The article reviews the 2025 Special Intensive Revision in Bihar and its impact on voter rolls. Large-scale deletions followed, often affecting vulnerable groups, not because of disqualification but...
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This post breaks down the Delhi High Court’s PMLA ruling on whether COVID-era limitation extensions could pause the 180-day deadline for confirming provisional attachment orders. It lays out the CRSD...
In this episode of the Law and Other Things podcast, Sannidhi speaks with Senior Advocate Arvind Datar on key constitutional battles before the Supreme Court. The conversation covers his victory in...
Summary: In Murti Devi & Anr. v Balkar Singh, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court denied maintenance to a woman in a live-in relationship after considering her male-partner’s conviction for...
Summary: This article analyses a recent High Court order quashing a rape complaint and imposing punitive directions against the complainant. It examines how the Court departs from settled limits on...
Summary: In this article, the author critically examines the recent advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on state obligations concerning climate change, unpacking its doctrinal...
This new LAOT series seeks to demystify High Court procedure for young lawyers, litigants, and law students entering the profession. Through court-specific installments focused on different High...
The scheme of maintenance (permanent alimony) codified under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (“HMA”) continues to operate within a strict paradigm of conduct-based discretion rather than...
This new LAOT series seeks to demystify High Court procedure for young lawyers, litigants, and law students entering the profession. Through court-specific installments focused on different High...
Summary: In this article, I explore how emotions such as fear and empathy underlie judicial opinions in Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka using Sara Ahmed’s theory of “affective economies.” By...
This blog examines the significance of the case of Jane Kaushik v. Union of India for advancing transgender employment rights in India.
This blog examines whether ‘Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence’ qualifies as a minority institution under Article 30 in light of the Supreme Court’s AMU judgment. Applying the...
This article examines the constitutional role of time in executive assent, arguing that the Supreme Court’s rejection of an unregulated pocket veto in State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu...