Summary: In Day 7, the arguments revolved around the interpretation of Article 370, especially if after 1957, the route to amend the article through its own provisions stood closed. Senior Advocates...
With the aim of enabling our readers to keep up with the Supreme Court of India’s day-to-day hearings for the significant case concerning the abrogation of Article 370, LAOT, in collaboration with...
The Law and Other Things Blog is opening up applications for the position of Student Analysts for students from law schools all over the country. About the Blog LAOT, India’s oldest public law...
This is the second part of the post, where the author traces the contested political identity of India, as manifested in the Constituent Assembly Debates, which oscillated between a Presidential...
Introduction The members of the Constituent Assembly of India envisaged the Indian Constitution as a ‘liberal document’. Ironically, the liberal writers of the past, dominant among those, John Stuart...
Summary: The arguments for Day 5 continued the thread regarding the special status of the state in light of Article 370, with Sr. Adv. Zaffar Shah concluding his arguments and Sr. Adv Rajeev Dhavan...
With the aim of enabling our readers to keep up with the Supreme Court of India’s day-to-day hearings for the significant case concerning the abrogation of Article 370, LAOT, in collaboration with...
On Day 3 of the hearings in ‘In Re: Article 370 petitions’, Sheikh Abdullah, Brexit, the UK, and Executive Power dominated the discussion in the petitions pertaining to the revocation of Article 370...
In the post-lunch session, the Supreme Court continued debating questions of constituent power, the difference between the nature of constituent assembly and legislative assembly, the permanence of...
With the aim of enabling our readers to keep up with the Supreme Court of India’s day-to-day hearings for the significant case concerning the abrogation of Article 370, LAOT, in collaboration with...
With the aim of enabling our readers to keep up with the Supreme Court of India’s day-to-day hearings for the significant case concerning the abrogation of Article 370, LAOT, in collaboration with...
In this Introductory Post, Prof. Vasanthi introduces the various issues at hand and underlies the importance of the judgement in understanding not only federalism in India but also the scope for...
This explainer has been written as a part of LAOT's Legal Writing Mentorship Program, 2023, which details the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India on the topic of euthanasia in India. The...