19-Jan-2024 How and when the Supreme Court moved on Manipur: 2023 Despite urgent approaches by victim survivor groups in May 2023, while the Supreme Court was on vacation, it was after the sensational July 19, 2023 gender violence video that concrete and detailed orders were passed by the apex court
15-Jan-2024 De-coding the historic Bilkis Bano verdict Bilkis Bano has fought a challenging battle, she is one of the 1,958 Muslim women survivors of the targeted violence in Gujarat in 2002
04-Jan-2024 2023: India’s Bad Laws, what a weaponised state means for individual freedoms and indigenous rights Will the 30 bills passed without due process in four parliamentary sessions further curtail India's future rights and freedoms
18-Dec-2023 Bail not Jail, India’s constitutional courts’ bumpy ride towards personal liberty A retrospective glance at 2023: Have courts effectively safeguarded the diminishing right to liberty for Indian citizens?
30-Nov-2023 MAT highlights state’s duty under Transgender Act 2019 for Trans inclusion Tribunal eases age criteria, offers grace marks for transgender public employment, stops short of mandating state reservations
27-Nov-2023 Are Governors undermining democracy by holding up bills? Should concern mount over India's democratic functioning as Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala approach Supreme Court over routine constitutional procedures?
21-Nov-2023 How much reason is too much reason? Part III on Marriage Equality Judgement Uneven reasoning of the majority in denying the flow of rights
17-Nov-2023 Do all Indians have the right to a civil union? Understanding the Marriage Equality Judgement – Part II This part in the series examines what India’s Supreme Court has said on the Right to enter into a Union and the contradictions on this issue in the verdict.
15-Nov-2023 निगरानी के प्रयासों से निजता के अधिकार का हनन, निशाने पर चुनिंदा लोग, कानून की खामियाँ उजागर एप्पल की ओर से हालिया अलर्ट ने विपक्षी नेताओं और पत्रकारों पर राज्य प्रायोजित निगरानी हमले के मामलों को सामने लाकर सत्तारूढ़ शासन द्वारा प्रायोजित पेगासस का भूत वापस ला दिया है
09-Nov-2023 State-sponsored attempts at surveillance erode right to privacy, target specific persons and expose lacunae in legislation Bringing back the ghost of Pegasus malware by the ruling regime, recent alerts from Apple throw up more instances of a state-sponsored surveillance attack on leaders of the opposition and journalists
08-Nov-2023 How fundamental are our rights? An examination of the judgement in the Marriage Equality Case: SC This analysis delves into the contradictions within the verdict, highlighting disturbing precedents contradicting earlier court decisions
02-Nov-2023 Legal evolution of voter’s right to be informed about a contesting candidate’s criminal history Delve into the legal trajectory of a candidate’s criminal history disclosure, fraudulent affidavits, disqualification, and lingering concerns
30-Oct-2023 SC asks Union, state to eradicate manual scavenging completely, ensure compensation, rehabilitation and education The slew of guidelines issued in the petition direct implementation of acts prohibiting manual scavenging
28-Oct-2023 Manipur High Court holds right to vote as an extension of Article 19(1) (a), affirms voters right to know Even today, voting rights are a matter of debate. Is it time for judicial pronouncements declaring them fundamental rights?
14-Oct-2023 What does ‘Autonomy” to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 actually mean? Part IV of the analysis of Article 370
13-Oct-2023 ‘Reorganisation’ of J & K into two union territories, constitutional? Part III of the analysis of Article 370