Dayaar Singla, Author at Law and Other Things

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

On September 25, 2020 By Vikram Raghavan, Dayaar Singla and Arun Thiruvengadam In Courts and Constitution, Editor's Choice, LAOT 15, Law and Other Things

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, …

Part II: NLAT: Lack of Transparency, Accountability & Other Concerns

On September 9, 2020 By Bhavisha Sharma and Dayaar Singla In Admissions, Discrimination, Editor's Choice, Equality

NLAT prima facie promises safety for all applicants as they can appear for it from their homes through an online interface. However, in this part, we shall analyze the mode and timeline of the examination to argue that contrary to the Notification’s claims, the examination is not fair, accessible or transparent.

Part I- NLAT: Can a Consortium Member have an independent test?

On September 9, 2020 By Bhavisha Sharma and Dayaar Singla In Admissions, Discrimination, Equality

This Part shall delve into the legality of NLSIU’s decision of having a separate entrance test, while continuing as a member of the Consortium of NLUs by examining the Bye-Laws and the Memorandum of Association (MoA) of the Consortium.

An Introduction to the Vol. 31(2) of the National Law School of India Review

On August 21, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Legislation Analysis, New Scholarship

[Ed Note: We’re happy to report the release of Vol. 31(2) of the National Law School of India Review. This has been developed from NLSIR-Samvād: Partners Symposium conducted on December 9, 2018 titled “The Sovereignty-Rights …

An Introduction to the Socio-Legal Review, NLSIU Vol. 16(1)

On August 20, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In New Scholarship

[Ed Note: We’re happy to report the release of Vol 16(1) of the Socio-Legal Review. We’re grateful to Shannon Khalkho for having taken the initiative to reach out to us and to Mugdha Mohapatra for …

Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, NALSAR releases Vol 9 (2020) | A Mélange of Scholarship on Indian and Comparative Constitutional Law Issues

On August 19, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Announcements, Comparative Law, Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal Law, Federalism, Fundamental Rights, Judgment Analysis, Legislative Reform, New Scholarship, Scholarships, Separation of Powers

[Ed Note: We are happy to report the release of IJCL’s Vol. 9 (2020). This Volume of the Journal seems quite promising with 11 pieces in the form of 7 Articles, 2 Essays and 2 …

Terrorism Trials & Reflections on Fundamental Rights | Talk by Justice Abhay M. Thipsay | Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR

On August 18, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Fundamental Rights, Webinar

The Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR has recently started a lecture series. For the second lecture, we have Justice (Retd.) Abhay Thipsay. Titled ‘Terrorism Trials and Reflections on Fundamental Rights’, the talk …

UAPA and the Pathologies of Law | Talk by Jawahar Raja | Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research, NALSAR

On August 11, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Announcements, Webinar

The Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Research is starting a lecture series, the first of which is a talk by Delhi-based criminal lawyer, Jawahar Raja. The title of the talk is ‘UAPA and the …

Discussing Vol. 4 Issue 1 of the Indian Law Review

On August 7, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Editor's Choice, New Scholarship

We’re extremely happy to kick-off this by starting a discussion around the public law themed articles featured in the recently released Issue 1 of the 2020 Volume of the Indian Law Review. This post will link all the responses to the Articles from this Issue of ILR.

Call for Papers | National Law School of India Review

On July 4, 2020 By Dayaar Singla In Announcements, Call for Papers

National Law School of India Review is inviting contributions for its forthcoming Volume 33, Issue 1. About NLSIR is the flagship law journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. In its 33rd year now, the NLSIR …