Law and Other Things

WCL Short-Term Research Scholarships for Emerging Legal Scholars from India (Fall 2020)

On March 6, 2020 By Law and Other Things In Announcements, Comparative Law, Scholarships

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 …

CFA: Indian Equality Law Fellowship (Deadline: 15 February 2020)

On February 7, 2020 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Opportunity The Indian Equality Law Visiting Fellowship is aimed at capacity-building for early career scholars. Applications are invited for two or three visiting fellows to spend one month at Melbourne Law School (MLS) preferably …

Press Release – ‘The Courts and The Constitution – 2019 in Review’ Conference

On January 28, 2020 By Law and Other Things In Announcements, Constitutional Law, Editor's Choice

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 …

The Courts & the Constitution – 2019 in Review

On January 19, 2020 By Law and Other Things In Announcements, Conference, Constitutional Law

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 …

Foreigners Tribunals, Refugee Status Determination and the ‘Surveillance of Authenticity’

On January 4, 2020 By Douglas McDonald-Norman In Comparative Law

A woman in Assam is determined not to be a citizen of India by the NRC. She seeks review by a Foreigners Tribunal. She faces a formidable task. She bears the burden of proving that …

The Citizenship Amendment Act and ‘Persons Belonging to Minority Communities’

On December 28, 2019 By Douglas McDonald-Norman In Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Equality, Fundamental Rights

The Citizenship Amendment Act alters the definition of ‘illegal immigrant’ for the purposes of the Citizenship Act 1955. It provides that ‘persons belonging to minority communities, namely, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from …

CJI Office under RTI – An Explainer

On December 28, 2019 By Anirudh Agrawal In Uncategorized

On 13 November, 2019 the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India in the case of Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal has held that the office of …