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18-Nov-2022

Bodily autonomy & safe abortion, a right under Article 21 Understanding the evolution of abortion laws, in the national and international context

17-Nov-2022

Seizing mobiles, laptops during arrests: A lawless act? With no legal framework in place, the police take these devices from the accused at their whimsy

14-Nov-2022

An Indian law on hate speech: the contradictions and lack of conversation India needs a definition on hate speech that takes into account recent jurisprudence and moves away from the colonial construct in Indian penal laws

12-Nov-2022

ज्योती जगताप और उमर खालिद जमानती याचिकाओं पर फैसले: बुनियादी बातों पर नहीं गया ध्यान

10-Nov-2022

‘Moderate abridgment’ of equality does not violate basic structure: majority bench upholds EWS The 3:2 SC decision finds exclusion of backward classes from EWS to be valid

10-Nov-2022

Collegium System of Judicial Appointment: A critique While transparency in judicial appointments must be a key objective, interference from an overbearing executive that has no stomach for dissent is a serious risk

09-Nov-2022

Excluding SC/ST/OBC from EWS reservation is fresh injustice: Justice Bhat The CJI and Justice Bhat dissented from the decision upholding EWS as constitutionally valid

05-Nov-2022

Shepherds’ postcard campaign: Repeal the colonial Forest Act, 1927 About 10,000 postcards and letters have reached the CMO of Maharashtra

05-Nov-2022

Does revealing your device password to the police amount to self-incrimination? A Delhi court has recently held that an accused cannot be forced to reveal his password as it would amount to impinging on his constitutional rights

03-Nov-2022

How political slogans are used to deny bail by high courts The denial of bail in the both the Jyoti Jagtap and Umar Khalid cases marks an all time low in UAPA jurisprudence

02-Nov-2022

Patriarchy and Virtue: Why is the outlawed practice of the Two Finger Test still in practice in India? SC overturns the Jharkhand HC judgment in a rape conviction, expresses concern over the use of the Two Finger Test as medical evidence

31-Oct-2022

इलेक्टोरल बॉन्ड: लोकतंत्र का “ट्रोजन हॉर्स” राजनैतिक पार्टियों को चन्दा देने वालों को गोपनीय रहने की स्वतंत्रता और देश के बाहर रहने वालों को भी विदेशी मुद्रा अधिनियम (FEMA) के तहत चंदे की छूट ने भारतीय चुनावी प्रक्रिया के साथ खिलवाड़ की संभावना खड़ी की है

28-Oct-2022

Does the State have the right to disrupt Muslim woman’s right to education? While the issue of Karnataka hijab ban matter was referred to the CJI after the SC’s split verdict, has the issue of a denial of education lost?

25-Oct-2022

Forest Conservation Rules, 2022- An overview of changes that snatch rights of Gram Sabhas The forest conservation rules present a new challenge to an already ill implemented Forest Rights Act, 2006; they take away the rights of Gram Sabha to first consent to any diversion of forest land.

18-Oct-2022

Electoral Bonds: A Democracy’s Trojan horse The anonymity of the political party donor coupled with the fact that foreign entities can also be exempted under FEMA and contribute, has rendered the Indian electoral process open to manipulation

14-Oct-2022

Section 43D UAPA: A continuing anomaly of state-sanctioned infringement of rights of the accused While refusing bail to two UAPA accused, the Delhi High Court held that the prosecution is not required to disclose the report to the accused

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