
Uttar Pradesh’s Kafkaesque Anti-Conversion Ordinance
By Surbhi Soni / January 25, 2021
In this post the author contendsthat the Ordinance exemplifies religious nationalism, and infringes the right to dignity, privacy and choice of interfaith couples.
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Deirdre N. Dlugoleski Responds to the Discussion on her Paper on Forest Rights Act
By Deirdre N. Dlugoleski / January 22, 2021
Deirdre N. Dlugoleski’s detailed response to the post(s) from C.R. Bijoy and Shalini Iyengar regarding her Article in the Indian Law Review titled “Undoing historical injustice: the role of the Forest Rights Act and the Supreme...
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Summary – Basic without Structure? : The presidential order of 1954 and the Indo-J&K constitutional relationship
By Zaid Deva / January 20, 2021
In this post the author summarizes his research article - "Basic without Structure? : The presidential order of 1954 and the Indo-J&K constitutional relationship" published in the Issue 2 of 2020 Volume of the Indian...
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Fellow Travelers in Illiberalism: India and Hungary
By Gábor Halmai / January 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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he...
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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...
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Right to Protest Judgment: Its Impact on Democracy
By Jyotishka Guha / January 17, 2021
In this piece, the author analyses the effect of the Supreme Court's judgement in the Shaheen Bagh case on the right to protest safeguarded in any democracy.
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Prof. Mark Tushnet’s response to India and Global Decline in Democracies
By Professor Mark Tushnet / January 15, 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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the symposium...
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Domicile Reservation in National Law Universities – A Response to Alok Prasanna Kumar
By Rohit Sharma and Varun Kannan / January 14, 2021
In this post, the authors respond to Alok Prasanna's piece on domicile reservations, published in the Economic and Political Weekly. They argue that domicile reservations could make National Law Universities less inclusive.
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Chameleon Constitutions and Sri Lanka’s 20th Amendment
By Dr. Dinesha Samararatne / January 11, 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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the symposium...
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Farm Laws: The Ayes have it! The Ayes have it!?
By Gursimran K. Bakshi and Shrutika Pandey / January 10, 2021
In this post, the authors argue that the recent Farm Bills are beyond the legislative competence of the union government, and the process of passage of these bills evaded parliamentary procedure.
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Subversion By Law
By Prof.Samuel Issacharoff / January 8, 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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the...
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Patriotism, Nationalism and the Civilisational State
By Dr. Venkat Iyer / January 7, 2021
In this post the author reviews the books -The Battle of Belonging and A New Idea of India by Shahsi Tharoor and A New Idea of India by Harsh Madhusudan and Rajeev Mantri
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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...
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The Forgotten Alternative to Addressing Caste Discrimination
By Adithya Reddy / January 4, 2021
In this post, the author raises the question of what has led to the failure to annihilate caste. He investigates whether such a failure has taken place despite taking a constitutional approach or whether such...
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Examining the legality of the NIA Act
By Varun Garg / January 3, 2021
In this post, the author examines the constitutionality of the National Investigation Agency with reference to the federal structure of the Indian Constitution.
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Sub-Classification in reservations but what of Untouchability and discrimination flowing through SC/ST category?
By Digvijay S. Chaudhary / January 2, 2021
In this post the author discusses the problem existent in the current categorisation of SC and ST groups. He also outlines possible solutions for the same.
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Monthly Round-Up: December 2020
By Mohini Parghi / January 1, 2021
As 2020 comes to a close, the Law and Other Things team wishes all our readers a very Happy New Year! We are pleased to bring you an update on the blog's activities over the...
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Prof. Redding Responds to Reviews of A Secular Need
By Jeff Redding / December 29, 2020
In this conclusion to our blog round-table book discussion, Prof. Jeffrey Redding writes a response to the reviews for A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India
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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
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sub-Classification within Reserved Seats
By Chitranksha Kumari / October 13, 2020
This piece analyses the recent Supreme Court decision on sub-classification in reservations in the case of Davinder Singh. The article also explores the judicial precedents that were examined by the court in this judgement.
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Same-Sex Marriage: Examining the Move towards Legal Recognition
By Mariyam Mayan / October 5, 2020
This piece examines the recent move towards legal recognition of same-sex marriage and the petitions filed in different High Courts. it also elaborates on the divergent arguments made in favour of and against the same.
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The Controversial Legacy of Justice Arun Mishra
By Shravani Shendye / September 17, 2020
In this piece, our Legal Reporter, Shravani analyses different articles written on the judicial career of Justice Arun Mishra who retired from the Supreme Court recently.
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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

Prof. Mark Tushnet’s response to India and Global Decline in Democracies
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

Can the Judiciary Guard Democratic Transitions of Power? An Indian-Israeli Perspective
By Prof. Rivka Weill / December 21, 2020

Giving Form to a Shapeless Threat: Tarun Khaitan’s Work on Democratic Decay in India
By Tom Daly / December 19, 2020

NUJS Law Review: Companion Special Issue 13(3)
By DGV Rithvik / December 15, 2020

India & Global Decline in Democracies
By DGV Rithvik / December 14, 2020

Discussing Vol. 4 Issue 2 of the Indian Law Review
By Shanthan Reddy / November 27, 2020

Undoing historical injustice: The role of the Forest Rights Act and the Supreme Court in departing from colonial forest laws
By Deirdre N. Dlugoleski / November 27, 2020

Intermediary liability and Safe Harbour: On due diligence and automated filtering
By Gurshabad Grover and Anna Liz Thomas / November 25, 2020

Jeffrey Redding’s A Secular Need: Review by Shahrukh Alam – Part II
By Shahrukh Alam / November 7, 2020

Jeffrey Redding’s A Secular Need: Review by Shahrukh Alam – Part I
By Shahrukh Alam / November 6, 2020

The Enduring Gaps and Errors in Capital Sentencing in India
By Anup Surendranath, Neetika Vishwanath and Preeti Pratishruti Dash / October 24, 2020

On Dar ul Qazas and Indian Secularism’s Ability to Contemplate Religious Plurality: A Review of Jeff Redding’s A Secular Need by Shaunna Rodrigues
By Shaunna Rodrigues / October 21, 2020
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.
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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...
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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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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.
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Call for Papers | The GNLU Law Review [Volume VIII]: Submit by 31st January 2021
By DGV Rithvik / December 14, 2020
The GNLU Law Review [Volume VIII] Call for Papers.
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Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi | Digital Fellowship 2021
By DGV Rithvik / December 11, 2020
The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi (CCG), is calling for applications for the DIGITAL (Digital Rights and Inclusive Technology for All) Fellowship, to be offered to successful candidates for a period...
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Call for Papers | Indian Journal of Constitutional Law Vol X : Submit by 17th January 2021
By Shanthan Reddy / November 17, 2020
Call for Papers for the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law (IJCL) Vol X. IJCL isa flagship journal of NALSAR University of Law and seeks to promote scholarship on core and comparative constitutional law issues.
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Call for Applications | The CLPR Equality Fellowship
By DGV Rithvik / November 2, 2020
CLPR focuses on addressing discrimination at the intersections of caste, gender, sexuality, and disability and other minorities through law. As a part of this work, they are excited to announce The CLPR Equality Fellowship.
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IACL Virtual Global Roundtable: ‘Democracy 2020’
By DGV Rithvik / October 27, 2020
On 18-26 November, the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) Global Roundtable ‘Democracy 2020: Assessing Constitutional Decay, Breakdown, and Renewal Worldwide’ will take place as series of 9 inter-connected webinars.
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Call for Papers | Plural Ideas of Justice: Stories, Narratives, and Experiences from India
By DGV Rithvik / September 26, 2020
Organisers: Dr. Kalindi Kokal (IIT Bombay); Siddharth Peter de Souza (Justice Adda) Partner: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung India Office This workshop seeks to explore the ideas of justice that emerge from such different and diverse non-state forums. What...
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Discussing Vol. 4 Issue 1 of the Indian Law Review
As our readers might be aware, we have recently started the New Scholarship Section on our Blog, to promote new academic literature in the field of public law. As an added dimension to this, we have decided to invite discussants...
Patriotism, Nationalism and the Civilisational State
[Ed note - In this post Dr. Venkat Iyer reviews the books -The Battle of Belonging by Shashi Tharoor and A New Idea of India by Harsh Gupta ‘Madhusudan’ and Rajeev Mantri] A cynic might be forgiven for believing that...
Sub-Classification in reservations but what of Untouchability and discrimination flowing through SC/ST category?
‘Kapada na latta va khaya bhatta fajitee maay hoti lay mothiKakhet lekaru, haatat jhadna, doi war shenaachi paati,Mahya Bhimana maiy sonyane bharali oti.’ [No clothes to wear, neither food to eat, it was a huge fuzzy,Child in arms, broom in...
Domicile Reservation in National Law Universities – A Response to Alok Prasanna Kumar
In an article published in EPW on July 11th, Alok Prasanna Kumar had argued in favour of having domicile-based reservations in National Law Universities (NLUs). Mr. Kumar argued that the elite resistance to domicile reservation reflects an unfounded fear of...
Farm Laws: The Ayes have it! The Ayes have it!?
Ed Note: In this post, the authors argue that the recent Farm Bills are beyond the legislative competence of the union government, and the process of passage of these bills evaded parliamentary procedure. 1. Introduction Article 79 of the Constitution...
Examining the legality of the NIA Act
A federal government is a system wherein powers are divided between the Centre and the State and both operate independently in their respective jurisdictions.[1] The Constituent Assembly adopted for a federal structure in order to reconcile national unity with regional...
Right to Protest Judgment: Its Impact on Democracy
Introduction The recently introduced Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have garnered widespread public debate on whether these measures are in consonance with the secular ideals of the Indian state. These two measures created serious apprehensions...
Chameleon Constitutions and Sri Lanka’s 20th Amendment
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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the symposium can be found here. This post...
Prof. Mark Tushnet’s response to India and Global Decline in Democracies
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 will be discussing Professor Tarunabh Khaitan’s article, which he introduced here. More information on the symposium can be found here. This post...
The Forgotten Alternative to Addressing Caste Discrimination
When a top Bollywood actor recently said modern Indians have rejected caste and another one opposed identification of caste in the census a few years back, some people legitimately see casteism in their thinking. Isn’t it a way of looking...
Prof. Redding Responds to Reviews of A Secular Need
Ed Note: (In this conclusion to our blog round-table book discussion, Prof. Jeffrey Redding writes a response to the reviews for A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India. The introduction by Prof. Rohit De is here. which was followed...
