This article has been authored by Siddhant Ranjan. Background Jayaraj and his son J. Beniks were allegedly sexually assaulted and tortured to death by police officials in Sathamkulam, Tamil Nadu. The media was full of …
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Time to Bring Down the Curtain on the Indian Ecclesiastical Jurisprudence
This article has been authored by Akshat Bhushan and Avishek Mehrotra. On May 15, 2020, the Allahabad High Court decided upon a writ petition (‘Azan judgment’) seeking upliftment of the ban on Azan through sound-amplifying …
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Birth Centenary Celebration of Late Justice YV Chandrachud, Former CJI – Webinar
The ILS Law College, Pune is hosting a webinar on the topic “A Changing Society and Constitutional Continuity – Experiences in Pursuit of Justice” to celebrate the Birth Centenary of the Late Justice YV Chandrachud, …
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WCL Short-Term Research Scholarships for Emerging Legal Scholars from India (Fall 2020)
The Chair for Public and Comparative Law at Humboldt University Berlin (Prof. Dr. Philipp Dann) in collaboration with the journal VRÜ / WCL offers two short-term research scholarships for emerging legal scholars from India. Scholarship …
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Press Release – ‘The Courts and The Constitution – 2019 in Review’ Conference
NALSAR University of Law recently concluded the second edition of its ‘The Courts and the Constitution Conference’ held in partnership with Azim Premji University and the blog Law and Other Things. The idea behind this …
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The Courts & the Constitution – 2019 in Review
In January 2019, Law and Other Things, in collaboration with the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research and Azim Premji University, organized the first Court and Constitution Conference in Hyderabad. The conference attempted to …
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The Supreme Court in Review, 2019
The Supreme Court Observer invites you to attend ‘The Supreme Court in Review, 2019’, in partnership with the NCS chapter of the St. Joseph’s College of Law, Bangalore. The event will bring together judges, lawyers, litigants, …
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Round-Up: Book Discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia
The Law and Other Things Blog has run a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia. The essays, in chronological order, are below: Introduction (by Rohit De) Crisis of …
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