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Analysing NEP Through Gendered Lens – Part II

By Shraddha and Harshwardhan Pushkin Sharma / April 20, 2021

This is a two-part series on the analysis of the National Education Policy through gendered lines.

New Scholarship

Response to “Who are our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges”

By Deepika Kinhal and Shreya Tripathy / April 14, 2021

Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship Section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to specific articles. This is part of a series of posts discussing the public law themed research articles featured...

Analysing the National Education Policy through Gendered Lens – Part I

By Shraddha and Harshwardhan Pushkin Sharma / April 10, 2021

The Union Cabinet of India has approved the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) for implementation. It is set to be the guiding document of India’s future education system, containing several innovative educational initiatives and reforms....

Discussing Volume 9 of the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law

By DGV Rithvik / April 10, 2021

The fourth part of our discussions under the New Scholarship series around public law themed articles will include pieces featured in the recently released Volume 9 of the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law. IJCL’s editorial board...

Who Are Our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges

By Rangin Tripathy and Chandni Kaur Bagga / April 10, 2021

In this piece, Rangin Tripathy and Chandni Kaur Bagga introduce the arguments they make in their research article titled “Who Are Our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges

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Monthly Round-Up: March 2021

By Mohini Parghi / April 8, 2021

This month, Law and Other Things published a range of articles & discussions. Below, we bring you an update on the Blog’s activities over the month of March 2021. Blog Posts We started off with...

Federalism

Locating the civil services in a federal set-up

By Abhirup Srivastav and Lahar Jain / April 5, 2021

Introduction In early December, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs ordered three IPS officers belonging to the West Bengal Cadre to report for deputation at the Centre. The officers were responsible for the security of...

Trajectories of Indian Carceral Feminism

By Shruti Iyer / April 4, 2021

In her response piece, Shruti Iyer writes about how Dash's article provides an apt opportunity for feminists to reflect on the outcome of their efforts. She also makes observations about the status of civil society...

New Scholarship

Feminists and Rape Law Reform: Wielding Power with Expertise?

By Saptarshi Mandal / April 3, 2021

[Ed Note: As part of our New Scholarship Section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to specific articles. This is part of a series of posts discussing the public law themed research articles featured in...

Comparative Law

The Silent Dialogue – A Comparative Characterisation of the Agricultural Laws’ Adjudication in India

By Anushka Mittal / April 1, 2021

In this piece, the author attempts to examine the plenary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by examining if the interim Order passed by the Supreme Court in the course of forming a committee in the...

Executive

Ruling by executive fiat: Time for greater judicial control?

By Harsh Jain / March 31, 2021

The power of the executive to promulgate ordinances was incorporated into the Constitution of India, with certain checks on its abuse, in order to enable effective decision making in times of emergency. While a feature...

Response to Dr Farrah Ahmed’s paper: Arbitrariness, Subordination and Unequal Citizenship

By Apurva Thakur / March 26, 2021

New Scholarship

Thinking with ‘Accidental Feminism’

By Hemangini Gupta / March 26, 2021

[Ed Note: As part of our blog round-table book discussion on Professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen’s Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility among India’s Professional Elite, this is the review by Hemangini Gupta. The introductory post and...

Rape adjudication in India in the aftermath of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013: Findings from trial courts of Delhi

By Preeti Pratishruti Dash / March 24, 2021

Ed Note - As part of our New Scholarship Section, we have been inviting discussants to respond to specific articles. This is part of a series of posts discussing the public law themed research articles featured...

Life and Law in Delhi’s Terrorism Trials | Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR

By DGV Rithvik / March 23, 2021

Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research Invites you to a talk Life and Law in Delhi’s Terrorism Trials by Dr. Mayur Suresh. Mayur Suresh is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at...

Constitutional Law

Response to Muhammad Mutahhar Amin’s Response – Basic without Structure? : the Presidential Order of 1954 and the Indo-Jammu & Kashmir Constitutional Relationship

By Zaid Deva / March 19, 2021

This Response Piece is part of a series of posts indexed here discussing the public law themed articles featured in the recently released Issue 2 of the 2020 Volume of the Indian Law Review. This...

Arbitrariness, Subordination and Unequal Citizenship

By Dr.Farrah Ahmed / March 18, 2021

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The #Me Too Judgement : M.J. Akbar vs Priya Ramani

By Sahil Aggarwal / March 16, 2021

In India, one of the most high-profile cases to come out of the #MeToo movement against workplace sexual harassment perpetrated has finally seen its culmination. The Case involved Journalist Priya Ramani, as an accused after...

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Killing A Constitution With A Thousand Cuts: A Response to the Symposium Blogs

By Tarunabh Khaitan / February 18, 2021

[Ed Note – We are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative. We discussed Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. All responses to his...

Unraveling the New Land Regime in Jammu and Kashmir

By Mariyam Mayan / December 22, 2020

In this post, Mariyam Mayam, legal reporter at LOAT, explains the new land law regime being put in place in Jammu and Kashmir

India & Global Decline in Democracies

By DGV Rithvik / December 14, 2020

Law and Other Things is happy to announce that we are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative.

Interview with Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan

By Vishal Rakhecha / December 1, 2020

Prof. Khaitan talks about the Junior Faculty Forum, his personal journey in academic writing and shares advice on how to improve writing! He also talks about the writing skills that undergraduate law students and early-career...

Discussing Vol. 4 Issue 2 of the Indian Law Review

By Shanthan Reddy / November 27, 2020

This is the third part of our New Scholarship Series. In this series we discuss public law themed articles featured in the recently released Issue 2 of the 2020 Volume of India Law Review. This...

Over-Regulation of The Civil Society: Unpacking the FCRA 2020

By Shravani Shendye / November 15, 2020

In this Explainer, our Legal Reporter Shravani, unpacks the substantive and procedural issues with the recent Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020. FCRA 2020 seeks to regulate foreign funding of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in order...

Institutional Reform at the Supreme Court

By Nick Robinson / November 10, 2020

[Ed Note: As part of our series marking 15 Years of Law and Other Things, we bring to you posts from our long-time contributors and supporters! In this post our Senior Editor Nick Robinson traces the...

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Introduction to a Book Discussion on Jeffrey Redding’s A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India

By Rohit De / October 14, 2020

(Over the next few days, we will run a book discussion on Jeffrey A. Redding’s A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India. This is the introductory post by Professor Rohit De) Whether from the perspective...

Explainer

The #Me Too Judgement : M.J. Akbar vs Priya Ramani

By Sahil Aggarwal / March 16, 2021

Explainer

Regulatory Framework for the COVID-19 Vaccine

By Shravani Shendye / February 17, 2021

In this explainer, our Reporter Shravani explains the regulatory framework for the development, approval and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in India. It explains the legal compliances required under the current regulatory regime while also...

Labour Codes: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

By Mariyam Mayan / February 1, 2021

This post discusses the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, focusing on some of its key features as well the limitations and inconsistencies posed by it.

Labour Codes: Code on Social Security, 2020

By Sahil Aggarwal / January 17, 2021

Sahil discusses some crucial new changes introduced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 and its potential limitations in light of the recent release of the corresponding Code on Social Security (Central) Draft Rules, 2020...

Unraveling the New Land Regime in Jammu and Kashmir

By Mariyam Mayan / December 22, 2020

In this post, Mariyam Mayam, legal reporter at LOAT, explains the new land law regime being put in place in Jammu and Kashmir

Labour Codes: Industrial Relations Code 2020

By Chitranksha Kumari / December 17, 2020

The Government recently passed three labour codes - the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and the Code of Social Security, 2020 - in a bid to consolidate...

Over-Regulation of The Civil Society: Unpacking the FCRA 2020

By Shravani Shendye / November 15, 2020

Right to Protest v. Right to Mobility: The Shaheen Bagh Case

By Sahil Aggarwal / October 22, 2020

This article presents an account of the recent Supreme Court judgment in Amit Sahni v. Commissioner of Police and Ors. which answers a disputed question of drawing the balance between the right to protest and...

Response to “Who are our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges”

By Deepika Kinhal and Shreya Tripathy / April 14, 2021

Who Are Our Judges? Assessing the Information Disclosure Practice of Indian Supreme Court Judges

By Rangin Tripathy and Chandni Kaur Bagga / April 10, 2021

Feminists and Rape Law Reform: Wielding Power with Expertise?

By Saptarshi Mandal / April 3, 2021

Response to Dr Farrah Ahmed’s paper: Arbitrariness, Subordination and Unequal Citizenship

By Apurva Thakur / March 26, 2021

Thinking with ‘Accidental Feminism’

By Hemangini Gupta / March 26, 2021

Rape adjudication in India in the aftermath of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013: Findings from trial courts of Delhi

By Preeti Pratishruti Dash / March 24, 2021

Arbitrariness, Subordination and Unequal Citizenship

By Dr.Farrah Ahmed / March 18, 2021

Free Market Feminism: A Review of Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility among India’s Professional Elite

By Akshaya Kamalnath / March 5, 2021

Introduction to a Book Discussion on Swethaa Ballakrishnen’s Accidental Feminism: Gender Parity and Selective Mobility among India’s Professional Elite

By Nick Robinson / March 4, 2021

Killing A Constitution With A Thousand Cuts: A Response to the Symposium Blogs

By Tarunabh Khaitan / February 18, 2021

We have met the enemy and he is us: Thoughts inspired by Tarunabh Khaitan’s “Killing a constitution with thousand cuts”

By Professor Mark Graber / February 9, 2021

The Case for Systemic Constitutional Analysis

By Professor Kim Lane Scheppele / January 30, 2021

Response to Zaid Deva’s Article – Basic without Structure? : the Presidential Order of 1954 and the Indo-Jammu & Kashmir Constitutional Relationship

By Muhammad Mutahhar Amin / January 26, 2021

Deirdre N. Dlugoleski Responds to the Discussion on her Paper on Forest Rights Act

By Deirdre N. Dlugoleski / January 22, 2021

Summary – Basic without Structure? : The presidential order of 1954 and the Indo-J&K constitutional relationship

By Zaid Deva / January 20, 2021

Fellow Travelers in Illiberalism: India and Hungary

By Gábor Halmai / January 18, 2021

Putting Politics Ahead of Institutional Critique

By Professor Mark Tushnet / January 15, 2021

Chameleon Constitutions and Sri Lanka’s 20th Amendment

By Dr. Dinesha Samararatne / January 11, 2021

Subversion By Law

By Prof.Samuel Issacharoff / January 8, 2021

Prof. Redding Responds to Reviews of A Secular Need

By Jeff Redding / December 29, 2020

Killing A Constitution With A Thousand Cuts: A Response to the Symposium Blogs

By Tarunabh Khaitan / February 18, 2021

India & Global Decline in Democracies

By DGV Rithvik / December 14, 2020

Law and Other Things is happy to announce that we are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative.

Some Reflections on What the State is doing with our Time

By Malavika Prasad / December 11, 2020

In this post, our Senior Editor Malavika Prasad examines state action relying upon the lens of time

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Samvidhaan: Reflections on Shyam Benegal’s rendition of Indian Constitutional history

By Dr. Arvind Elangovan / November 30, 2020

In this post, Professor Arvind Elangovan reflects upon the famous television series "Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India" by Shyam Benegal. He argues that despite the accomplishments of the series, which ostensibly aims to...

Institutional Reform at the Supreme Court

By Nick Robinson / November 10, 2020

Prashant Bhushan and Suriya: A Search for Natural Justice in Non-Contempt Proceedings

By V.Venkatesan / September 25, 2020

In this post our Senior Editor V. Venkatesan writes about the contempt case against the actor Suriya.

Looking Back & Looking at the Future: LAOT@15!

Looking Back & Looking at the Future: [email protected]!

By Vikram Raghavan, Dayaar Singla and Arun Thiruvengadam / September 25, 2020

In early August, Law and Other Things turned fifteen. To mark that milestone, the editors have invited past and present contributors to share their reflections. This piece is the first in that series. In it,...

Life and Law in Delhi’s Terrorism Trials | Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR

By DGV Rithvik / March 23, 2021

Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research Invites you to a talk Life and Law in Delhi’s Terrorism Trials by Dr. Mayur Suresh. Mayur Suresh is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at...

Call for Papers – Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly Journal (CALQ) – Vol. 5 Iss. 2 – Submit by 15th March 2021

By Shanthan Reddy / February 22, 2021

About The Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Journal ["CALQ"] is an open-access online journal initiated at National Law University, Jodhpur, aiming to foster debate on contemporary issues in comparative constitutional law and administrative law,...

Call for Papers | DAKSH Report

By DGV Rithvik / February 11, 2021

Call for Papers for DAKSH Report

IDIA Legal Workshop 2021 | NUJS x NLSIU x NALSAR

By DGV Rithvik / January 5, 2021

IDIA Chapters of West Bengal, Karnataka, and Hyderabad are jointly conducting a two-day Legal Workshop on 9th and 10th January 2021. The Workshop will help participants in improving their skills in various activities that are...

Introduction to the Roundtable Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: A Report from India

By Tarunabh Khaitan / December 16, 2020

We are hosting an international blog symposium on India and Global Decline in Democracies as a part of our New Scholarship initiative. We will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article “Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: Executive...