Namratha Murugeshan

All you need to know about the Aadhaar Litigation

On September 26, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan and Vishal Rakhecha In Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice, Explainer, Fundamental Rights, Legislation Analysis, Supreme Court of India

The Aadhaar litigation will go down in history for being the second longest hearing in the Supreme Court of India. The case was heard for 38 days over a span of four months in which …

Public Law and Cryptocurrencies

On June 13, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan and Prachi Srikant Tadsare In Constitutional Law, Cryptocurrency, Right to Property

The institution of property – Form and Function This is the second post in a two-part series about about the legal nature of cryptocurrencies in India. The first part is available here. On December 28, …

Misnomer of the decade: Crypto-“currency”

On March 23, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan and Prachi Srikant Tadsare In Cryptocurrency, Editor's Choice

A lawyer and her client walk into a room full of accountants. The client looks at the room and says, “I hereby pay my lawyer, X units.” All the accountants note this transaction in their …

The Honorable Dissent: Who said, what? – Part II

On February 9, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan In Supreme Court of India

Guest post by Namratha Murugeshan It has almost been a month since the four puisne judges of the Supreme Court addressed the public regarding a ‘crisis’ in the Indian judiciary. A lot has been said …

The Honorable Dissent: Who said, what?

On January 23, 2018 By Namratha Murugeshan In Supreme Court of India

Guest post by Namratha Murugeshan Friday, the 12th of January, 2018 witnessed a historic vocalization of dissent in the Indian judiciary albeit outside the courtroom. In an unprecedented press conference, four puisne judges of the …