsheet on Witness protection in India A witness is supposed to be the eyes and ears of justice system, how are they protected?
30-Nov-2022 SC once again seeks DLSA intervention to ensure that under trials unable to provide surety are released from prison Inactive DLSAs and overall bureaucratic lethargy result in under trials languishing in jails
24-Nov-2022 The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2002 is harbinger of a surveillance regime? In gross violation of the 2017 K.S. Puttaswamy judgement of the SC, the Bill limits the citizens’ rights over her data while weaponsing state control over it
23-Nov-2022 Bombay HC: Material does not inspire confidence that Teltumbde indulged in terrorist acts He has spent more than 2.5 years in prison under the stringent UAPA